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<title>Chris Botti</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:13:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If Kenny G ruled the smooth jazz roost during the 1980s and '90s, Chris Botti claimed the modern instrumental throne during the 2000s. Botti is a solid musician who possesses a real feel for jazz, but the key to his success probably lies in the cool purity of his trumpet playing. While making plain his admiration for Miles Davis and Chet Baker, Botti's first album combined elements of smooth jazz and atmospheric light rock rather than cool-toned bop. Botti kept refining that approach when, in 2003, he released <i>A Thousand Kisses Deep</i>, which successfully brought elements of downtempo into the mix. He next cut the stripped-down string set <i>When I Fall in Love</i>, which went from being a contemporary best-seller to a pop sensation after Oprah endorsed it. Botti has since followed its winning formula, recording standards and a few modern romantic tunes with different ensembles and guest vocalists. Critics may be surprised to learn that he got his start playing for bop veterans Woody Shaw and George Coleman (who played with Miles Davis). A listen to his live readings of "My Funny Valentine" or "Why Not" (from 2006) lets you see why even old jazzers heard potential in the young Botti.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>George Benson</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:50 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[George Benson is a stunning guitarist whose jazz work is too far out for pop audiences and whose pop work is often too mainstream for jazz fans. Benson was a child prodigy who hit the professional circuit at age 8 with a homemade guitar (any jazz snob who questions his future pop output didn't grow up poor) and a pure Soul voice. He consumed the different styles of Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery and Grant Green, put his own spin on them and was noted for often scatting over his guitar lines as he solos. He went on to record with Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock before hitting it big with a series of top-shelf Fusion jazz albums on CTI. His vocal on "This Masquerade" and his guitar instrumental "Breezin'" both became deserving mega-hits in the 1970s. After a period in the '80s as an R&B star, Benson moved into position as a Smooth Jazz elder statesman. It's a position he holds to this day, but Benson still displays his "pure" jazz chops in concert and increasingly on his albums.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Pat Metheny</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:12:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pat Metheny is one of the most bipolar of modern musicians, jumping from gentle Crossover Jazz with smooth synthesizers to wild Free Jazz explorations. Metheny is unafraid of taking chances. After a string of Latin-influenced, synth-heavy hits that filled concert halls, he released <i>Zero Tolerance for Silence</i>, an album featuring forty minutes of feedback noise. As a soloist, Metheny is among the top modern guitarists, using his lightly chorused electric guitar to play startlingly original chromatic lines with exceptionally tasteful phrasing. He has worked with countless artists, but collaborations with Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, Gary Burton and Ornette Coleman stand out as noteworthy. Metheny may also be responsible for fusing Heavy Metal and jazz -- at least in terms of his hairstyle decisions.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Peter White</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:48:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[While most smooth jazz guitarists use George Benson as their model, Englishman Peter White has learned more from Earl Klugh's easygoing, less R&B-focused approach. White can lay down webs of fluid flamenco one moment, and then pluck perfectly chosen solitary notes the next. His albums usually do well on the contemporary jazz charts, and he's also an in-demand sideman who regularly records with Rick Braun, Richard Elliot and Basia.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>David Sanborn</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:53:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Quincy Jones</title>
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<category>Big Band</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Many today just know Quincy Jones as a recording industry powerhouse, but in the 1950s and '60s he was an in-demand jazz arranger as well as the man who blazed a path for future African Americans in the movie studios and record companies. Jones grew up in Seattle and learned how to read music from the blind (!) Ray Charles as a teen. He went on to play trumpet and write arrangements for the orchestras of Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Ray Charles. In 1957, French record company Barclay records snatched him up as an executive and from there he went on to the Mercury label. At the same time, he recorded with the awesome Quincy Jones Big Band. It contained the finest musicians and combined the streamlined swing of Count Basie with the sounds of Hard Bop. Jones was all over the place during this period, working with many artists and singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Frank Sinatra. Jones started working on film and television soundtracks to great success. In the '70s he got funky (like everybody else) and slowly withdrew to the business side of music. But every once in a while, he comes back out. Today, his work shows the common threads found in jazz, Funk, pop, and rap.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Grover Washington, Jr.</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:26:52 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite what many people say, Grover Washington, Jr. can never be accused of the assaults on musical dignity that have taken place since the arrival of Kenny G. Though Washington helped lead the crossover sax sounds dominating Smooth Jazz radio, he's also got enough chops and soul to stand up next to the best Bop and Soul Jazz players. Washington's tenor and soprano sax (among other instruments) headed up many excellent jazz tracks in the 1970s, working with keyboardist Bob James' light, funky arrangements and guitarist Eric Gale's slick lines; the work posed a yin to the harder yang promoted by many Fusion artists of the day. The classic album <I>Mister Magic</I> features a bearded Washington rocketing from a pool, emerging like the lofty lines he blew, covered in a lush coating of keyboard and strings. "Just the Two of Us" with Bill Withers solidified his status as a major star -- and recently brought Washington back to attention with a series of sampled remakes. In Philadelphia he's bigger than Ben Franklin, and his soaring notes have been missed since his death in 1999.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Bob James</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:49:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bob James' popularity as a smooth jazz pianist has sometimes obscured the fact that he's also a fine bop and fusion musician. James was discovered by Quincy Jones while he was still a college student and his 1962 debut <I>Bold Conceptions</I> shows how well versed he is in hard bop. He quickly went on to become Sarah Vaughan's piano accompanist but during this same period he started breaking ground in the world of electronic music by combining (then) new computer technology with jazz. While his releases from the 1960s were critically well received, in the early '70s, James cut a series fusion albums on which he usually played the Rhodes, Clavinet or other electric keyboards. The albums <I>One</I>, <I>Two</I>, and <I>Three</I> combined solid jazz musicianship, with a breezy funk vibe and clever easy listening arrangements. While they were considered jazz sellouts at the time of release, these discs have aged very well and often show up as hip-hop and electronica samples. By the late 1970's, James was one the top-selling artists in jazz when his melancholy theme song and incidental music for the excellent sitcom <I>Taxi</I> brought his music to a whole new audience. James has become more and more mainstream as the decades have progressed but that partly stems from the fact that he helped create the sonic template and textures for smooth jazz. James currently divides most of his time between cutting very commercial instrumentals and R&B heavy smooth jazz (often with his all-star band Fourplay) but he still keeps his hand in the acoustic jazz world. His superb 1996 release <I>Straight Up</I> proved that his more exploratory albums can actually sell just as well as his more commercial products. Besides his soundtrack work on <I>Taxi</I>, James has also recorded film scores for director Sidney Lumet.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Ramsey Lewis</title>
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<category>Jazz Piano</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By the 1960s most jazz performers were elevated -- or demoted, depending on your point of view -- into the rarified air of highbrow culture. Only a few artists managed to get onto the pop charts the way Ramsey Lewis did during the height of Beatlemania. His earthy and funky piano sounded great in a posh nightclub or in a hot discotheque: the hepcats dug how Lewis vamped off of his beefy grooves on the hit version of "The In Crowd," while the kids just knew a hot dance tune when they heard one. While his late '50s and '60s albums are a tasty combination of Vince Guaraldi and Ray Charles, much of Lewis' later recording were closer to Earth, Wind and Fire (his hit album <i>Sun Goddess</i> was recorded with the band and it still sounds great). He went through a bland, faceless fusion period but things are looking up once again and <I>Appassionata</I> (1999) finds him performing mellow but beautiful mainstream jazz. Lewis' funky piano style has been embraced by a young generation of Acid Jazz fans. Many of these youngsters try to ape his groove, but few (if any) can reach his level of funkified artistry. He's recorded a lot of crap, but the choice stuff stands out -- and will kickstart any party outside of the Utah state lines as quickly as the cast of <I>Baywatch</I> suggesting a game of Twister.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Wes Montgomery</title>
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<category>Bop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's impossible to speak of jazz guitar without mentioning the great Wes Montgomery. Montgomery picked up where Charlie Christian left off, in developing the electric guitar as a jazz instrument. From 1958 until a decade later, Montgomery was the consummate Hard Bop guitar player. He blended the lightning-quick runs of Bop with an earthy, bluesy tone. His playing featured a folksy thumb-picking style, and he would often solo in octaves, both effects making his tone rounder and fuller. Montgomery composed two jazz standards, Four on Six and West Coast Blues, and recorded dozens of Bop albums. In the mid-'60s, Montgomery began playing more commercial jazz, recording instrumental versions of pop hits and enjoying considerable financial success. During his commercial period, he also began laying the groundwork for Fusion; unfortunately, he died in 1968, before Fusion ever hit its stride. Montgomery's influence is still felt in many areas of jazz.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Jeff Lorber</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:47:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Keyboardist Jeff Lorber helped pioneer the contemporary light Funk sounds of Smooth Jazz in the late 1970s, introducing relaxing melodies and toning down Fusion -- not to mention showcasing a new talent by the name of Kenny "G" Gorelick.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Larry Carlton</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:00:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Carlton is the quintessential studio guitarist, adding tasty solos to hundreds of albums by major stars including Michael Jackson, Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. His solo on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne" is still analyzed and memorized by ravenous Berklee students eager to learn how Carlton pieces together complex harmonic ideas, jazz chops and bluesy Soul into a perfectly phrased improvisation. He's released many solo albums featuring slick solos over laid-back Smooth Jazz beats. You've heard him play on television and movies whether you know it or not -- on the <I>Hill Street Blues</I> theme, for example. Regular touring since the 1970s with classic bands like the Crusaders and Fourplay has showcased his live abilities. In the late 1980s Carlton was wounded in the neck in a purposeless shooting, but has since recovered and continues to grace easygoing jazz tracks with his inimitable playing.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>Spyro Gyra</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:46:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Joe Sample</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:12:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Along with Grover Washington Jr. and George Benson, Joe Sample helped keep jazz part of mainstream popular music while retaining his musical integrity and deeply felt soul underpinnings. Sample came to fame with his excellent Los Angeles-based hard bop and soul jazz group the Jazz Crusaders, which morphed into the Crusaders when it was clear that the public would keep buying instrumental music if it didn't know it was listening to jazz and thought it was rock or funk. Hugely successful, the Crusaders remain an on-again/off-again act, while Sample has gone on to an equally rewarding solo career. Whether he's playing smooth FM radio jazz or gritty soul jazz and chicken shack funk (he constantly moves back and forth between the three styles), Sample's lean, rhythmic keyboard playing is a hallmark of both his solo wotk and the Crusaders. His 1978 smash, <I>Carmel</I>, still sounds good today, and the much-sampled Crusaders continue to spread their R&B-drenched gospel to younger listeners who have discovered jazz through the club scene.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Donald Byrd</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Though never quite a member of jazz's vanguard, trumpeter Donald Byrd has always changed with the times. In the 1950s, his star rose when he gained a prestigious spot in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, after which he began recording his own albums. But Byrd was not to remain true to the conventions of Hard Bop. Throughout the Â60s, soul, Gospel, and contemporary pop began to influence his music: his album <I>A New Perspective</I> made use of a Gospel choir; he would later enlist a pair of Afro-Brazilian percussionists for his 1970 album, <I>Kofi</I>. By 1974, he was right in the center of the Fusion pack, releasing the highly influential Jazz-Funk album <I>Blackbyrd</I>. This slick, studio-produced album sold over a million copies, and was influential in forming the genre known today as Acid Jazz. Finally, when jazz and hip-hop began to intermingle, Byrd was there as well, contributing solo work to Guru's initial <I>Jazzmatazz</I> project.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Lee Ritenour</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:57:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dave Grusin</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Aside from hip-hop and heavey metal, jazz keyboardist Dave Grusin has just about done it all. He started out as a swinging hard bopper, before his long stint as Andy Williams' musical director kicked-off in 1959. Then, in 1967 Grusin healmed the soundtrack to <i>The Graduate</i>. Since then, he's kept one foot in movie work and forged a special bond with director Sydney Pollock (his pre-Acid Jazz work on <i>Three Days of the Condor</i> and his all acoustic piano score for <i>The Firm</i> are two notable examples of their partnership). Meanwhile, Grusin kept playing jazz and arranging charts for major acts. Grusin also helped forge the current mainstream instrumental sound by co-founding GRP records, a label that often celebrates smooth jazz and occasionally reissues key albums from the past. Grusin's film scores have been nominated for numerous Academy Awards. He took an Oscar home for <i>The Milagro Beanfield War</i>.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>The Crusaders</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Chuck Mangione</title>
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<category>Jazz Instrumental Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:27:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This contemporary jazz giant earned his stripes playing with Art Blakey. His trademark flugelhorn sound stays lyrical even as he improvises, not unlike Lester Young or Chet Baker. Mangione got funky in the early 1970s and started getting very popular. He reached the summit of mass appeal popularity in 1978 when his unstoppable instrumental hit "Feel So Good" hit the Top 5 in the op charts. His last major hit was 1980's "Give It All You've Got." Mangione also played himself on the long-running <I>King of the Hill</I> cartoon series.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Chris Standring</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:41:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This English native now lives in Los Angeles and has found considerable success by putting a soulful 1960s-style jazz guitar into modern, often electronically-backed material. Clearly influenced by Wes Montgomery, George Benson and Grant Green, Shandring concentrates more on crafting solid grooves than on spinning out flashy improvisations, although he can certainly let the sparks fly when he wants to. His tunes do very well on FM radio, and fans have enjoyed his collaborations with such like-minded musicians as Rick Braun and Duncan Millar. Standring was also a key member of the charter acid jazz group Solar System.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Stanley Turrentine</title>
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<category>Soul Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Along with Hank Crawford, Stanley Turrentine put Soul Jazz saxophone on the map. Turrentine has a big, robust sound that excelled with both the Bop approach of Max Roach and the chicken-shack groove of Jimmy Smith. Turrentine spent the '60s as sideman for Herbie Hancock and Horace Silver, cutting solo albums for Blue Note, and in musical partnership with his (former) wife, organist Shirley Scott. In the early '70s, Turrentine's honey-drenched sound became big with the Âludes-in-the-jacuzziÂ crowd, while his first Crossover albums (such as the deeply bluesy <I>Sugar</I>) were also well-received. Luckily, Turrentine's tenor saxophone has always retained its dignity no matter what the company, and he continued to record with the finest jazz musicians and vocalists until he died of a stroke in 2000.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Charlie Byrd</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:56:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Charlie Byrd played jazz guitar with Django Reinhardt during his World War II army stint in France prior to studying classical music with Andres Segovia. He then applied these classical techniques to jazz for a uniquely academic approach to the instrument. In 1961, he toured Brazil, turning Stan Getz on to that country's swaying Bossa Nova rhythms. The album they recorded together, <I>Jazz Samba</I>, was an instant smash, ultimately setting off the Bossa Nova craze in the U.S. Byrd's solo albums in the '60s often straddle the fence between jazz and easy listening, but his technique always dazzles. In the '80s, he recorded fine albums with his fellow classical-jazz guitarist, Laurindo Almeida.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>John Klemmer</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:17:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jan Hammer</title>
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<category>TV Soundtracks</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:07:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Chuck Loeb</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:04:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chuck Loeb is an ace jazz guitarist who adds some grit to his radio-sanctioned smooth jazz. Taught by the masters, he has been described as "Pat Metheny meets George Benson" -- minus any experimentation.
- Michael Ansaldo]]></description>
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<title>The Yellowjackets</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:20:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Eric Marienthal</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:50:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Marcus Miller</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Deodato</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:21:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Peter Cincotti</title>
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<category>Pop Standards</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:53:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Part of a new wave of singing jazz pianists, Peter Cincotti has already found more success in his first two decades than most people find in a lifetime. A Manhattan native, the precocious pianist first performed live with Harry Connick, Jr. when he was a mere seven years old. By age 12, Cincotti was playing in New York jazz clubs, and by 18 he was holding court at the fabled Algonquin Hotel, forever known as the definition of pre-hippie, adult sophistication. Given that he was already a hardened veteran, it's not surprising that Concord Records snatched Cincotti up right out of high school. His self-titled debut was released in 2003 and showcases his relaxed Harry Connick, Jr. vocal style and fluid piano skills. The album immediately topped the jazz charts and was followed the next year by the more pop orientated <I>On the Moon</I> (2004). Time will tell if Cincotti will cross over to the pop world the way that Norah Jones and Jamie Cullum have.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Jeff Golub</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Golub is a veteran session guitarist (Billy Squier, Rod Stewart) and the former leader of smooth Fusion faves Avenue Blue. His solo work is a similarly listener-friendly blend of blues, Funk, jazz, and Latin influences.
- Will York]]></description>
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<title>Maynard Ferguson</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:25:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Maynard Ferguson's amazing high-register trumpet work made him a star with the Stan Kenton Orchestra at the dawn of the 1950s, and his elastic range and boundless energy have kept him up there for almost fifty years. Though he kills on Big Band and Bop flag wavers, Ferguson can be a downright sensitive player when not wowing the crowd with (admittedly impressive) trumpet gymnastics.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Special EFX</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:51:03 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Herbie Mann</title>
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<category>Bop</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The two words jazz flute usually conjure up an image of the eternally whiskered Herbie Mann. At first a disciple of the cool school, Mann switched from sax to flute in the late 50s and turned heads with his accessible, swinging Bop. His complex rhythmic sense coupled with his understanding of harmony lines came to fruition in the early 60s when Mann took up Afro-Cuban and Bossa Nova music to massive success as he recorded with the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Willie Bobo and, in a change of pace, Bill Evans. His albums from this period mesh with both solitary listening and parties (<i>Memphis Underground</i> may be his biggest album). In the 70s, he switched gears again and put out a series of Fusion and pop/reggae/Disco albums. When the hits finally stopped, Mann returned to mainstream jazz but continued to use his position to explore all avenues of world music until he passed away in 2004.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Bob Baldwin</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Baldwin has worked with everyone from Grover Washington Jr. to Pieces of a Dream, melding his own brand of synthesized smooth Funk. His laid back beats support deep bass grooves and jabbing piano not unlike Herbie Hancock.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Jean-Luc Ponty</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:17:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jazz violin isn't exactly electric guitar, but don't tell Jean-Luc Ponty that. He never saw any reason not to pair wa-wa pedals and Echoplexes with the violin, and as a result he's done more for the stringed instrument than anyone since Stephane Grappelli. A classically trained musician who also played clarinet and tenor sax, Ponty developed a love for jazz that finally forced him to choose between jazz and classical. He chose jazz, and his work on the violin was groundbreaking  he mastered the bebop style and played his instrument as if it were a horn. No one had ever heard anything quite like it. As the 1960s wore on, Ponty branched out into experimental rock and free jazz. He has played with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and his restless quest for novelty has led him from jazz into country, world music and more.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Philippe Saisse</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tom Scott</title>
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<category>Jazz Instrumental Pop</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:07:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tom Scott is one of the founders of smooth fusion and contemporary jazz. The saxophonist cut his first two discs for the legendary Impulse record label when he was just 19, proving that he could play in any conceivable style (from bop to experimental to highly commercial jazz). After that auspicious beginning, Scott concentrated on crossing over and formed the jazz-funk band L.A. Express, which showcased his brand of saxophone playing: a style that's almost as soulful as Grover Washington, Jr.'s and David Sanborn's but even more indebted to rock music. This convergence of R&B, soul jazz and rock quickly mellowed to become a touchstone of the smooth jazz scene. A native Angelino, Scott also makes music for Hollywood productions, and playahs the world over love him for giving them the theme to <I>Starsky and Hutch</I>.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Kevin Toney</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:19:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Toney began his career as keyboardist for Donald Byrd's exceptionally funky backing band, the Blackbyrds. These days, his style is toned down, focusing on light jazz and smooth urban Funk. He still plays a melody better than most of his peers, and if you're into laid-back, relaxing and undemanding jazz, he's top-notch.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Hubert Laws</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hubert Laws' jazz flute is as much a part of the 70s as are Pinto automobiles and screw-capped wine jugs and a couple of his CTI albums were a must for hippies transitioning into the disco era. Yet the fact remains that his work from this period is very strong (particularly the hit Fusion-meets-Stravinsky album, <I>The Rites of Spring</i>) and Laws is an extremely gifted musician who recorded a string of supurb albums with producer Joel Dorn. The 90s find the classically-trained Laws playing better than ever and he still divides his time between crossover and mainstream jazz efforts.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Pieces of a Dream</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:33:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Kyle Eastwood</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:45:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Kyle Eastwood</rhap:artist>
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<title>Ronnie Laws</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:44:45 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Ronnie Laws</rhap:artist>
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<title>Nelson Rangell</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:03 -0800</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Nelson Rangell</rhap:artist>
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<description><![CDATA[A talented alto sax and flute player, Rangell has hit the contemporary jazz charts on numerous occasions with his fiery playing and smooth, laid-back Funk grooves.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Les McCann</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:40:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<rhap:artist xmlns:rhap="rhap">Les McCann</rhap:artist>
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<description><![CDATA[Pianist Les McCann was one of the West Coast's few Soul Jazz stars during the funkified 1960s. His catchy, rhythmic style captures a solid groove and his work is always joyous and soulful yet McCann also excells at slow, impressionist ballads that build in intensity. A bluesy singer himself, he also excels at backing up other vocalists and musicians. He has recently bounced back with an even more economical style after a serious stroke. Good timing too, since McCann has become one of the darlings of the Acid Jazz movement and one of the most sampled jazz artists around.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Chieli Minucci</title>
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<category>Jazz Instrumental Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:58:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As one half of the duo Special EFX, Minucci impressed audiences with his snappy electric guitar playing, combining blues, jazz and world influences effortlessly. His solo recordings have light, hip-hop inspired rhythms and a variety of bright, effervescent solos.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Gato Barbieri</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:42:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Bobbi Humphrey</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:49:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Hank Crawford</title>
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<category>Soul Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:53 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hank Crawford's delectable saxophone mix of jazz and blues with smooth-toned R&B has had a massive impact on today's Crossover Jazz scene. Crawford cut his teeth in Memphis with Muddy Waters, Bobby Blue Bland, and Ike Turner before going to university to study music. Crawford started turning heads when he joined Ray Charles in 1956. His soul-drenched baritone and alto sax playing had found the perfect showcase and he became Charles' musical director until 1963. Starting in 1959, and up through the '70s, Crawford released a string of Soul Jazz albums on Atlantic and CTI that heavily influenced David Sanborn and Grover Washington Jr.'s radio-ready styles. In the line of research, the Listen.com editors recently checked out Crawford with organist Jimmy McGriff at an uptown nightclub. He brought the house down.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Mike Stern</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:34 -0700</pubDate>
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