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Encyclopedia > Contemporary jazz

Smooth jazz is a controversial term, denoting a form of music that many jazz lovers do not consider to be a form of jazz, and that others do. The former consider it to be a misleading marketing term that represents an attempt to hijack the prestige of the term "jazz" in order to sell what is really a form of muzak. The latter believe that it is narrowminded to try to turn jazz into a kind of museum exhibit, and point out the continuing cross-pollination that has occurred between jazz and R&B over the course of a century; they point out that the music of such respected musicians as Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller and others are often classified as "smooth jazz," and that many musicians are capable of perfoming well in multiple styles.


Smooth jazz developed in part from jazz fusion, and tends to deemphasize improvisation. Creed Taylor's CTI Records was especially important in the form's development in the mid-1970s. Wes Montgomery made a number of instrumental recordings of familiar pop songs aimed as much at pop audiences as at jazz fans; these records are often cited as important early smooth jazz.


A more popular style of smooth jazz is urban jazz, which incorporates the aspects of hip-hop. This style is aimed at audiences who would normally listen to urban contemporary radio stations that play a mix of hip-hop and R&B. Among the musicians who frequently perform urban jazz are Dave Koz, Boney James, Paul Jackson Jr., and former NBA player-turned-bassist Wayman Tisdale.


The construction of Smooth jazz as a radio format has its roots in the Beautiful music format, generally played in 15-minute sets (instrumentals bookending one or two vocal songs per set). In essence, today's Smooth jazz stations are no different than the Beautiful music stations of the 1960s through the 1980s.

Contents
1 List of smooth jazz performers

1.1 Saxophonists
1.2 Guitarists
1.3 Bassists
1.4 Trumpeters / Flugelhornists
1.5 Keyboardists
1.6 Groups

List of smooth jazz performers

Saxophonists

Guitarists

Bassists

Trumpeters / Flugelhornists

Keyboardists

Groups

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