Chuck Mangione is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter, and composer, best known for his smooth jazz sound and crossover ...

CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...

Ahhh, the 80s. Big hair, big synthesizer sounds and programmed beats. That didn't just happen with pop and rock, some of these trends seeped into contemporary jazz, too. This was the decade when much ...

The annual Playboy Jazz Festival concerts at the Old Pasadena Summer Fest have always been among the summer’s most appealing events. The price -- free -- is just right. The music -- a blend of smooth ...

Mr. Smooth, the new smooth jazz CD from the Al/Capone Band is now available at the band's new website, www.CaponeLive.com. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) September 1, 2009 -- The Al/Capone Band today ...

Things will be smooth and groovy this weekend at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts. The now annual Suffolk Riverfront Jazz, with this year’s headliners saxophonist Euge Groove and guitarist Peter ...