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smooth jazz

smooth jazz: what it is, how it sounds and 29 musicians associated with it.

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 combination). Beginning in the early-1970s, jazz fusion (aka "fusion") was a movement by some jazz musicians to merge the instrumental virtuosity and improvisation of traditional jazz, with a modern, electronic sensibility. The instrument that has become the most widely-associated with the genre is the saxophone inspired by players like Grover Washington Jr., Ronnie Laws, Wayne Shorter and Nathan Davis; plus a gentle, legato electric guitar (influenced by players like Wes Montgomery and Grant Green). Jazz fusion ensembles such as Weather Report, Spyro Gyra, Hiroshima and Bob James' Fourplay were vital to the development of the genre. Modern derivatives of the genre includes the more recent New Adult Contemporary format broadcast radio.

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smooth jazz musicians

Norah Jones b. 1979 · American musician (born 1979) Al Jarreau 1940–2017 · American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017) George Benson b. 1943 · American guitarist and singer (born 1943) Bobby McFerrin b. 1950 · American jazz vocalist and composer (born 1950) Diana Krall b. 1964 · Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist Kenny G b. 1956 · American saxophonist Wes Montgomery 1923–1968 · American jazz guitarist (1923–1968) Larry Carlton b. 1948 · American guitarist (born 1948) Marcus Miller b. 1959 · American musician, composer and producer Sade 1982– · British band Chuck Mangione 1940–2025 · American jazz musician (1940–2025) Keiko Matsui b. 1961 · Japanese jazz pianist (1961-) Tom Scott b. 1948 · American jazz musician (born 1948) Arild Andersen b. 1945 · Norwegian jazz musician Earl Klugh b. 1954 · American acoustic guitarist and composer (born 1953) Spyro Gyra 1974– · American jazz band Harvey Mason b. 1947 · American jazz drummer Tokyo Jihen 2004– · Japanese musical group Ronny Jordan 1962–2014 · English guitarist (1962-2014) Chuck Loeb 1955–2017 · American smooth jazz guitarist and musician (1955-2017) Jay Beckenstein b. 1951 · American musician Mike Francis 1961–2009 · Italian singer and composer (1961-2009) Boney James b. 1961 · American saxophonist and songwriter Euge Groove b. 1962 · American musical artist Gregg Karukas b. 1956 · American musician Zvuki Mu 1981– · Russian rock band Acoustic Alchemy English jazz band Ole Børud b. 1976 · Norwegian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record… Shikao Suga b. 1966 · Japanese singer-songwriter