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, ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED ...

Say, what's all this new jazz on The Oasis? The smooth jazz brand that's been around for nearly three decades was recently rebranded OasisDFW.com. Rather than a steady stream of non-curated standard ...

Yesterday, after 19 years of pumping smooth jazz onto the airwaves, KWJZ 98.9 switched formats to the “Seattle Sound” of modern music as The Click, featuring the likes of the Kings of Leon, the Black ...

Upon first listen, Laufey's smooth jazz music might sound nostalgic, but make no mistake: The Icelandic 24-year-old isn't some retro-revivalist who was born in the wrong era. She's a musician who ...

LANSING, Mich (WLNS) – If you like jazz music Lansing-native saxophonist Phil Denny is busy putting the final touches on his inaugural “Smooth Jazz Fete.” It’s taking place tomorrow at the Armory in ...

Each June, just as the marine layer gives way to early summer sun, a different kind of tide rolls into downtown San Diego, not waves, but the warm, rhythm-soaked tones of smooth jazz. The San Diego ...

On a sun-splashed afternoon in the heart of Newhallville, Pat Solomon took in the heady aroma of grilled meat, and the croon of David Davis’ saxophone. There were people calling out to each other and ...