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Commercially oriented crossover jazz
Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented sub-genre style of jazz music that is influenced by R&B, funk, rock and pop music styles (separately, or in any
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Radio format featuring smooth jazz
Smooth jazz is a radio format that includes songs by artists such as George Benson, Pat Metheny, Kenny G, Luther Vandross, Sade, Robin Thicke, Anita Baker
Smooth_jazz_radio
Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart measures airplay spins on 15 smooth jazz radio stations in the United States. Artists with most Smooth Jazz Airplay
Smooth_Jazz_Airplay
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2026. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 3, 2026". Billboard. "Smooth
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Music genre combining jazz methods with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues
1980s in parallel with the development of a radio-friendly style called smooth jazz. Experimentation continued in the 1990s and 2000s. Fusion albums, even
Jazz_fusion
Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones of the 2020s. 2020s in music "Full Bloom" – Dec 14 / Dec 21 / Dec 28 / Jan 4 / Jan 11 / Jan 18: "Smooth Jazz Airplay
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Music genre
amplified stage sound. In the early 1980s, a commercial form of jazz fusion called smooth jazz became successful, garnering significant radio airplay. Other
Jazz
The following artists and bands have performed smooth jazz. Mindi Abair Gerald Albright Paula Atherton Gato Barbieri Walter Beasley Tom Colclough Steve
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2001 studio album by Dave Koz & Friends
A Smooth Jazz Christmas is the sixth studio album by saxophone player Dave Koz. Koz's second holiday album was released by Capitol Records on September
A_Smooth_Jazz_Christmas
Contemporary Jazz Awards (Oasis Music Awards) are presented annually to recognize achievement in the Smooth Jazz Music format as well as Jazz Fusion and
List of awards and nominations received by Diana Krall
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American jazz pianist
debuted at No. 16 on the Billboard Overall Jazz Chart. Since 2018, he has charted on eight Billboard Smooth Jazz Top-10 hit records as either producer/arranger
Bob_Baldwin_(musician)
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2025. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 4, 2025". Billboard. "Smooth
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List of Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones of the 2010s 2010s in music "Tropical Rain" – Oct 17 / Oct 31: "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week
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Neologism for 1970s–1980s soft rock music style
from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, and disco, common stylistic traits include high-quality production
Yacht_rock
American saxophonist and songwriter
(April 15, 2024). "Boney James Becomes First Artist to Notch 20 No. 1s on Smooth Jazz Airplay Chart". Billboard. "Boney James 2007". Smoothjazznotes.com. Retrieved
Boney_James
1984 single by Sade
between honeyed smooth jazz and gripping pop—as its blockbuster singles, "Smooth Operator" and "Your Love is King," demonstrate. "Smooth Operator". Sade
Smooth_Operator
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2024. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 6, 2024". Billboard. "Smooth
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American contemporary pop guitarist
Adam Hawley is a smooth jazz guitarist. Hawley was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. At a young age he developed a keen interest in music, taking up
Adam_Hawley
List of Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones of the 2000s. 2000s in music "Serene" – Oct 22 / Oct 29: "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2019. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 5, 2019". Billboard. "Smooth
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Radio station in Roswell, Georgia
preceded the call sign. The smooth jazz format enjoyed a long era of success in the Atlanta radio market. Before smooth jazz came to 107.5 in 2001 for nine
WAMJ
American jazz pianist
Hightower, is an American jazz pianist. In 2020, his album Blue Moon finished as the 14th overall smooth jazz album on the Smooth Jazz Year End Top 100 Album
Skinny_Hightower
Mainstream rock radio station in Chicago
the station's slogan was "Smooth Rock, Smooth Jazz". "Smooth Rock" would later be dropped from its slogan. As a smooth jazz station, WNUA was a major
WCHI-FM
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2006. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 7, 2006". Billboard. "Smooth
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American smooth jazz saxophonist
Nathaniel Howard Jr. (September 15, 1956 – March 20, 1998) was an American smooth jazz saxophonist. He released a total of fifteen albums under Palo Alto Records
George_Howard_(jazz)
Television and radio station in Chicago
Architecture Smooth Jazz Network, and adopting the name "87.7 Chicago's Smooth Jazz." Channel 6 originally broadcast still photographs of Chicago and Jazz musicians
WRME-LD
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2022. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 1, 2022". Billboard. "Smooth
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Radio station in Milwaukee
music. De-emphasizing the smooth jazz instrumental music that was a staple of the station, WJZI changed its branding to "Smooth 93.3", as it slowly began
WLVE
Radio station in Albany, New York, United States
flipped to smooth jazz. It played contemporary jazz instrumentals mixed with some soft pop and R&B vocals. WHRL enjoyed success in the smooth jazz format
WGY-FM
British singer and songwriter (born 1959)
doing their own sets at Pride gigs. Her solo performances of the song "Smooth Operator", co-written with Ray St. John, attracted record companies' attention
Sade_(singer)
subgenres of jazz music. Jazz portal Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin. p. 2. ISBN 0-141-00646-3. "Acid jazz (genre)"
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American singer-songwriter
singer-songwriter. She has appeared on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay and Smooth Jazz Airplay charts. Nolan founded the record label ArtsessionZ and operates
Tanya_Nolan
American jazz musician and composer
Cindy Lynn Bradley (born December 11, 1977) is an American smooth jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player and composer. Bradley was born in North Tonawanda
Cindy_Bradley
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2013. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 5, 2013". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2018. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 6, 2018". Billboard. "Smooth
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Sports radio station in New York City
Penthouse", which played contemporary R&B and soul music as well as smooth jazz. It had been used through the 1960s as the station's tagline for its
WFAN-FM
2007 compilation album by various artists
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
The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz
The_Weather_Channel_Presents:_The_Best_of_Smooth_Jazz
American singer
19, 1988) is an American jazz, R&B, and pop singer. Her first single, "Fool Me Once", reached number one on the Smooth Jazz chart at Billboard magazine
Lindsey_Webster
Musical style and genre
band Jazzcore Jazz funk Jazz fusion Jazz rap Kwela Livetronica Mambo Manila Sound Nu jazz Nu soul Punk jazz Shibuya-kei Ska jazz Smooth jazz Swing revival
Outline_of_jazz
Urban radio station in Detroit
Rhythm 107-5" or "The Jazzy 107-5", and for several years, featured smooth jazz mixed in with its urban format. On June 20, 2008, the station reverted
WGPR
Radio station in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
market was left without a smooth jazz radio station for about a year. American General Media had briefly run a smooth jazz format on KBOM-FM 94.7 in Santa
KOAZ
American rock musician and songwriter (born 1950)
Beach Boys. He is currently fronting the band Pride of Lions, and the smooth jazz project Jim Peterik's Lifeforce. He has a regular series of yearly concert
Jim_Peterik
Radio station in England
over its fifteen-year history, incorporating smooth jazz, mainstream jazz, soul, jazz fusion, acid jazz, blues and rhythm and blues. In 1994, the station
102.2_Jazz_FM
Radio station in Brookfield, Wisconsin
satellite-fed smooth jazz format. A more powerful and resourceful station, WJZI, converted from a failing rock format as WQFM to smooth jazz in 1996, giving
WRXS
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2008. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 5, 2008". Billboard. "Smooth
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Music genre
late 1970s, smooth soul was eventually followed by the development of the quiet storm format. Smooth jazz Jazz rock Disco music allmusic: Smooth soul. All
Smooth_soul
American actress (born 1956)
the group disbanded.[citation needed] In 2002, Rhodes co-wrote the smooth jazz track "Perfect Day" with then-husband Richard Marx for December, trumpeter
Cynthia_Rhodes
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2007. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 6, 2007". Billboard. "Smooth
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Sports radio station in Burlington, New Jersey, serving Philadelphia
new format would be chosen for 97.5. Clear Channel's decision to drop smooth jazz from 106.1 left a format hole in the market, and Greater Media decided
WPEN_(FM)
British digital radio station
people were dissuaded by the name Jazz, and as a result, 100.4 Jazz FM closed on 13 February 2004 and relaunched as Smooth FM on 1 March. In 2005, GMG rebranded
Jazz_FM_(UK)
American musician and talkbox artist
Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2026. "Eric Darius: Smooth Jazz Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2025. "Breakin' Thru - Eric
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1941 song
September 18, 2011. "Beyoncé". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021. "Top Smooth Jazz Songs – 2009 Year End Charts". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2012.{{cite
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2016. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 2, 2016". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2014. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 4, 2014". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2015. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 3, 2015". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2011. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 1, 2011". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2021. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 2, 2021". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2009. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 3, 2009". Billboard. "Smooth
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American jazz bassist and composer (born 1968)
Billboard. "Kyle Eastwood: Smooth Jazz Airplay". Billboard. Official website Kyle Eastwood at IMDb Profile at All About Jazz Kyle Eastwood at Allmusic
Kyle_Eastwood
Talk radio station in Woodbridge, Virginia, United States, serving Washington, D.C.
company officially taking control on November 1, 1993. A new smooth jazz format, called "Smooth Jazz 105.9", debuted on September 30, 1994. This was spurred
WMAL-FM
American record producer
"Smooth Jazz's Leading Alchemist" and "The Father of Smooth Jazz", Cody is widely known for the development of Los Angeles-based pioneer Smooth Jazz radio
Frank_Cody
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2023. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 7, 2023". Billboard. "Smooth
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1974 studio album by Bob James
album, and third album overall, by jazz keyboardist Bob James. It was an important album in the early smooth jazz genre and is famous for its end track
One_(Bob_James_album)
2008 compilation album by Various artists
The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II is a 2008 compilation by Midas Records. It was the second album from the Weather Channel and included their
The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II
The_Weather_Channel_Presents:_Smooth_Jazz_II
Radio station in Seattle, Washington, United States
2008, the station dropped the "Smooth Jazz" part of its branding and became known simply as "98.9 KWJZ". While smooth jazz still made up the majority of
KPNW-FM
songs are a mix of genres, including pop, contemporary R&B, smooth soul, smooth jazz and jazz fusion – songs having an easy-flowing and romantic character
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American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1956)
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. His 1986 album Duotones brought him
Kenny_G
Song by Don Henley, Mike Campbell and JD Souther
charts Great Rock Discography. 1995. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9. "Smooth Jazz – Week Of: September 4, 2006". Radio & Records. Archived from the original
The Heart of the Matter (song)
The_Heart_of_the_Matter_(song)
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2012. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 7, 2012". Billboard. "Smooth
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Californian radio station
KKSB went on to air an oldies format. In March 2005, Cumulus moved its smooth jazz programming from KRUZ on the 97.5 FM frequency back to 106.3 FM, which
KVYB
notable jazz fusion performers or bands. For performers of smooth jazz, a more radio-friendly, pop-infused variant of fusion, see List of smooth jazz performers
List_of_jazz_fusion_musicians
American mass media corporation
syndicates the Smooth Jazz Network (aka Your Smooth Jazz), which is programmed by Broadcast Architecture. Unless otherwise noted, all Smooth Jazz Network stations
IHeartMedia
1982 song by Michael Jackson
December 16, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2025. "Smooth Jazz Airplay, February 4, 2012". Billboard. "Smooth Jazz Airplay, February 11, 2012". Billboard. Ginell
The_Lady_in_My_Life
British band
and live shows. Their style spans genres such as soul, quiet storm, smooth jazz and sophisti-pop. Sade's debut studio album, Diamond Life (1984), topped
Sade_(band)
American guitarist (born 1965)
instrumentalist with several Top 10 radio hits in various genres as smooth jazz, NACC Loud Rock, jam band, Roots Music Report, Radio Contraband, and
Brian_Tarquin
Spanish-language contemporary hit radio station in Philadelphia
Michael Tozzi bid farewell to 13 years of smooth jazz with a sign-off message and messages from several smooth jazz artists. After playing "She's Gone" by
WUMR_(FM)
Subgenre of trap music
include descriptive terms such as "new wave" and "smooth jazz" (not to be confused with new wave and smooth jazz genres). Plugg music is typified by the production
Plugg
commercial form of jazz fusion called pop fusion or "smooth jazz" became successful and garnered significant radio airplay. Smooth jazz saxophonists include
1980s_in_jazz
The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2005. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, October 22, 2005". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2020. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 4, 2020". Billboard. "Smooth
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The Smooth Jazz Airplay number-ones from Billboard for 2010. "Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, for the week ending Saturday, January 2, 2010". Billboard. "Smooth
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American musical group
"Never" rose to No. 17 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs chart. "Why?" got to No. 19 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Songs chart. On January 13, 2014, former
Earth,_Wind_&_Fire
2014 studio album by Brian Tarquin
Smooth Jazz Cafe is the seventh solo studio album by guitarist Brian Tarquin, released in October 2014 by Cleopatra Records/Purple Pyramid. The album
Smooth_Jazz_Cafe
Classic hits radio station in San Diego
contemporary jazz program at night, called "Lights Out San Diego". In September 1987, as Lights Out San Diego gained in popularity, KIFM went with smooth jazz around
KXSN
American jazz fusion group
The Jazz Crusaders) were an American jazz/jazz fusion group performing from the 1960s to 2010. Known firstly from their 1960 inception as the Jazz Crusaders
The Crusaders (jazz fusion group)
The_Crusaders_(jazz_fusion_group)
American bass player and vocalist
(bass), International Rock Awards Bassist of the Year, U.S. National Smooth Jazz Awards Most Valuable Player (bass), N.A.R.A.S. Most Performed Work, ASCAP
Nathan_East
American jazz musician (1940–2025)
Retrieved July 10, 2025. Singer, Barry (July 24, 2025). "Chuck Mangione, a 'smooth jazz' hitmaker with a fluegelhorn, dies at 84". New York Times. Retrieved
Chuck_Mangione
American jazz/R&B/funk musician
Brian Culbertson (born January 12, 1973) is an American smooth jazz/R&B/funk musician and producer. His instruments include the synthesizer, piano and
Brian_Culbertson
Alternative rock radio station in Detroit
Heaven", WLLZ flipped to Smooth Jazz as V98.7. The format was introduced by musician Kenny G, followed by the first song: "Smooth Operator" by Sade. The
WDZH
1950s. It originated from black American music such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, rhythm and blues, as well as country music. While rock and
Styles_of_pop_music
Radio station in Speedway–Indianapolis, Indiana
format. Prior to October 2007, the 100.9 FM frequency was home to WYJZ, a smooth jazz format that began broadcasting on June 15, 1998. On October 5, 2007,
WHHH
Musical artist
roll, soul, funk, R&B, and also smooth jazz. His debut album North End Soul, released in 2010, featured smooth jazz and R&B tracks played on the saxophone
Vincent_Ingala
Radio station in Omaha, Nebraska, United States
air on August 11, 1990, calling itself "The View" and broadcasting a smooth jazz format. It had earlier sought the calls KUKF, but changed to KKVU a month
KKCD
Radio station in San Francisco
termed "new adult contemporary" or NAC. The description later evolved to smooth jazz. KKSF debuted on July 31, 1987, at midnight. The first song played was
KOSF
American musician
American contemporary jazz artist, producer, audio engineer, songwriter, and composer. In 2018 Cal Harris was ranked the #5 smooth jazz artist by Billboard
Cal_Harris_Jr.
American jazz saxophonist and songwriter (born 1958)
Kirk Whalum (born July 11, 1958) is an American R&B and smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. He has recorded a series of commercially successful and
Kirk_Whalum
Radio station in Warrior, Alabama, United States
contemporary format. In 1995, WLBI began adding smooth jazz programming and eventually morphed into a fulltime smooth jazz station. It continued to broadcast as
WBHK
American saxophonist
for Jazz. Her song "Tropical Rain", from her 2009 release, reached the top of the Groove Jazz Music chart and also took the #1 spot on the Smooth Jazz Top
Jessy_J
American smooth jazz quartet
Fourplay (stylized as fOURPLAY) is a contemporary American smooth jazz quartet. The original members of the group were Bob James (keyboards), Lee Ritenour
Fourplay
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