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The Original Pinettes Brass Band Plays Jazz on the Green Tonight

KIOS | By Mike Jacobs

Published July 18, 2019 at 9:31 AM CDT

Tonight's Jazz on the Green presented by Omaha Performing Arts will showcase The Original Pinettes Brass Band, an all-female ensemble from New Orleans. The group combines traditional New Orleans jazz with hip-hop.

The green will open at 5:00 for attendees with preshow entertainment at 6:30 by the Blues Society of Omaha's BluesEd band Us & Them.

KIOS is a media sponsor again this year for the series and we have a table on the south side of Turner Park so stop by and chat with us!

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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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