There is a big difference between so-called “elevator music” and good smooth jazz. Given the right circumstances, and we’ll let you use your imagination here, the warmly romantic style can be a ...

Smooth jazz was a tough sell to European record executives in the mid-1980s. That's when Acoustic Alchemy was just emerging, and the England-based band was a lukewarm commodity. It took a trip ...

MUSIC industry executives were big into genre labelling during the 1980s. One of the period’s most popular formats was smooth jazz. Saxophonist Najee was one of the stars of smooth jazz, a laid-back ...

When Minneapolis native Shaun LaBelle — now a hit-making songwriter, producer and singer based in Los Angeles — decided to return home for a couple of gigs at the Dakota jazz club, he enlisted some ...

Michael Franks’ music career predates the rise of both hip-hop and smooth jazz. But he has long been embraced by both worlds, much to the surprise of the veteran singer and writer of such enduring ...

“Life in the Key of G” by Kenny G with Philip Lerman (Blackstone, 240 pages, $28.99) Kenny G wants you to know that he doesn’t like the term “smooth jazz.” “For me,” the saxophonist says in his new ...