Smooth jazz, when the history ... in the game – began recording instrumental covers of hit tunes of the day. This coincided with the advent of easy listening music and the arrival of the ultra ...

February 28, 2025 • The iconic voices of female jazz & blues legends Billie Holiday, Phyllis Hyman, Nancy Wilson and Bessie Smith were honored at Aretha's Jazz Café in Detroit for Black History ...

From iconic bandleaders to unique talents, the best jazz pianists both shaped the genre and revolutionized the role of the piano in music. From the smoky jazz clubs of New Orleans to the grand ...

Once upon a time the venerable tuba was the foundational time-keeping instrument of a jazz band, mainly because its deep bass register meant it could be heard (the upright bass was sometimes used for ...

It was Friday night, but sophomore Ava Jolley couldn’t relax just yet — she had ... Jolley said she already listens to instrumental jazz through her headphones while she is working. “When it’s live, ...

Anotr were worried. The Dutch dance duo had gained a following with a fleet, flinty style - "that minimal tech-house sound, a ...

While she comes from a classical-music family and learned to play classical piano and cello at an early age, she veered toward jazz standards as a teenager. “The Great American Songbook is my ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR JAZZ ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

Jamie Cullum showcases his love for all types of jazz and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to its future. Featuring live sessions and guests from around the world ...

With their gracefully urbane, sensuously aching melodies and harmonies, Jobim's songs gave jazz musicians in the 1960s a quiet, strikingly original alternative to their traditional Tin Pan Alley ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1994, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point ...