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…
The title of one of Big Poppi’s advance singles, “Touch My Soul,” perfectly captures what the emerging Smooth Jazz visionary does to listener’s ears and hearts on his album collection LET IT FLOW! The silky…
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…
Closing in on 40 years as a core Contemporary/Smooth Jazz artist, R&B influenced saxophonist and virtuoso flutist, Nelson Rangell has enjoyed an extraordinary journey that has included recording with everyone from The Rippingtons, Chuck Loeb…
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…
Best known for his 25 years and 11 Grammys as the lead vocalist for Santana, versatile singer and songwriter Tony Lindsay has been a perfect fit for Smooth Jazz with two albums and a multitude…