Art Good is an American radio personality who helped make smooth jazz popular during the 1980s through his program ''JazzTrax''.
Before becoming a disk jockey, he contemplated becoming a minister. In 1981, while he was Program Director for
KIFM
KIFM (1320 AM) is a radio station in Sacramento, California, that has been affiliated with ESPN Radio since February 2007. It has separate transmitter sites for daytime and night operations. Owned and operated by Audacy, Inc., its studios are ...
, a struggling
adult contemporary station in San Diego, he began an evening program of jazz-tinged instrumentals entitled ''Lites Out San Diego''. By 1987, KIFM had changed its format to
contemporary jazz. Good left KIFM for a brief period to host a program on competitor KSWV 102.9 but returned when the station discontinued its
smooth jazz format.
In 1987, he founded the Catalina JazzTrax Festival on
Santa Catalina Island in California. That festival hosted
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from ''Spirogyra'', a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein ...
,
Al Di Meola
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...
,
Earl Klugh, and
Andy Narell.
He was given an Industry Achievement Award at the National Smooth Jazz Awards in San Diego.
His mellow-toned, soothing voice has been characterized as the quintessential Jazz DJ voice.
References
External links
''JazzTrax''
American radio personalities
Radio personalities from San Diego
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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