Dwain Segar hosts "The Segar Jazz Affair," a smooth jazz radio show and concert series in Athens, Georgia. Segar's interest in smooth jazz began in his 20s when he discovered the genre on the radio.

In his signature fedora, he gained wide popularity and 14 Grammy nominations, winning the award twice, while scaling Billboard’s charts in the 1970s and ’80s. By Barry Singer Chuck Mangione, whose ...