Like an orchestra with many different musicians and instruments, publishing Smooth Jazz News requires a lot of people playing a variety of roles. One of the key components of nearly every artistic endeavor is funding. And, for magazines, advertising sales keep the presses rolling. So, each year, we host the Smooth Jazz News Anniversary Brunch…
Al Jarreau, one of the world’s great singers and a song stylist who defied categorization for decades, died today, the same date as the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards, in Los Angeles at the age of 76. The seven-time GRAMMY winner had recently announced his retirement from the entertainment business after being hospitalized for exhaustion. Jarreau had…
Multi-instrumentalists Justin Lee Schultz, Jamie Lee Schultz and Jaden Baker, aka J3, might only be teenagers but are already leaving their indelible mark on the world of contemporary jazz. Of course Justin Lee Schultz was only thirteen when he shot to fame with his debut album, ‘Gruv Kid’. It included featured performances from the likes…
After two decades of making hits for a veritable who’s who of smooth jazz talent writer, producer and keyboard player Michael Broening finally stepped out of the shadows in June 2021with his debut single ‘Shine A Light’. Out on Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm this easy grooving number was co-written by Broening with long time sparring partner…
When, on News Day 2022, the death was announced of contemporary jazz guitarist Nick Colionne the smooth jazz community was shaken to its core. Throughout his illustrious career Colionne was never anything short of being the consummate live performer and along the way gained a well-deserved reputation as being the best-dressed man in smooth jazz. …
In anticipation of her forthcoming new album, Trippin & Rhythm recording artist Cindy Bradley is back with the radio single ‘Love Yourself’. It is a cool reworking of the title cut from the 2015 project by Justin Bieber and, If Cindy’s 2019 recording ‘The Little Things’ is anything to go by, it should be the forerunner…
David Benoit’s highly anticipated new album, ‘A Midnight Rendezvous ‘, which hit the streets February 18, 2022, is a stellar ten-tune foray into both known and unknown territory. Indeed it finds him recording for the very first time with a big band under his own leadership but that said this is far from being a ‘Benoit Does…
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Neika Simone, is a contemporary smooth jazz singer-songwriter based in Virginia who is originally from North Carolina. On March 8, Neika Simone released her new single and music video “My Door”. The single “My Door” is the first track from her tantalizing four-track EP “Beautiful Moments”. “My Door” is a smooth jazz track which reminds…