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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.
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"
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 ...
Bob Baldwin; David Benoit; Alex Bugnon; Brian Culbertson; Eumir Deodato; Terry Disley; George Duke; Ronnie Foster; Jonathan Fritzén; Chris Geith; Tom Grant; Dave Grusin
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.
"Vibin' in Time" 1 [15] 232 August 8 Nils Jiptner "Caught in the Groove" 1 [16] 233 August 15 Paul Hardcastle "Latitude" 1 [17] 234 August 22 Brian Culbertson featuring Everette Harp "Keep Movin'" 1 [18] 235 August 29 Chris Standring "Shake You Up" 1 [19] 236 September 5 Julian Vaughn featuring Elan Trotman "Afternoon Delight" 2 [20] 237 ...
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."
Ruthie Henshall – "All That Jazz" Gordon Macrae – "You're the Cream in My Coffee" Bobby Darin – "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" Judy Garland – "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" Lex Baxter – "Poor People of Paris" Dinah Washington – "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" Tina Turner – "Night Time Is the Right Time"