Mike Jacobs

KIOS BLUES CHART APRIL 2013

Mike Jacobs — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:52:32 +0000

1.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / JUST FOR TODAY / STONY PLAIN
2.THE DUKE ROBILLARD BAND / INDEPENDENTLY BLUE / STONY PLAIN
3.TINSLEY ELLIS / GET IT! / HAERTFIXER
4.JIMI HENDRIX / PEOPLE, HELL AND ANGELS / EXPERIENCE HENDRIX
5.THE JAMES HUNTER SIX / MINUTE BY MINUTE / FANTASY
6.THE HONEYBOY TUNER BAND / BILLIARD PLAYIN' MAMA / SELF RELEASE
7.JOHN PRIMER & BOB CORRITORE / KNOCKIN' AROUND THESE BLUES / DELTA GROOVE
8.MIGHTY MOJO PROPHETS / FLYIN' HOME FROM MEMPHIS / DELTA GROOVE
9.MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER / BE SOMEBODY / FINEDOG

Jazz CD of the Month: Christian McBride & Inside Straight / People Music / Mack Ave.

Mike Jacobs — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:30:52 +0000

The new release from bassist and bandleader McBride is a straight-ahead affair with an acoustic group consisting of Steve Wilson on alto sax, Warren Wolf on vibes , Peter Martin on six of the eight tracks on piano with Christian Sands on the others. Carl Allen handles the drum duties on most of the session and Ulysses Owens Jr. filling in on two tracks.

SFJazz Center Opening Night Concert

Mike Jacobs — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:44:59 +0000

For Jazz Appreciation Month, KIOS presents the SFJazz Center Opening Night Concert on Wednesday April 17th at 8:00PM. San Francisco has been a jazz hot spot for decades and now the city is home to the first stand-alone building built specifically for jazz. It's the new 700 seat SFJazz Center.

TOAST OF THE NATION 2012 to air on KIOS

Mike Jacobs — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:35:56 +0000

KIOS will once again air Toast of The Nation to ring in the New Year. The annual broadcast will begin New Year's Eve, December 31st at 8:00PM. An NPR tradition every New Year's since 1979, Toast of the Nation is perfect for the occasion. It's jazz you can party to, all night from coast to coast, with countdowns to midnight in all four continental time zones.Spirited, improvised, grooving, and swinging, each segment is a stop in a sequence of celebrations and contributing something new to the musical feast. WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton anchors the show.

Mike Jacobs' Favorite Jazz CDs of 2012

Mike Jacobs — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:47:05 +0000

Artist / CD Title / Record Label

Bob Mintzer Big Band / For The Moment / MCG
Bobby Broom / Upper West Side Story / Origin
Stacey Kent / Dreamer In Concert / Blue Note
Jimmy Owens / The Monk Project / IPO
Frank Basile / Modern Inventions / Independent
Bruce Barth / Three Things Of Beauty / Savant
Cassandra Wilson / Another Country / EOne
Corey Weeds / Up A Step / Cellar Live
Lewis Nash Quintet / The Higher Mountain / Cellar Live
Laverne Butler / Love Lost And Found Again / Highnote

2012 Jazz Heritage Series final show will air on KIOS

Mike Jacobs — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:18:46 +0000

KIOS will air the final show in the 2012 Jazz Heritage Series on Friday December 7th at 2:00PM.

Blues Society of Omaha Charity Show to take place December 2nd

Mike Jacobs — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:34:41 +0000

Once again this year The Blues Society of Omaha is sponsoring a
show that will benefit the annual toy drive for the children of the Pine
Ridge Reservation. The concert is Sunday December 2nd at the 21st Saloon
located at 4727 South 96th Plaza just south of L Street. Music starts at 3:00PM
and will feature Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, The Loose
Brothers and Christy Rossiter & 122 North Duck. Local musician Lash LaRue
is in his tenth year of hosting events to raise funds and awareness of conditions in

Playing with Fire Fundraiser Concert

Mike Jacobs — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:49:40 +0000

Tommy Castro joins the previously announced lineup for the October 12th Playing with Fire Fundraiser Concert at Slowdown. The October show is the first in a series of fundraiser concerts supporting the FREE Playing with Fire Summer Concert held each year on the Lewis & Clark Landing along Omaha’s Riverfront. The series kicks off on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 7:30PM featuring Curtis Salgado, Joe Louis Walker,Tommy Castro and the Painkillers.

CD of the Month: Frank Basile/ Modern Inventions/ Independent Release

Mike Jacobs — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:24:59 +0000

Our CD of the Month for September is by baritone saxophonist Frank Basile. It's called Modern Inventions, released independently by Frank. He is a native of Omaha who has been active in the New York jazz scene for several years now. His talent shined earlier this year on a recording by the Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Ensemble recorded live at Dizzy's Club Coca- Cola in New York. He is joined on this project by Fabien Mary on trumpet; Alex Hoffman on tenor saxophone; Ehud Asherie on piano; David Wong on bass and Pete Van Nostrand on drums.

The Best of the 2011 Detroit Jazz Festival

Mike Jacobs — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:00:28 +0000

KIOS will air the two-hour special The Best of the 2011 Detroit Jazz Festival on Friday August 31st at 8:00PM. Join us for another spectacular showcase of some of the world's finest jazz musicians as they perform at one of the largest jazz festivals in the U.S. Among the highlights are performances by Paquito D' Rivera, Joe Lovano, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Helen Sung. The program is hosted by Ed Love of WDET and Linda Yohn of WEMU.