Is Smooth Jazz Dead?
Is Smooth Jazz Dead?
In February and March of 2008, “smooth jazz” stations in New York and Washington, DC shifted formats to rock, leaving two of the nation’s largest radio markets free of Kenny G, Chris Botti, Dave Koz, and Spyro Gyra. Smooth jazz is dead — long live Kenny G’s Michael Bolton-esque curls.
Is smooth jazz real jazz?
Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 1980s, displacing the more venturesome jazz fusion from which it emerged.
