Jazz is a necessary element in my life. There are those things that we can live without. Jazz, I cannot live without. I must have it at some time in my day, every day. As a jazz radio host/producer at WORT89.9-FM, wortfm.org, for more than 20 years, I learned that jazz is a fluid entity. It fills all my empty spaces. That’s what Strictly Jazz Sounds seeks to do for you.

Many people may know about jazz, but they really don’t know the jazz that lives under the music scene that exists in their own communities, in their own backyard. But they know the jazz that exists in cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Strictly Jazz Sounds talks to the musicians that you may see in your own community, but you don’t hear them on Top 40 jazz radio. Don’t you fret, though, SJS also gives you your regular hit of music and conversation from leading musicians. Listen, learn, and enjoy.