The Verticles of Smooth Jazz in The 21st Century

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Sat, 03/07/2020 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Smooth Jazz takes an Angular Turn

Succesful marketing of jazz music require a broad view and understanding of audience taste, and ways to groom listeners and the evolution of this music. From Ragtime,Dixieland, Big band, Be-bop and bop, Free Jazz, Avant Garde, mainstream, cool and, today, Smooth Jazz. Covering a stretch of over 100 years. Each change, or iteration, is episodic, and significant to the legacy of sound I like to call American Classic Music. Each generation of fans maintain their's is the period when the music flourish like no other time. An open argument we cannot address here. 

 

For this episode of The Motif we present the Smooth Jazz artist that take an angular, subjective approach. Its still smooth, but with a bit more attitude, ply, and grit. This is what happens to the sound when these elements are employed with the music. Enjoy the adventure and colors added with these recording selected. Smoth Jazz take an Angular Turn... 

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    2:00
    Artist
    Wayne Escoffery and Veneration
    Song
    Hopes and Dreams
    Album
    Hopes and Dreams
    Label
    Savant
  • Time
    2:05
    Artist
    PSP (phillips, saisse, and pino)
    Song
    what's wrong with you
    Album
    psp live
    Label
  • Time
    2:09
    Artist
    Kenny Garrett
    Song
    Backyard Groove
    Album
    Do Your Dance!
    Label
    Mack Avenue Records
  • Time
    2:15
    Artist
    Najee
    Song
    Mari
    Album
    The Smooth Side of Soul
    Label
    Shanachie
  • Time
    2:27
    Artist
    Stefon Harris
    Song
    Collage
    Album
    Black Action Figure
    Label
    Blue Note Records
  • Time
    2:35
    Artist
    Najee
    Song
    Air
    Album
    You, Me and Forever
    Label
    Shanachie Ent. Corp.
  • Time
    2:41
    Artist
    Earl Klugh
    Song
    twinkle
    Album
    crazy for you
    Label
  • Time
    2:45
    Artist
    ben williams
    Song
    Smells Like Team Spirit
    Album
    coming of age
    Label
  • Time
    2:48
    Artist
    Marquis Hill
    Song
    The Way We Play / Minority
    Album
    The Way We Play
    Label
    Concord Jazz
  • Time
    2:55
    Artist
    Marcus Miller
    Song
    TALES
    Album
    TALES
    Label
    PRA
  • Time
    3:04
    Artist
    Greg Osby
    Song
    Man - Talk
    Album
    Man - Talk For Moderns Vol. X
    Label
    CM BLUE NOTE (A92)
  • Time
    3:09
    Artist
    Greg Osby
    Song
    Heard
    Album
    Further Ado
    Label
    Blue Note Records
  • Time
    3:14
    Artist
    Ravi Coltrane
    Song
    Epistrophy
    Album
    Blending Times
    Label
    Savoy Jazz
  • Time
    3:22
    Artist
    Rudolph Johnson
    Song
    the highest pleasure
    Album
    The Second Coming
    Label
    Black Jazz
  • Time
    3:30
    Artist
    Will Downing
    Song
    Too High
    Album
    Euphoria
    Label
    Will Downing
  • Time
    3:39
    Artist
    Bobby Lyle
    Song
    Horizon
    Album
    The Way I Feel
    Label
    New Warrior Music
  • Time
    3:45
    Artist
    Terri Lyne Carrington
    Song
    Trapped in the American Dream (feat. Kassa Overall)
    Album
    Waiting Game
    Label
    Motema
  • Time
    3:52
    Artist
    Steve Coleman And Five Elements
    Song
    Destination
    Album
    Sine Die
    Label
  • Time
    3:56
    Artist
    Bob James
    Song
    "...stop That!"
    Album
    Grand Piano Canyon
    Label
    Warner Bros.
  • Time
    4:00
    Artist
    Marion Meadows
    Song
    No Rhyme No Reason
    Album
    Next to You
    Label
    Heads Up
  • Time
    4:05
    Artist
    Bobby Lyle
    Song
    Horizon
    Album
    The Way I Feel
    Label
    New Warrior Music
  • Time
    4:11
    Artist
    JOEY DE FRANCESCO
    Song
    and so it is
    Album
    in the key of the universe
    Label
  • Time
    4:15
    Artist
    Alex Bugnon
    Song
    As Promised
    Album
    As Promised
    Label
    Narada
  • Time
    4:20
    Artist
    Marion Meadows
    Song
    No Rhyme No Reason
    Album
    Next to You
    Label
    Heads Up
  • Time
    4:25
    Artist
    George Howard
    Song
    Silent Thoughts
    Album
    Midnight Mood
    Label
    GRP
  • Time
    4:29
    Artist
    Terri Lyne Carrington & Social Science
    Song
    Bells (Ring Loudly) [feat. Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Debo Ray]
    Album
    Waiting Game
    Label
    Motema Music, LLC
  • Time
    4:36
    Artist
    Herbie Hancock
    Song
    The Melody (On the Deuce By 44)
    Album
    Dis Is da Drum
    Label
    Verve Reissues
  • Time
    4:40
    Artist
    Bobby Lyle
    Song
    Checkin'
    Album
    The Power of Touch
    Label
    Atlantic Jazz
  • Time
    4:45
    Artist
    Meshell Ndegeocello
    Song
    Heaven (feat. Lalah Hathaway, Neal Evans & Chris Dave)
    Album
    The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel
    Label
    Shanachie
  • Time
    4:51
    Artist
    Tyrone Hendrix
    Song
    Love Ain't Working (feat. Toni Hill)
    Album
    Rhythm on Life, Vol. 1
    Label
    Teefamm Production
  • Time
    4:55
    Artist
    Dave McMurray
    Song
    Music Is Life
    Album
    Music Is Life
    Label
    Blue Note (US1A)
  • Time
    4:59
    Artist
    Kurt Elling & James Morrison
    Song
    Intro - Goin' To Chicago
    Album
    Live in New York
    Label
    Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

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