With the onset of winter, the long distance to the arrival of Valentine's Day becomes gradually closer. The Internet offers countless selections when it comes to soundtracks for the day of lovers, but ...

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, ...

In recent years jazz public enemy number one seems to have shifted from "smooth jazz" to "jazz vocalists." The heavy promotion and subsequent success of the Kralls, Cullums, and Monheits has almost ...

The Berks Jazz Fest is known for smooth jazz with a little bit of blues. This year’s schedule was rife with Rhythm and Blues. Smooth jazz singer Jeffrey Osborne, who closes the 10-day Reading-area ...

Dionne Roberts and Henry Alvarez love jazz. The married couple grew up listening to the music African Americans created in New Orleans. It’s evolved into subgenres, such as cool jazz, swing and smooth ...