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List of smooth jazz performers. Pages in category "Smooth jazz pianists" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
This is an alphabetized list of musicians notable for playing or having played jazz piano. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capabilities. [1
Culbertson plays Mason & Hamlin pianos and Roland keyboards [9] and has appeared at the NAMM Show. [10]In 2013, he announced on his blog that he was working on his fourteenth album, [11] the album Another Long Night Out was released on February 25, 2014, and was going to revisit his earlier roots in contemporary jazz.
Hightower was also the number seven artist on the 2021 Billboard Year-End Smooth Jazz Airplay Artists list. [10] Hightower's singles "Blue Moon," "Now or Never," and "Taboo" all reached number one on the Smooth Jazz Airplay Billboard charts. [11] [12] [13] "Blue Moon" also reached number one on the Smooth Jazz Network Top 20 singles chart. [14]
Keiko Matsui was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her mother, Emiko, took her to her first piano lesson in the June following her sixth birthday. Japanese tradition holds that a child who is introduced to something at this time will continue in those studies for a long time. The tradition held true for Matsui, who studied piano throughout her school years.
Smooth jazz musicians by instrument (7 C) Pages in category "Smooth jazz musicians" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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 ...