Prolific smooth jazz pianist and composer Rod Best returns with his new album Key Domination and joining him in the studio are Dan Gibney on drums, Lene Amato on bass, and John Best on guitars. Following Brisbane-based Rod’s normal style, each of the album’s 15 tracks delivers a sweet smooth […]

With more than 57 platinum records to his credit working with a galaxy of stars in various music genres, songwriter-keyboardist Vassal Benford is determined to breathe fresh energy into contemporary jazz, beginning with his first single, Melody Man. The track features layers of cascading piano melodies amidst lavish guitar and […]

The title of Grammy nominated composer, guitarist, bassist and multi-instrumentalist Dennis Murphy’s 1999 debut Hit me Hard, perfectly captures the intensity he’s brought over the years to his multitude of endeavors as an early genre radio personality (whose show “Bass Trax” was produced by Smoothjazz.com founder, Sandy Shore). On this latest foray […]

Over the past three decades, saxophonist, Walter Beasley, has artfully and dynamically redefined the phrase “musical Renaissance Man” for the modern generation. Considered by fans and critics alike as the “heir to Grover Washington, Jr.’s throne,” Beasley is the acclaimed saxophonist, vocalist, educator, and entrepreneur of the decade. As the […]

If you love the flute, you can count on Alexander Zonjic’s Jazz Café, a track from his Playing it Forward album released in 2020 that’s well worth looking at again given the ‘pandemic’ caused lots of cool music to be overlooked. The multi-talented funky Canadian flutist and popular Detroit media […]

What do you do after celebrating over a decade as one of contemporary jazz’s top saxophonists, known for your trademark blend of sensual Latin tinged powerful horn playing which garnered 12 top singles and six chart topping albums? You tap into your longtime love for the vibrant soul and blues […]

J3 represents the dawn of a new era in contemporary jazz. Amazingly though still in their teens, these three virtuosi have the unbridled creativity and exuberance of youth combined with the depth and deep appreciation of the greats that have come before them! Justin-Lee Schultz has already achieved two contemporary […]

International recording artist and saxophonist Dee Lucas is back just in time to heat up things with “Hot Ice”! Coming off the heels from his Billboard smash hit “Full Tilt”, Lucas is joined again with nine-time Billboard #1 artist & hitmaker Adam Hawley.  “Hot Ice” features piano virtuoso and Smooth […]

Lisa Hilton and her trio manifest a memorable experience on Life is Beautiful, her third recording of the pandemic era, and the acclaimed pianist, composer, and producer’s 25th album as a leader. On it, Hilton indulges her love of the piano with 10 original tracks and the cover gem, Ernie’s […]

Composer, pianist and singer Hannah Baiardi has released her new single, Lot Lot, featuring Joey Hewie. This stylish performance demonstrates real growth in Hannah’s professional development as a performer and it can’t be too long until this track appears in the soul and jazz charts. Lot Lot is a gentle, […]

Kimberly Brewer has released No More Pain with Maysa. Kimberly is an American singer and backing singer best known for her longtime collaboration with Stevie Wonder. Working professionally since 1989 she has sung with Earth, Wind & Fire (1989), was featured as a backing vocalist on the hit single We […]

Al Strong is two-times Grammy Nominated trumpet player, composer, recording artist and educator who has just released Black Love with Mark Whitfield. A cultural innovator, he is the co-founder of the Art of Cool Project, which spawned the original Art of Cool Music Festival in Durham, N.C. and the stArt […]

Cleverly dubbed Sonix for his bold use of sound effects in his productions, veteran keyboardist, composer and producer Timothy Rouse makes an exciting splash in Smooth Jazz with his wildly infectious debut single Easy Street. Featuring a punchy trademark Eric Marienthal sax solo, it’s a feisty and furious, horn-drenched jazz-funk […]

Wayne Gutshall, the guy Smooth Jazz founder Sandy Shore calls a “modern master of saxophone”, has scored five number one singles on Smooth Jazz Global’s listener chart. Going Up, a track released in July 2021 on YouTube, is now destined to start climbing the charts – and could be Gutshall’s […]

Fresh off multiple successful radio singles from their 2018 debut Midnight Dream, Dr. Dave & The HouseCall Band have created an explosive re-imagined version of the original collection titled Carefree Revisited.