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Content from KIOS staff relating to jazz, blues, and all kinds of music.

Best Jazz of 2017 This Week on KIOS

This week we look back at some of our favorite jazz recordings of 2017 on Jazz In The Afternoon, Jazz Junction and Last Call. 

As another year comes to a close, we will present some fine sounds from the year gone by including Eliane Elias, Giacomo Gates, Bobby Watson and Dave Stryker.

Tune in to Jazz In The Afternoon this week at 1:00 with Mike Jacobs, Chris Cooke and Deborah Newcombe and Saturday night at 8:00 with Rick Erben and the Jazz Junction.

Chris Cooke will spin some of the notable jazz fusion discs on Last Call  Saturday night at 11:00.

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.