Smooth Jazz - CD Reviews (474)
Like so much, it began with Bird. He wanted to record with strings. First, Neal Hefti's "Repetition" in 1949. Then those wonderful "Bird with Strings" albums of standards. …
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12 Apr
Timeless by Eugene Grey
Florida-based Eugene Grey mines familiar territory in interpreting rhythm and blues and reggae hits of years past. The music is timeless and Grey and his band certainly emb…
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Original compositions and lovely smooth jazz delivery by the group Pieces of a Dream make LOVE'S SILHOUETTE on of this summer's finest entries for listening pleasure. The l…
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25 Mar
Gentle Force by 3rd Force
Smooth Jazz lovers this CD is for you. 3rd Force has done it again with the latest CD called Gentle Force. The group (William Aura, Craig Dobbin, and Alain Eskinasi) have b…
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23 Mar
On Kloud 9 by Kloud 9
Like slowly flowing, molten lava, the music on the CD On Kloud 9 by the duo Kloud 9 has a smooth, undulating ebb and flow of sensuous, sophisticated, sound. On Kl…
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There’s smooth jazz, and then there’s smooth jazz, in which an accomplished musician makes his energy accessible to audiences through the development of memorable gr…
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13 Mar
DNA by Fingerprints
11 fresh, original songs make up the exciting smooth jazz collection, DNA, and Fingerprints is the group that puts it all together in an enchanting form. Frederick A. Niche…
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09 Mar
DNA by Fingerprints
It's hard to believe that the Dallas-based smooth jazz group Fingerprints hasn't been signed to a major label recording contract. Their fourth CD release DNA is an o…
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In the past ten years, the number of major and intermediate record companies have dwindled due to consolidation. That means that many performers who did release material on…
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Guitarist Craig Chaquico has again brought his mixture of smooth jazz in a great package called Shadow and Light. He teams up with keyboardist Ozzie Ahlers to provid…
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