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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.
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 ...
Lou Rawls – 'For What It's Worth" Maze – "Joy And Pain"; Timmy Thomas – "Why Can't We Live Together" The Isley Brothers – "That Lady"; Bobbi Humphrey – "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
In Aaron J. West's introduction to his analysis of smooth jazz, "Caught Between Jazz and Pop" he states, "I challenge the prevalent marginalization and malignment of smooth jazz in the standard jazz narrative. Furthermore, I question the assumption that smooth jazz is an unfortunate and unwelcomed evolutionary outcome of the jazz-fusion era.
Bob Baldwin; David Benoit; Alex Bugnon; Brian Culbertson; Eumir Deodato; Terry Disley; George Duke; Ronnie Foster; Jonathan Fritzén; Chris Geith; Tom Grant; Dave Grusin
On July 14, 2022, YouTube made a special playlist and video celebrating the 317 music videos to have hit 1 billion views and joined the "Billion Views Club". [65] [66] On April 1, 2024, the communications app Discord incorporated a short trailer video into their in-app April Fools' Day prank regarding loot boxes. The video automatically looped ...
Dean Martin – "Memories Are Made of This"Julie London – "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"Peggy Lee – "A Taste of Honey"Louis Prima – "Just a Gigolo"Sarah Vaughan – "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
[1] On June 16, 1972, the New York Jazz Museum opened in New York City at 125 West 55th Street in a one and one-half story building. It became the most important institution for jazz in the world with a 25,000 item archive, free concerts, exhibits, film programs, etc. Carlos Santana, one of the pioneers of the Latin jazz-fusion genre