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The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever! vol. 2 is a compilation album released by EMI in 2005. Track listing. CD 1. Nina Simone – "My Baby Just Cares for Me"
The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever! vol. 2 (2005) The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever!' (2004) ... It is the first jazz music part of the series "The Best... Ever!". Track listing
Quiet storm songs are a mix of genres, including pop, contemporary R&B, smooth soul, smooth jazz and jazz fusion – songs having an easy-flowing and romantic character. The format first appeared in 1976 but initially it drew from songs recorded earlier.
2 [35] 252 March 27 Willie Bradley featuring James Lloyd "It's My Time" 1 [36] 253 April 3 Patrick Bradley "Exhale" 1 [37] 254 April 10 Paul Hardcastle "Welcome to the Beach" 2 [38] 255 April 24 Julian Vaughn "Sway" 1 [39] 256 May 1 Dave Koz featuring Paul Jackson Jr. "Dr. Norm" 2 [40] 257 May 15 Norman Brown "Just Groovin'" 2 [41] 258 May 29 ...
It avoids the improvisational "risk-taking" of jazz fusion, emphasizing melodic form, and much of the music was initially "a combination of jazz with easy-listening pop music and lightweight R&B." [1] [2] During the mid-1970s in the United States, it was known as "smooth radio"; the genre was not termed "smooth jazz" until the 1980s. [3]
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.
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 Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II is a 2008 compilation by Midas Records. It was the second album from the Weather Channel and included their most requested music from the Local on the 8s segments. [2] It peaked at No. 9 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz charts in the same year. [3]