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  2. List of quiet storm songs - Wikipedia

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    Slow jams with quiet storm elements continued to be produced through the 2000s and 2010s. [4] 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.

  3. Quiet storm - Wikipedia

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    Quiet storm appropriates R&B and soul "slow jams" and recontextualizes them into rotations with their peers and predecessors. [15] 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.

  4. Smooth jazz radio - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of jazz genres - Wikipedia

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    The name given to the renewed interest in swing music from the 1930s and 40s. Many neo-swing bands practiced contemporary fusions of swing, jazz, and jump blues with rock, punk rock, ska, and ska punk music or had roots in punk, ska, ska punk, and alternative rock music. 1990s -> Jazz noir [4] A form of slow or erratic contemporary jazz.

  6. Smooth R&B - Wikipedia

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    Smooth R&B is mellow R&B. Smooth jazz - a mellower type of jazz, similar to R&B. Slow jam - a ballad commonly marketed as R&B; sometimes has overlap with smooth jazz. Urban adult contemporary - a radio format consisting mostly of R&B music. Some radio stations use "Smooth R&B" as their branding or tagline.

  7. List of jazz fusion musicians - Wikipedia

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    Jazz fusion, R&B, funk, alternative rock music, rock and roll, jazz pop Frank Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Kenny Kirkland, Steps Ahead. E: Jimmy Earl: Bass 1957 Jazz, jazz fusion The Crusaders, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Pino Daniele, Robben Ford, Cleto and the Cletones. Mark Egan: Bass 1951 Jazz, jazz fusion

  8. Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance

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    The Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 1990 and in 1993. The award had several minor name changes: From 1970 to 1985 the award was known as Best R&B Instrumental Performance; From 1986 to 1989 it was awarded as Best R&B Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist)

  9. Sentimental ballad - Wikipedia

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    Some of Stephen Foster's songs exemplify this genre. By the 1920s, composers of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway used ballad to signify a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form. Jazz musicians sometimes broaden the term still further to embrace all slow-tempo pieces. [21]