Like the last set at a jazz club, the mood of Jazz After Hours is mellow but not without surprises. New and well-established jazz artists regularly drop in for a chat, and the music ranges from latest releases to jazz classics. Host Jeff Hanley also brings news of tours, festivals and clubs, and the best places to hear live jazz.

The program is consistently named one of the top national jazz programs by JazzTimes readers' and critics' polls, and is a multiple nominee for and the 2013 winner of the Jazz Journalists Association's Marian McPartland/Willis Conover Award for broadcasting.