![]() We were happy to cede Sunday nights to “the mayor of jazz city,” and it’s been a lot of fun since. He first worked as a jazzman at KRCL and then spent several decades at KUER before landing at KCPW in 2015 when listeners asked, en masse, to find a place for Steve who was entering semi-retirement. ![]() ![]() 20-something jazz musicians on the Salt Lake City music scene. Concerts in Salt Lake City Find tickets to all live music, concerts, tour dates and festivals in and around Salt Lake City. Steve’s radio career goes back more than 40 years. Courtney Smithwas born in Salt Lake City in 1983 and began playing piano at age three and. “I’m especially thankful for the people who have taken the time to reach out and tell me how much they appreciate the music, that they share my love for jazz. “It’s been a privilege bringing jazz music to KCPW’s listeners these past six years and I’m deeply grateful to the station for carving out a space for the show,” Williams said. In the spring of 2021, Steve announced that he and his wife Vicki were relocating to Chicago, Illinois to be closer to family. Williams has long been a champion of the local jazz scene and a legend in his own right – having interviewed the likes of Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, and Lionel Hampton, and emceeing jazz festivals around the United States. At JAM, we believe that Jazz is America’s music, indigenous to this great country yet comprised of the diversity and global influence that makes it the world’s greatest musical. His father was a horn player in New York, performing with American jazz legends Charlie Parker, Gene Krupa and Joe Venuti, among others. Founded in 1992 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jazz Arts of the Mountainwest (JAM) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the enjoyment of Jazz. Steve Williams has a lifelong love of jazz.
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