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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.
Ol' Skool was an American new jack swing and urban R&B group from St. Louis, Missouri that consisted of Jason Little (vocals), Jerome "Pookie" Lane (vocals), Tony Herron (vocals), Curtis Jefferson (vocals, bass) and Bobby Crawford (vocals, drum programming, keyboards).
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.
A slow jam is music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs, and are mostly soft-sounding with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. The earliest known use of the term is from a July 1, 1961, article in The Chicago Defender .
In 2013, Williams appeared on Shark Tank alongside R&B singer Brian McKnight—who performed a serenade—unsuccessfully seeking a US$75,000 investment in exchange for a ten percent equity stake in Sunday Night Slow James. [8] As of May 2023, Sunday Night Slow Jams was broadcast on more than 200 radio stations in 17 countries. [1] [9]
KIPR/KFOG – Power 92 Jams – Urban contemporary; KHTE-FM - 96.5 The Box - Urban contemporary; KOKY – 102.1 KOKY – Urban adult contemporary; KPZK – Praise 102.5 – Urban contemporary gospel; KZTS - Rejoice 1380/105.5/103.3 - Urban Gospel; KWCP-LP - KWCP-LP 98.9 The Mix - Urban Adult Contemporary/Classic Hip Hop; KTUV - The Cat 99.9 FM ...
Jock Jams, Volume 1 is the first album in the Jock Jams compilation album series, released in July 1995. Two years after this album was released, " Jock Jam Megamix " was released, containing songs from this album and the next two.
British rhythm and blues (or R&B) was a musical movement that developed in the United Kingdom between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, and reached a peak in the mid-1960s. It overlapped with, but was distinct from, the broader British beat and more purist British blues scenes, attempting to emulate the music of American blues and rock and ...