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

Mike's Top Twelve of 2013

Shelly Yoellin's Jazz Workshop Septet / Secret Steps / Blujazz
Pablo Masis / Intrinsic / Self Release
Minho Hazama / Journey To Journey / Sunnyside
Giacomo Gates / Miles Tones / Savant
Eliane Elias / I Thought About You / Concord
Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece / Top Shelf / Posi Tone
Etienne Charles / Creole Soul / Culture Shock
Manuel Valera & New Cuban Express / Expectativas / Mavo
Janis Siegal / Nightsongs / Palmetto
Diego Rivera / The Contender / D Clef
Cheryl Bentyne & Mark Winkler / West Coast Cool / Summit
Brian Lynch / Unsung Heroes Vol. 2 / Hollistic Musicworks

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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