Jim started listening to music from a very early age. He bought his own

music and devices on which to play that music, if it was not broadcast

through the airwaves. He has played trombone, he has played guitar, he

has played some drums but didn't go far. He was a top 40 kinda guy most

of his life until he got bit by the Blue Grass bug while attending

graduate school and found himself living with some Blue Grass musicians.

This consumed his musical time for a couple of years and then work and

family took the lions share of his time. He found that kids were more

fun than music but the kids grew up and got to the point where they

could be more independent. Then along came Ken Burns and his PBS Jazz

Special. In less than three months Jim found himself being pulled into

the jazz musical genre. [interestingly enough, Jim learned that Blue

Grass and Jazz had some definite similarities] Since that time in 2001

Jim has grown more and more Jazz oriented getting pulled in deeper and

deeper. He has written about Jazz. He is on the Board of Directors for

Jazz Advocate, a non-profit organization promoting jazz in the Dayton

and surrounding areas and he attends live jazz performances every chance

he gets. You will find him most Sunday nights at Jazz Central out on

East Third when he catches the Sunday Night Jazz Jam. As he says on his

show:

Jazz can inspire

permeate throughout

it can validate feelings

give your mind a workout

but from now till the next time

to you I implore

there's jazz music out there

go forth and explore