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The feedback listeners have been providing ijazzglobal.com has already been overwhelmingly positive. Check out comments from some of our fans below, and if you have a note to drop us, please e-mail michael@ijazzglobal.com.

I've been meaning to contact you ever since I started receiving the ijazzglobal emails. I'm so happy you stayed committed to the music and found something after WJJZ. I only wish there was a Philadelphia area station that supported the music because all you hear is the same tired rantings on all the stations.

Thanks for the New Year's Eve invite, but I'm afraid it's not possible this year as I've been out of work for a while. Maybe next time I hope.

Best wishes to you for a healthy, happy, and propserous new year.

Dear Michael,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for playing all the wonderful Christmas/Holiday music. I have been thoroughly enjoying this…just wished I was able to get ijazzglobal in my car.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you and your family!

Sincerely,

Tom M.

Avon, MN

Here I am in Shanghai today..............10:25 a.m. in Philly and 12
hours later on Thursday night in Shanghai. I arrived to sunny, hazy
skies and perhaps 75 degrees. It was a pleasant temperature for a
walk around 5 p.m. Now, I'm in for the night and listening to
ijazzglobal as I mellow out here in my tired state.

You just announced and are playing Bob Thompson "Promised Land."

How excited the people of Philly must be over the Phillies' win over
the Dodgers!!! What are they calling the potential matchup with the
Yankees? a "turnpike series?"

I will really appreciate I Jazz Global during my 2-week business trip to China next week. Thanks so much for enabling me to keep in touch with great smooth jazz and Philly during my trip.

Michael

I have been listening to the Chill Lounge since you put it on the internet. Nice stuff. It is on my computer all day. Bill Burns a former colleague of yours at WJJZ introduced you to my wife and I at a Dave Koz reception in Washington Township before this Christmas concert a couple of years back. Keep the smooth jazz going!!!!

Mark

School Counselor

Cherokee High School

Sinatra and Joni ( ! )

Wish your programming mix was on air or syndicated. May have wider commercial appeal than the relative narrow (repetitive) playlists that have done in so many smooth jazz outlets across the country.

I hope you can continue to keep jazzglobal streaming.

Thanks for your most recent email...I registered to receive your newsletters. I heard about your new gig at the Tuesday night Jazz concerts at Wiggins Park. I talked to someone on your staff and got the new site and I have been listening ever since.

Dear Michael,
I was heartbroken when I lost WJJZ on the radio, couldn't believe it! Now...so happy to find you on the web and listening to you here at work. AHHHH!!! So nice to have you back again. Like a lost love that has returned! Keep the music playing for many years to come,

Long time since we communicated. Listen to ijazzglobal.com all day. Great to hear your voice the last couple of days. Hope all is well.

Hi Michael,

Wishing you and the lovely Mrs. Tozzi a relaxing 4th of July weekend.
I am on back-to-back trips into Brussels this week aboard Continental's 777.

I sure do enjoy the streaming smooth jazz on ijazzglobal.com while I am on my layovers.
I recently met someone in the Lehigh Valley who enjoys smooth jazz as much as I do and
turned him onto ijazzglobal.com.

Jack N.

Hi Micheal,
My husband and I attended the Guitar and Saxes concert on June 5th at the Keswick. What a fantastic show!!! We had an amazing time.....so much talent and a fun filled evening!

Thanks very much
Susan and James
Emmaus, PA

Mike-- BIG Fan from NJ...glad to see you're keeping the Dream Alive! Will definitely hit your site more often...will tell all my contemps & hope to see you at Warm Daddys....be well.

Hi Michael:

I’m sitting here on the job listening to Sachal Vasandini - “Naked as We Came” and its wonderful. Just can’t thank u enuf for this station. I tell everybody I know who likes jazz cause I want them to be as happy on the job as I am. Thanks so much. We’ll be listening.

Carolyn

I just found your site on iTunes. Great sound. I went to your website. Keep the sound alive. It is a shame broadcast radio can’t support this type of music. Best of luck, I will be listening to this station at work all day.

Thank you so much for bringing back the sound of jazz to the Philly area!!! Losing our jazz station (106) once was horrible but to lose it twice (97.5) was devastating! Keep up the good work. Love Ya!

Linda

Glad to hear you again - jazz that is.
Super!!!!
My wife & I wondered what you were doing. Well now we know.
You're back again. Great!!!

HELLO MIKE , I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR KEEPING MY JAZZ ALIVE AND KICKING , WITHOUT JAZZ IT IS A BAD DAY FOR ME .

MIKE I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU JAM MORE WITH THE WAY THINGS WAS DONE WHEN YOU WAS AT 106.1, WHEN YOU WAS THERE THE MUSIC WAS ALWAYS RIGHT AND IT KEEP A PERSON JAMMING ALL DAY LONG AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD 106.1 STAFF WAS THE BOMB, WELL JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND PLEASE KEEP IT UP AND ALSO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU DO MORE FOR THE INTERCITY OF PHILADELPHIA , I THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP STOP SOME OF THE CRIMES IN PHILADELPHIA BY THE WAY OF JAZZ, BUT I HAVE COME UP WITH AWAY TO HELP AS WELL AND IF ME AND YOU CAN GET TOGETHER AND TALK ONE DAY , I THINK YOU WILL LOVE TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD BLESS.
GREG

Hello Mr. Tozzi,

First I want to thank you for keeping Smooth Jazz alive! I to, as many other listeners, have listened to you since the first days of WJJZ 106.1 through the last days of WJJZ 97.5. One difference is that I am from Minnesota. I had to mostly rely on the streaming format of the stations. But whenever my wife and I came back to the Philly area to visit her family, or when I came out to Philly on business I would lock in WJJZ and listen to nothing else while I was there. We also enjoyed seeing you and Steve Cole at the free concert down on the Delaware River waterfront in 2005 while on vacation. The memories are still etched in my mind.

Just as Philadelphia, and the other areas, we also lost our Smooth Jazz outlet. I have to believe Minnesota (Minneapolis/St. Paul) was one of the last areas to get Smooth Jazz over the airwaves, and was probably one of the first to lose the format too. We had two different Smooth Jazz stations, KMJZ from 1995-1998, and KJZI from 2003-2006. Just as we got attached to the stations they would yank them from us.

Finding ijazzglobal was so fantastic! ijazzglobal plays great Smooth Jazz! It would be really great if you could find your way onto the digital radio scene, and even bump off Sirius/XM’s Watercolors, that way we could take ijazzglobal along with us in the car anywhere we went across the country…one can dream.

Anyway, thank you once again for this great site! Best wishes in this new endeavor and may you have a long and wonderful ride.

Sincerely,

Tom Martins
Avon, MN

Michael--
It's great to have you online! The music sounds great! I've been a fan
since 106.1 and I'm sure I'm not the only one glad to have you back...
Keep up the great work...

Tom

Michael, I can't tell you how pleased I am to see that you are such a fighter, talk about a guy who just won't quite. Not only that I must say we have missed you tremendously, it seems you are the only person in Philly that speaks our language. Once again Drivetime is offering it's services to you and your new endeavor. What ever you got going we want to be a part of it. I would also like to mention that our tune Getin' Witit with guest artist Bob Baldwin has national distribution on ITunes, CDBaby.com and iindierhythm.com It's also being played on Bob's radio show "New Urban Jazz Lounge". I’m sending you an MP3 if you deem it worthy by all means slip it into rotation. Presently I'm constructing an email blast to let all our fans know your back. Anything I can do to help you just let me know my friend, lets get this party started..........

I can't tell you how happy I am to hear jazz all day long at work. It's extremely refreshing. Mike this couldn't happen without your inspiration to keep jazz alive and healthy. I know you don't make all of this happen by yourself, so to your team, CONGRATULATIONS!!! Outstanding job to all who are involved in front and behind the scenes. God Bless You all and may this be an outrageously prosperous year for all. See you at Warmdaddy's.

Michael,
Long time Smooth Jazz listener from Philly (since the first day 106.1 signed on). Glad to hear your streaming !!!! ... Thanks ...
It looks like the internet is going to be the future for formats like "Smooth Jazz". Keep up the good work.
Ed

Love this station since Smooth Jazz left Philadelphia. I have “XM” but I’m listening to your music because it’s better. My suggestion is to display a real time update to the song and the artist.

glad to see your site is up &running i miss your radio show forced me to buy xm radio hope you are in reading april 3 at jazz jam i will look for you Ronny Schwartz

Patricia’s mom here. Art and I are so happy to hear that you are up
and running once again. Your web site looks fantastic. I truly enjoy
sitting at my computer at work and listening to jazz music. We wish you the
very best.

Hi Michael,
My name is Stacie...I was a longtime WJJZ Smooth Jazz listener and am so
glad I found your new on-Line music channel! It sounds GREAT, lots of
music I haven't heard in a longtime that I've been dying to hear again!
Will you be doing your midday show on the broadcast again soon?

Also, I have one music request, if I could hear more Craig Chaquico it
would be JUST fabulous! "Cafe Carnival" is one of my favs.

Thanks again!
Stacie M. Legette
Doylestown, PA

I was a big fan of the radio station and was crushed when closed. This site has made me one happy little jazz lover. I just listened to a vocal on the song "The Nearness of You". It was played on February 11 @ Approximately 11:54 AM. Can you let me know who the vocalist was? I would love to get more of his music.

Hey Michael!
Its great to hear that you are back! I'll be looking forward to seeing you at Warmdaddys. It's been rough gonging not having a smooth jazz station to listen too in Philly. I've been listening to WHAT AM they play standards, and I've also been listening to a lot of Cd's. Thanks for the email, I'll definitely be tuning in.

Much love and success to you my friend.....Brenda

I am an old listener from the wjjz station in Philly,listened to it all the time. Since they knocked you off air,Philly is starveing for a station like you now have.I just happened to find u through an email I received. GREAT to hear the old sound,I`m in heaven. Needless to say I will spread the word,ur on!!! TY Alan Jones pitz@verizon.net...Tell the crew Hello and keep up the great tunes!!

Michael...great to see you have things up and running. You have no idea how scathing the emails were that I sent to the radio stations I felt betrayed us "adult" listeners, it's real good to have you back

Best wishes to the rest of the crew and your family. All the years I've listened to you, I always wondered if your wife's first name is "The Lovely" because whenever you'd mention her you would call her "The lovely Mrs. Tozzi" :-()

Just a note to say THANKS for picking up where radio left off... IJAZZGLOBAL is wonderful! And I am so glad your playlists are jazz and not all R&B or Blues. Don't get me wrong, I love them both, but smooth jazz is a different animal and I think you are representing well!!

It's so hard living here where the only really big jazz happening is in Reading. I was listening to a streaming video last night of Kirk Whalum from Seldom Blues in Detroit... I'm jealous! What a great place... although I do have to say, Spyro Gyra at the Sellersville was awesome last week... Love those little venues!

Hi Michael! I think it's WONDERFUL that you've embarked upon this musical venture which is bound to be a great success!! I'm so happy for you! It was a creative & wise decision indeed! You're able to reach the ENTIRE PLANET now! BRAVO!!!

Thank God I had connected with the members of DRIVETIME and had them place me on their email list - because they kept me posted with all that had happened and is happening - this is how I am aware of your new success! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!! WHAT A WISE BUSINESS MOVE - UPSTAGING THOSE BASTARDS WHO THOUGHT THEY COULD BRING WJJZ OUT OF THE PICTURE FOR LIFE!!! YOU SHOWED THEM WHO'S BOSS, MICHAEL!!! BRAVO!!!

I will be at Warmdaddy's to hear DriveTime & to get information from you regarding your wonderful internet radio station! Will you have an XL T-shirt on hand for me to wear so that I can "advertise" for you? Please bring souvenirs - I will be collecting them and also giving them to my friends to get them turned on, o.k.?

I'M VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!! I admire Mavericks & Warriors!!! And that's what you are!

"Hey Michael thanks for adding me. Its great having you back at WarmDaddys. Love the new web site! I've been telling everyone about www.ijazzglobal.com I listen at work all the time.
Brenda

I’m a Smooth Jazz fan for many years and when WJJZ went off the air the second time it was like someone died. Its still hard to believe that neither Philly or NYC can support a full time jazz station. As I travel by car up and down the east coast I realize other areas have also shut down. Now I’m streaming live and it’s a beautiful thing!

If it was your idea, a million thanks, if not, please pass my appreciation on. If I see you at the Berks Jazz Fest I will introduce myself. Thanks again.

In Narita Japan on a layover, and in my hotel room streaming the music feed on ijazzglobal.com and just loving the sounds.

Explored the web site and really like what you have done. The videos from the cruise are excellent!!

Hi Michael! I used to listen to you on Philly's Smooth Jazz station on my pc in Jacksonville, FL while at work. Was majorly disappointed when that station changed formats. My sister, in Easton, had been listening to your station, which is how I came to listen as well, since my local smooth jazz station here decided the listening area needed yet another flippin' HIP HOP station! (bleah!!!)

Started listening at work to the Orlando Smooth Jazz, but now that my sister sent me the link to ijazzglobal, that's all I have on now.

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