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It avoids the improvisational "risk-taking" of jazz fusion, emphasizing melodic form, and much of the music was initially "a combination of jazz with easy-listening pop music and lightweight R&B." [1] [2] During the mid-1970s in the United States, it was known as "smooth radio"; the genre was not termed "smooth jazz" until the 1980s. [3]
At a minimum, jazz blues usually include a ii–V progression in place of the simple V chord and a I–VI/vi–ii–V turnaround at the end of the form. Jazz-funk: Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds, and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers. 1970s -> Jazz fusion
No. Initial peak entry Artist(s) Title Weeks Ref. 2019; 217 December 14 Kayla Waters "Full Bloom" 6 [1]2020; 218 January 25 Lisa Addeo "Listen to This"
2023 Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 7 "Nothing Ever Hurt like You" Mindi Abair [1]January 14 "Let It Breathe" Michael Broening [2]January 21
Furthermore, I question the assumption that smooth jazz is an unfortunate and unwelcomed evolutionary outcome of the jazz-fusion era. Instead, I argue that smooth jazz is a long-lived musical style that merits multi-disciplinary analyses of its origins, critical dialogues, performance practice, and reception." [3]
Smooth jazz is generally described as a genre of music that utilizes instruments (and, at times, improvisation) traditionally associated with jazz and stylistic influences drawn from, among other sources, funk, popular and R&B. Since the late 1980s, it has become highly successful as a radio format.
2021 Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 2 "Better Days Ahead" Gerald Albright [1]January 9 [2]January 16 [3]January 23 "Blue Moon" Skinny Hightower
The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz is a 2007 compilation release by Midas Records. It peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz charts in the same year. [1] The first CD from the Weather Channel heralded the network's entry into retail music.