Smooth Jazz

Smooth Jazz is a genre mix that is heavily influenced by R&B, Rock, and Pop. It features heavy use of electric instruments a smooth R&B inspired beat and melodies. While it is commonly known as smooth “jazz”, this is erroneous because smooth jazz is devoid of all detectable Jazz influence what so ever, as it does not meet any of the basic criteria of a subset of jazz, namely; free and common use of improvisation and musical value. A more accurate alternative name would be smooth R&B. Edit this Artist photo: Nighthawks

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Jan 9 Saturday 9 January 2010
Chris Botti	PCA Great… Portland, Maine, United States 43.657014 -70.259748	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 16 Saturday 16 January 2010
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly Kenny G.	Nokia Theatre LA… Los Angeles, United States 34.04425 -118.266546	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 23 Saturday 23 January 2010
Bobby Caldwell at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill Bobby Caldwell	B.B. King Blues… New York, United States 40.756765 -73.988616	1 shout Buy Tickets
Jan 28 Thursday 28 January 2010
Chris Botti at Kravis Center Chris Botti	Kravis Center West Palm Beach, Florida, West Palm Beach, United States 26.706912 -80.06097	Add shout Buy Tickets
Joe Sample at Bears Den At Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel Joe Sample	Bears Den At Seneca… Niagara Falls, Buffalo, United States 43.085976 -79.057789	Add shout Buy Tickets
David Sanborn at SOPAC (South Orange Performing Arts Center) David Sanborn	SOPAC (South Orange… South Orange, NJ, New York, United States 40.745978 -74.261541	Add shout

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vandoe wrote:
Thursday evening

according to my bf, people who are responsible for this genre have a place in hell waiting for them :D I concur.

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rgsaxmangordon wrote:
last week

Merry Xmas cd out my cd Inside your love Cdabay,itune,lala,tunecore

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px1 wrote:
last week

Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star

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yolanda-l wrote:
21 days ago

I love this station!

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rgsaxmangordon wrote:
last month

My cd Inside your Love smooth jazz lover music by Ralph Gordon

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DonNehan wrote:
October 2009

abomination [2]

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kcrice1 wrote:
July 2009

I think "abomination" is probably not the right word, as it refers to something that is strongly disliked.

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Marmiks wrote:
June 2009

Не люблю такую музыку

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AlanSteward wrote:
June 2009

Defining what is considered jazz or not to me is not all that hard. As a musician you know when there is a certain 'feel' to music that can only be described as 'jazzy' It's in the syncopation, it's in the feel and the attitude. All those labels are bull! If it's jazzy, it's jazz...period! I do agree that there seems to be this predominance of saxophone going on in smooth jazz and yes, I'm getting tired of Kenny G's endless 'doodling' as much as the next guy but there is cool smooth jazz music that focuses around acoustic guitar, piano or even a Hammond B3. Stop trying to label stuff and to neatly stash music away in a 'compartment'. The best music is the one that breaks out of the genre labels, breaks the barriers and refuses to be in the box in the first place. Amen!

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al0209 wrote:
June 2009

Witam wszystkich polskich fanów Michael'a Buble :) Domyślam się, że wielu z Was czeka na zobaczenie i usłyszenie właściciele tego nieziemskiego głosu w Polsce. Dlatego powinniśmy coś w tym celu zdziałać. http://board.michaelbuble.com/ - tutaj na forum - głównej strony Michael'a Buble proszę o jak najszybsze rejestrowanie! Musi nas się skupić na tym forum jak największa ilość osób, niech moderatorzy i inni użytkownicy zobaczą, że jesteśmy silną grupą. Chodzi o rozgłos na oficjalnej stronie. Postarajmy się zawiadomić jak największą liczbę osób, którym tak samo zależy na koncercie MB w Polsce! :) Uprzejmie proszę na początek zajrzeć i napisać coś TU : http://board.michaelbuble.com/index.php?showtopic=21549&pid=439803&st=0&#entry439803

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frei37 wrote:
May 2009

My best like!!!

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jacek1989 wrote:
May 2009

Polish description says smooth jazz is often criticised by orthodox jazz listeners. So it apperas that I'm an orthodox.

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MirkoFait wrote:
April 2009

Tags for Just for you: smooth jazz. ;)

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MirkoFait wrote:
April 2009

Painting dreams

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laercio_b wrote:
April 2009

I love too this channel.

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nyork_binox wrote:
April 2009

I'm not here to bash anyone but it's true when people say Smooth Jazz really isn't jazz. I usually think of it like pop or R&B music with saxophone "vocals" lol! It's just this mush of "jazz instruments" with pop, new age, and R&B. Someone should make up a new name for it! The smooth part is right, but why JAZZ? It should be like "smooth music" or something. I even wonder if anyone really listens to it? Does anyone really sit down and listen to every note in an SJ song? I find it sad that a lot of people's reasons for liking it is because it makes good BG music (having sex, studying, trying to sleep). The funny thing is, I usually find myself getting stressed out by it. The "smoothing out" doesn't work on me xD

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nyork_binox wrote:
April 2009

Pretty hilarious. I listened to Smooth Jazz radio as a little kid, and I LOVED it x'D And well, one day the station suddenly got taken off air. I started moving onto other things after that...years pass, I grow older...years later I hear a song playing somewhere and it seriously made me feel like the time I saw Barney for this first time again as a teenager: WTF? How could I like this??? o_o But yeah, little kids. You know little kids can like anything lol...

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rhythmaddict808 wrote:
April 2009

This does for me! Have always loved smooth jazz, it takes orchestration and feel...so if you don't feel it, you don't, turn the channel;-) Aloha

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Glupo wrote:
March 2009

smooth jazz = not jazz

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neneborgs wrote:
March 2009

very very nice.

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