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"Soldier of Love" debuted at number 5 on the Smooth Jazz airplay chart and became the first-ever vocal to hit number 1 on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown. [26] The album peaked at No. 4 in the UK. [11] In the US the album sold 502,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard 200 chart. [13] The album stayed at No. 1 in the US for ...
The mid- to late-1970s included songs "Breezin'" as performed by another smooth jazz pioneer, guitarist George Benson in 1976, the instrumental composition "Feels So Good" by flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, in 1978, "What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell along with his debut album was released the same year, jazz fusion group Spyro Gyra's instrumental "Morning Dance", released in ...
He signed with the jazz record label Inner City Records and recorded his first album, Nite Ride (1980). His second album, The Hot Spot (1982), reached the top 10 of the jazz chart in Billboard magazine. [2] He moved to Los Angeles and composed music for movies and television. In 1986, he signed with Epic Records and released a series of smooth ...
The first CD from the Weather Channel heralded the network's entry into retail music. The network's music had been a source of interest for viewers, who had written in for years asking where they could purchase the music played during the "Local on the 8s" segment, broadcast 288 minutes each day. The 12-song compilation features the channel's ...
The smooth jazz format also added R&B; according to Cary Goldberg of JVC, Paul Hardcastle "brought a sophisticated, urban groove" to the format. She said, "Instead of bringing jazz to R&B, he's brought an R&B groove to contemporary jazz." [7] The smooth jazz music mix included 70 percent instrumentals and 30 percent vocals.
3rd Force is a smooth jazz band consisting of William Aura, Craig Dobbin, and Alain Eskinasi. [1]The band's eponymous first album was released in 1994. [2] It was followed by others with "Force" in the title.
Jeff Kashiwa was born in 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky but moved to Seattle, Washington as a young child. He credits the public school's music program for inspiring his interest in music, [1] along with his father, who died in 1992, who was a fan of jazz music including Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller.