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Blues - Blues music from the early artists of the 1920s to present day. Jazz - Traditional and contemporary jazz mix that utilizes traditional jazz elements. Singers & Swing - big band, swing & adult standards. Smooth Jazz; Stage & Screen* - Music from film, television themes, and Broadway.
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.
May 9 Darren Rahn "Infinite Love" 1 [8] 225 May 16 Brian Culbertson featuring Mr. TalkBox and Marcus Anderson "Get Up!" 1 [9] 226 May 23 Boney James "Solid" 1 [10] 227 May 30 Nick Colionne "Let's Get Serious" 3 [11] 228 June 20 Kim Scott featuring Jazmin Ghent "Free to Be" 1 [12] 229 June 27 Cindy Bradley "Snack Grouch" 2 [13] 230 July 11
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 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 ...
Easy listening (including mood music [5]) is a popular music genre [6] [7] [8] and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. [9] It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music [1] and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non-rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs.
This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology. A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [ 1 ]
Music journalist Jason King wrote, "Sensuous and pensive, quiet storm is seductive R&B, marked by jazz flourishes, 'smooth grooves,' and tasteful lyrics about intimate subjects. As disco gave way to the 'urban contemporary' format at the outset of the 1980s, quiet storm expanded beyond radio to emerge as a broad catchall super-genre."