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Re: 4th Annual National Smooth Jazz Awards Winners
Date: 03 Jul 2003 07:24:46 GMTRelevance: 0.88
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best smooth jazz=oxymoron
Re: smooth jazz radio posts largest gains
Date: 01 Apr 2003 16:30:46 GMTRelevance: 0.44
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Wynton should do a smooth jazz record.
Simon Weil
Un ottimo link per gli amanti dello Smooth Jazz
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:16:08 +0200Relevance: 0.38095
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http://meshier.com/fs/a/index.html
KennyB
Smooth Jazz in America
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:04:48 GMTRelevance: 0.16161
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Have a look, have a listen......
http://102kjjz.com
Palm Springs, California........
Cheers,
jr
Here's some smooth Jazz music..
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:57:17 -0600Relevance: 0.13836
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No I'm not a smooth jazz artist. This is actually my uncle's music..
Check it out http://www.soundclick.com/bands/7/markku.htm
My favorite is "All About You"
"Smooth jazz often gets stereotyped . . ."
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 14:52:11 +0900Relevance: 0.10089
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"Smooth jazz often gets stereotyped as being lightweight, but I think that smooth jazz is like any other genre of music in that you have some great stuff and some jive stuff," asserts [guitarist Joyce ...more...
Smooth jazz ...
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 10:03:33 -0500Relevance: 0.07619
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----- ..needs a heavy dose of laxative.
As for dropping Sinatra, the whole market-driven radio scene may fellate a dead rhinoceros, as far as I'm concerned...
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Re: Smooth Jazz is back in TC
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:12:33 -0700Relevance: 0.07052
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Chad Thomas wrote:
> Has anyone noticed that WLOL 100.3 has dropped its classic rock and became > "Smooth Jazz 100.3"? Finally something different to listen to, besides all > the Elton John and Fleet ...more...
Smooth Jazz Jam
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:44:56 +0900Relevance: 0.06756
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Smooth Jazz Jam Posted by: editoron Monday, June 02, 2003 - 06:07 AM
Milford, CT 5/30/03 By Scott H. Thompson
It was an unlikely gathering place for musicians of such high caliber. This smooth jazz ...more...
Re: What music Cd's will be on your summer cruise!!
Date: 09 May 2003 01:25:46 GMTRelevance: 0.06282
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Hi PegnDerek I bet you listen to CD101.5 FM smooth Jazz on the Radio !! It's one of my favorite stations .I hope to do one of there smooth Jazz cruises on the Hudson this year . Ken G......>
FS: "Smooth" Jazz CD's (4 Sealed + 4 Used)
Date: 12 Jul 2003 18:53:58 GMTRelevance: 0.05882
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Selling used and new (sealed) "smooth jazz" CDs. Sell ALL for $40. + shipping:
Sealed- a) The Very Best of Spyro Gyra b) The Best Smooth Jazz Ever c) The Very Best of Acoustic Alchemy d) Rit's House ...more...
smooth jazz can be thanked for introducing many to the jazz world
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:26:41 +0900Relevance: 0.05825
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"Smooth jazz is derided among jazz purists, and often justifiably so. It too often sounds slick, commercial, processed, calculated, empty of content. Jazz pablum. But at its best -- Winelight-era Grov ...more...
Re: REQ: Smooth Jazz midi files
Date: 17 Feb 2003 11:00:11 -0800Relevance: 0.04928
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Kevin Van Sant <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> I think perhaps David was thinking that in "Smooth" jazz (see subject > header) that difference might not be ...more...
New smooth jazz supergroup . . .
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 19:06:42 +0900Relevance: 0.04907
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. . . to debut at Playboy jazz festival, June 14th and 15th at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California.
"Sax-masters Richard Elliot and Steve Cole have come together with guitarists Peter Whit ...more...
Re: I Am Switch to XPeePee Alls I need now is $4467.82
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:42:11 +0000 (UTC)Relevance: 0.04797
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:19:20 -0700, Freeride <email-address-deleted> wrote: >On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 05:05:02 +0000, Jerry Nash wrote: > >> smooth jazz > >Sorry, but yuck!! :) That stuff is hard to listen ...more...
Re: the provenance of smooth jazz
Date: 13 Jul 2003 03:34:43 GMTRelevance: 0.04413
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>Subject: the provenance of smooth jazz >From: "Sum1" email-address-deleted >Date: 6/20/2003 6:08 AM Pacific Standard Time >Message-id: <bcv0pi$10nb$email-address-deleted> > >"Chronologically, the ge ...more...
Re: Soul Jazz as distinct from "Smooth Jazz"
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 21:24:11 GMTRelevance: 0.03722
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I've seen George Duke, Crusaders, George Benson called smooth jazz. Wes' last albums albums would be called smooth jazz today. Brian Hughes is smooth jazz. Smooth jazz does seem to be a descendant of ...more...
Re: Smooth Jazz midi files
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 06:49:48 -0500Relevance: 0.03503
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Hi Dale,
I have some of the files you mention.
Since this group does not allow attachments, e-mail me at email-address-deleted
Daniel Rheault
"Dale Holmes" <email-address-deleted> a écrit dans le ...more...
Re: Country singer turns to jazz
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:10:26 -0700Relevance: 0.03068
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In article <bdttue$123p$email-address-deleted>, Sum1 <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> The author said he never thought much of jazz or country until he actually > listened to them. So I simply sugge ...more...
Re: Jimmy Bruno's jazz station and smooth jazz
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 13:05:52 -0400Relevance: 0.03028
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"Max Leggett" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:email-address-deleted... > Jimmy's station is great. At the bottom of his page there are a bunch > of links, put there by Live365.com, to si ...more...
Re: Smooth Jazz vs. Real Jazz
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 09:56:10 -0400Relevance: 0.02956
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> Jay replies: Lately I've been listening to & enjoying Mimi Fox's > "Standards" > cd, which is a solo effort. Mimi studied with Pass.It's a fine cd & if > you like solo Jazz Guitar, I think you'll li ...more...
Hybrid form of jazz popular - and the subject of much dispute
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:19:04 +0900Relevance: 0.02926
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Here's a good one for the naysayers.
Hentoff admits smooth jazz " is part of the [jazz] continuum."
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http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=710&xlc=[phone-number-dele ...more...
Re: IS STEELY DAN JAZZ?
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 09:46:12 -0500Relevance: 0.02824
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"Ðon ßailey" wrote:
> > There's Jazz and there's Jazz. > > Branford Marsalis describes what some local "light jazz" > stations play as "Half baked"(i.e. Kenny G crap). I personally > find this stu ...more...
station boots Sinatra for smooth jazz
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:43:34 +0900Relevance: 0.02711
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http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/peoplestoryA46578A.htm
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Mar 16, 6:14 PM
Sebastian station boots Sinatra for smooth jazz
By Breuse Hickman FLORIDA TODAY
Get out the wine and cheese ...more...
2003 Smooth Jazz Awards - Online Voting Now Open
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 18:03:10 +0900Relevance: 0.02652
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Voting for the US-based National Smooth Jazz Awards is taking place now online. To participate, point your browser to http://www.nationalsmoothjazzawards.com
As the press release below notes, howeve ...more...
Re: Jazz recommendations for newbie
Date: 19 Jun 2003 20:25:04 GMTRelevance: 0.02434
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ric writes:
<< Then you won't mind telling me what [Sum1's point] was... >>
No, I suppose not. His point was that, apart from what maybe "should" happen: The reality is, artists *do* carry genre lab ...more...
Steve Oliver - AWESOME smooth jazz guitarist!
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 14:47:01 GMTRelevance: 0.02429
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If you have never heard of Steve Oliver, look for this guy to start getting a name for himself. Up until a year or so ago, he was playing at car shows and smaller gigs of that sort. Now he is getting ...more...
Re: University radio station goes smooth
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:50:33 +0000 (UTC)Relevance: 0.02387
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On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:20:11 -0800, Sum1 <email-address-deleted> wrote: > > But even if this is not the case at most universities, there's no reason why > it can't or shouldn't be, is there?
If havi ...more...
Re: Acid Jazz - any one still doing it?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 01:32:56 GMTRelevance: 0.02343
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"Sum1" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:bf7ffd$b3k$email-address-deleted... > > "JC Martin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message > news:gszRa.2588$email-address-deleted... > > "Sum1" ...more...
Black Artists Bemoan Whitewashing Of Smooth Jazz
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:00:40 +0900Relevance: 0.02314
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http://www.kccall.com/News/2003/0404/Entertainment/012.html
Black Artists Bemoan Whitewashing Of Smooth Jazz
By Nisa Islam Muhammad
Special to the NNPA
The Final Call
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the w ...more...
Re: Smooth jazz is like . . .
Date: 8 Jul 2003 23:59:52 -0700Relevance: 0.02193
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"JC Martin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<VKCOa.9148$email-address-deleted>...
> If you can't make the distinction between Kenny G. and Pat Metheny or Grover > Washington, then your ...more...
Re: What is a thing called jazz ?
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:00:38 GMTRelevance: 0.02115
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"Sum1" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:bcb399$22ls$email-address-deleted... > > "Mike C." <email-address-deleted> wrote in message > news:gk1Ga.167379$M01.78703@sccrnsc02... > > > And s ...more...
Re: New Jaco Pastorius Album Released!
Date: 17 Jul 2003 01:10:31 -0700Relevance: 0.02089
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"JC Martin" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<jTlRa.2413$email-address-deleted>... > > > > He didn't say it was smooth jazz, he said it was a "flat-out Pop/R&B > song". > > (It's also a ...more...
More on the origins of smooth
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:59:32 +0900Relevance: 0.02088
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Ealier this week there was some discussion about the origins of smooth jazz and how it is related to fusion.
Just ran across an interview with Kirk Whalum, whom some of you will recognize as one of t ...more...
Re: Real or Smooth? You be the Judge
Date: 13 Jul 2003 15:24:57 -0700Relevance: 0.01874
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"Marc Sabatella" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<X30Qa.11625$email-address-deleted>... > "Nick" <email-address-deleted> wrote: > > Right, but people disagree on what those limits shoul ...more...
Good microphone for recording trumpet in smooth jazz?
Date: 21 Jul 2003 01:03:51 -0700Relevance: 0.01865
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I'm a trumpet player, who does recording at home, mainly as a hobby. But of course, I'm a perfectionist and want the best quality recording I can get. I have a clear, rich, warm sound that I'd want to ...more...
Re: US jazz stagnates was: Electricity In Jazz
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 21:39:31 GMTRelevance: 0.01824
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:10:15 UTC, Michael Fell <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> Music in general has stagnated worldwide.
..or maybe it's just catching its breath. The same attitude (stagnation) ...more...
Re: Wayne Shorter sweeps Jazz Awards
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:18:24 -0600Relevance: 0.0177
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"Sum1" <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> > Not sure. I never suggested asking fans of this music. > > But you did. You suggesting asking jazz fans.
I said, "other jazz fans". This suggests the rec ...more...
blatant plug.......
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:09:21 -0700Relevance: 0.01685
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Here is a tune I did for a new artist, he sent me this mix from his soon to be released cd. http://www.cinemusique.com/mixes/405.mp3
I also did drums tracks for a smooth jazz artist named John Niems ...more...
Re: Refreshing New Trend in Canadian Jazz Radio
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:58:00 -0500Relevance: 0.01589
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Thomas Lee <email-address-deleted> wrote:
>Hope I'm not out of line to post this here, but a long awaited era in >segmented jazz programming is finally passed for Canadian Listeners. >Full time jazz ...more...
Local (clearchannel) classic rock radio station turns into smooth
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:30:30 -0500Relevance: 0.01438
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I hit the button for the other classic rock station on my way to work one day last week and there was a Steely Dan type instrumental playing. I thought that was odd and the next song came on with so ...more...
Re: Kenny G: Master of Melodic Jazz
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 06:44:01 -0400Relevance: 0.01413
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You'll also find new age music in the "jazz" section. According to the marketing powers that be, all instrumental music (apart from classical) is jazz. Totally ridiculous and intellectually lazy to ...more...
Re: Lee Rittenour at Jazz Alley
Date: 30 Mar 2003 17:49:10 -0800Relevance: 0.01378
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Lee's an excellent player, smooth jazz or not. Not every album is a winner, but the man definitely has capable chops and a lot of taste. Larry Carlton is every bit as much of a smooth jazz player as L ...more...
Re: Starting Jazz Band in So Cal
Date: 28 Jun 2003 14:16:58 -0700Relevance: 0.01353
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"M. Gregory Holmes" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<ZsPJa.75466$Pc5.69400@fed1read01>... > "Ben Crowell" wrote: > > > The Sunday jams at Steamers in Fullerton might also be a good plac ...more...
Where did Jazz FM Go ???
Date: 29 Apr 2003 03:44:03 -0700Relevance: 0.01306
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You are tuned into a radio station and think is this Melody or Heart 106.2? Surprise, surprise it's Jazz FM on 102.2 ! Old soul, mainly done to death 1970's tunes. Sinatra, Average White Band! Maybe t ...more...
Re: tunes on Pat's Guitar Jazz
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:45:08 -0400Relevance: 0.01294
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"Pat Smith" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:z1dTa.388$email-address-deleted... > yikes that would be a lot of solo guitar and way more than I have, but I > will add more of what I've g ...more...
Re: BET Jazz cable/satellite
Date: 21 Mar 2003 14:05:20 -0800Relevance: 0.01267
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"SeaShel" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<D3Iea.105076> > Oh my goodness, was that a soapbox I stepped on? > The same one I'm on, I'm afraid, the one that makes me feel like an old fa ...more...
Re: Zawinul Syndicate show in Vancouver
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 23:47:53 GMTRelevance: 0.0125
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>> The actual experience was one of a severe disappointment. Nothing even >> closely resembling the sweet, groundbreaking sounds that came from >> Zawinul's keyboards during his 1970s period was to be ...more...
Re: Well done, Sum1!
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ric <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>... > Zee Dodo wrote: > > > I think that even Kenny G's detractors would agree that given a > > choice, all normal people woul ...more...
Re: Jazz Purist Question: Is Sun Ra Jazz?
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:22:16 -0600Relevance: 0.01231
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"kurt" <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> I am curious how the traditionalists amongst us view > Sun Ra. I recently picked up the remastered Live In > Montreaux; it had been a while since I listened to ...more...
