Jazz/Smooth Jazz

Interview With Jean Louisa Kelly

1) What’s your favorite part of the music creation process? And what do you think is the most stressful? With composition, I love when I discover the idea and the melody comes… I record it right into my phone so I don’t forget… I just sing it all, everything that streams into my head for […]

Cover Girl Jan Daley | Exclusive Interview

JAN DALEY is a singer and performer whose career has spanned over 5 decades. Jan Daley’s Smooth Jazz album “The Way of A Woman” a collection of classy, elegant and awe-inspiring tones has hit the Top 10 on 2 Billboard Album charts? and is nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Award, november 2017, Congrats […]

MITCHELL COLEMAN JR. – “Euphoria”

A single with a distinctive sound of its own that will bring you to higher heights Mitchell Coleman Jr. grew up the son of a Vietnam Vet spending much of his early childhood in Cuba, Alabama until his family finally made their home in Bloomfield Connecticut. It was during his formative years in Bloomington that Mitchell would […]

DIANA KRALL

Diana Krall’s latest album, Turn Up the Quiet, celebrates Jazz and the Great American Songbook, reuniting Diana with Grammy Award-winning producer, Tommy LiPuma. Diana Krall is the only jazz singer to have eight albums debut at the top of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. To date, her albums have garnered five Grammy® Awards, eight Juno® […]

Jan Daley – The Way of A Woman

Jan Daley – The Way of A Woman | Smooth Jazz Jan Daley is a singer and performer with a rather elegant approach to soothing smooth jazz tones. Her vocals performances are rich, dynamic and awe-inspiring. As a singer, she showcases an impressive degree of dynamic control and melodic range, which complements the music beautifully. […]

Geoff Alpert – Open Your Heart

Geoff Alpert, New Release “Open Your Heart” Geoff Alpert’s Open Your Heart (co–produced with Gail Jhonson) is a 10–tune tapestry which lovingly places the trombone in a front and center position it rarely enjoys in the present musical landscape. Floating between Jazz, Pop, R&B and Latin sound signatures, it’s a bold yet highly accessible listen. […]

Jazz Meets Hip Hop

5 Great Songs Where Jazz Meets Hip Hop Jazz has long been a rich source of inspiration in hip hop. Whether borrowing from the sound and feel of great jazz or sampling of great tunes and catalogues like Blue Note Records, hip hop artists have frequently felt a great affinity with the jazz tradition. […]

Jazz organists, Mike LeDonne

Jazz organists, Mike LeDonne MIKE LEDONNE: THAT FEELIN’ (Savant) Latest in the series by organist Mike LeDonne’s Groover Quartet, with guest Vincent Herring added on three numbers, meets the standard one expects. Tunes as usual mix his own pieces with those from outside jazz – from At Last to the likes of La La Means […]