Under the guidance of versatile contemporary jazz mega-producer Jeff Weber, and after a dozen years of live performances, Jamaican-born saxophonist Fred Robertson makes his impactful, emotionally charged entry into Smooth Jazz with a cool twist…
There are some excellent reasons to call this classically trained pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer “Mr. Kool.” While leading his popular 8-piece horn ensemble, The Kool Breeze Band, the Georgia native’s 2020 breakthrough single “Mr. Kool”…
Though multi-instrumentalist Herb Partlow’s latest super-sophisticated, cosmopolitan minded single “City Lights” fits perfectly in the Smooth Jazz genre, it’s cool cinematic aesthetic, seductive sense of atmosphere, breezy rhythms and dazzling interplay between piano and trumpet…
With his 2016 cover of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Reasons” featuring saxophonist Walter Beasley, esteemed soul and jazz trumpeter Michael C. Lewis achieved an extraordinary streaming number for a Smooth Jazz artist – now 8.9M…
Still going strong and as funked out, soul-drenched and danceable as ever 45+ years into their Great British Adventure! Guitarist and contemporary R&B/acid jazz visionary Bluey Maunick and his powerhouse collective Incognito, is a sonically…
From Lionel Hampton, the legend who discovered Sylvia Bennett raving “Her magic gets to the ears and hearts of the audience,” to later Smooth Jazz collaborators Paul Brown, Rick Braun and Nathan East, jazz cats…
One of the most consistent and versatile jazz guitarists, dee Brown left his mark on the year with MISTER SMOOTH, a high energy collection of hits and tunes that have earned the star hundreds of…
When veteran composer and multi-instrumentalist Will Sumner released his debut album TROPIC ZONE 45 years ago, he lived in Minnesota and worked with everyone from Prince, Yanni and The Peterson Family. Decades later as a…
No single Smooth Jazz artist has been as prolific, boundary busting and consistently engaging in creating unique, melodically and rhythmically eclectic moods as keyboardist/composer Rei Narita, whose inspirational, uber-melodic instrumental anthem “Cry Out, Break Free”…
A year after dropping one of the most engaging, spirit-filled and rhythmically diverse Smooth Jazz holiday albums of 2024 with the cleverly titled A VERY GARY CHRISTMAS, saxophonist Gary Meggs adds to his splendid holiday…