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Jazz on Your Green Debuts Thursday

KIOS | By Mike Jacobs

Published July 7, 2020 at 10:57 AM CDT

Omaha Performing Arts will present Jazz on Your Green, an online concert series beginning Thursday July 9 at 6:00PM on their Facebook and YouTube pages. KIOS will provide a link on our Facebook page, KIOS Omaha to the weekly series.

This week, Darcy Malone and the Tangle will headline the show, serving up a night of soul. Local favorite The Kris Lager Band will open the festivities at 6:00. For more information about Jazz on Your Green, you may visit www.o-pa.org/jazz-on-your-green

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Mike Jacobs

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.

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