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During the mid-1970s in the United States, it was known as "smooth radio"; the genre was not termed "smooth jazz" until the 1980s. The term itself seems to have been birthed directly out of radio marketing efforts. In an industry focus group in the late 1980s, one participant coined the phrase "smooth jazz" - and it stuck.
Carnegie Hall's history and timeline of African American Music. Learn more about how smooth jazz evolved from soul jazz and jazz fusion in the late 1980s.
It’s fitting that the west coast was the birthplace in 1987 of the first “smooth jazz” station, KTWV in Los Angeles, 94.7 THE WAVE, home of all sorts of laid-back grooves since the very beginning of jazz and pop. Other stations would soon follow suit, reaching a height of popularity in 1994, when Kenny G won ...
Feb 8, 2024 · The keys to understanding the SMOOTH JAZZ “label” are an evolution out of “Soul Jazz” (Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Jimmy Smith, Turrentine, Lou Donaldson), Fusion, Funk and R&B/Soul.
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Jul 6, 2023 · He and the rest of Hiroshima weren’t alone in feeling “great disdain” for the format; “No One Sets Out to Be a Smooth Jazz Musician,” the headline of an article, written in the persona ...
On radio, the Smooth Jazz format had a good run from the early days in the late 1980’s to until late in 2000’s. Much of the popularity during those years was driven by the artists being approachable. O’Dell says, “Smooth jazz performers have always been very accessible. Before and after concert meet-and-greets are common.
Jan 5, 2019 · Video. How smooth jazz took over ’90s radio. Tracing the rise and fall of smooth jazz. by Estelle Caswell. Jan 5, 2019, 8:00 AM PST. In 1986, a young Kenny G appeared on one of Oprah’s very...
