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Marilyn Maye is a Guest on Jazz in the Afternoon Tuesday

Renowned vocalist Marilyn Maye is a guest today on Jazz in the Afternoon with Chris Cooke. Maye will share stories from her legendary career and we will hear some of her classic recordings.

Maye is performing Friday evening in Omaha at 7:30 at the 1200 Club at the Holland Performing Arts Center. The show is presented by Omaha Performing Arts. For more information, you may visit www.omahaperformingarts.org.

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.