Mike Jacobs' Favorite Jazz CDs of 2016

KIOS | By Mike Jacobs

Published December 7, 2016 at 1:59 PM CST

It was another very fine year in jazz with much to enjoy. Here's a dozen of my favorites from this past year. Mike Jacobs, Music Director: KIOS

Artist / CD Title / Record Label

STEVE TURRE / COLORS FOR THE MASTERS / SMOKE SESSIONS

DAVE STRYKER / EIGHT TRACK II / STRIKE ZONE

FREDDIE HENDRIX / JERSEY CAT / SUNNYSIDE

BILL O'CONNELL & THE LATIN JAZZ ALL STARS / HEART BEAT / SAVANT

PETER BERNSTEIN / LET LOOSE / SMOKE SESSIONS

MICHAEL DEASE / FATHER FIGURE / POSITONE

PHIL NORMAN TENTET / THEN & NOW / MAMA RECORDS

ONE FOR ALL / THE THIRD DECADE / SMOKE SESSIONS

CATHERINE RUSSELL / HARLEM ON MY MIND / JAZZ VILLAGE

ADRIENNE FENEMOR / MO' PUDDIN ' / SELF RELEASE

RENE MARIE / SOUND OF RED / MOTEMA

ED CHERRY / SOUL TREE / POSITONE

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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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