Smooth jazz in April is spotlighting both its historic roots and current stars. Tributes highlight influential jazz figures such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, while Roberto Vally leads the ...
CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...
Soprano saxophonist Dee Lucas’s newest CD Something To Ride 2 is a smooth jazz classic in the making. With the breakout hits Bayou and Chameleon leading the way, Something To Ride 2 lends to a perfect ...
SCRANTON, Pa. — There are a lot of people in the world who believe the genre of jazz is dead. Those people probably haven't been to Scranton. "I think it's awesome, I don't typically listen to jazz ...
Jazz musicians are the innovative artists who create and perform jazz, a uniquely music style born in New Orleans in the early 1900s. These musicians blend improvisation, rhythm, and personal ...