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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.
Unlike relaxing forms of classical music, new-age music makes greater use of electronica and non-Western instrumentation. There is some debate on what can be considered "new-age music"; for example several musicians in Celtic music or Smooth jazz have expressed annoyance at being labeled "new-age musicians".
In 2019, smoothfm launched two new digital only stations: Smooth Relax and Smooth Chill. On 16 February 2020, smoothfm was relaunched as an adult contemporary station for their primary channels with a revised playlist shown as a result the network’s motto ‘your easy place to relax‘ becomes ‘your feel good station’, with Robbie ...
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 ...
Although Smooth 70s was not the first UK radio station to be dedicated solely to music from the decade, it was the first to be broadcast nationally. Audience data released by Radio Joint Audience Research Limited (RAJAR) in October 2012 indicated 749,000 listeners were tuning into the station on a regular basis.
Following the conversion of Classic FM to DAB+ the prior week, capacity became available for the addition to Digital One on 8 January 2024 of a new soft adult contemporary service under the Smooth network. [39] Smooth Relax reuses the format and slogan of "Your relaxing music mix", previously used by the main Smooth Radio network before its ...
8 January – Another new spin-off station, Smooth Relax, launches. [89] The station occupies the space on Digital One which had become available following the conversion of Classic FM to DAB+ the prior week. [90] Smooth Relax reuses the format and slogan of "Your relaxing music mix", previously used by the main Smooth Radio network. 12 ...