Re: Jimmy Bruno's jazz station and smooth jazz

Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 13:05:52 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz
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"Max Leggett" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> Jimmy's station is great. At the bottom of his page there are a bunch
> of links, put there by Live365.com, to sites that might be of similar
> interest. So, out of innocence and interest, I clicked "Soft Jazz AM -
> The Softest Jazz 24 Hours a Day." It's what used to be called Muzak.
> Literally. Instrumental elevator music. It's the sort of crap that
> when you hear it in an elevator you wish the elevator would speed up
> so you could get off sooner. Being an innocent young thing I had no
> idea that what is called smooth jazz was a) not jazz in the least, and
> b) utter drivel. It took me about 3 nanoseconds to realise my mistake
> and get back to Jimmy's station where there was real music. Tell me,
> those of you who interact with the real world more than I do, this
> smooth jazz crap - does it really sell all that much? Are there really
> people who a) willingly listen to this shit and b) really think it's
> jazz? How much is a lobotomy these days? But Jimmy, your station is
> great - thanks for putting it up. In future I shall know better than
> to attempt links that are beyond me.
Smooth jazz is a radio format. It is very popular. I played a gig with a
smooth jazz guy last year named Chris Standring. He is actually a very fine
player. The gig was very well attended and a big success [$$$]. Smooth jazz
is also known as adult instrumental contemporary or something. It's actually
an R&B thing, not jazz.
Real jazz has chunks in it. ......joe
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