Is smooth jazz really jazz?

Melody A · 03-11-2011, 09:31 AM

Smooth jazz to me is more pop, r&b with jazzy melodies on top of it. They took the hit cover songs and flipped it with a jazzy feel. 3 artist I enjoy are piano players, David Benoit, Brian Culbertson and Phil Casagrande.

bahama · 03-11-2011, 01:18 PM

some of it def has some jazz influences etc. So much of it sounds pretty sterile though

DreamingOfAlbion · 03-13-2011, 06:57 PM

I'm not usually a jazz listener but I know some people who are serious smooth jazz fans. Personally, I never thought music like Culbertson, Benoit, Rippingtons, etc, should be classified as jazz. I think it's a totally different genre of it's own. When I think of jazz, I think of Dave Brubeck type stuff which I really like.

bahama · 03-14-2011, 03:10 PM

Smooth Jazzylike Pop Fusion?

StEvEn1 · 03-14-2011, 04:26 PM

Whether chunky or smooth, Jazz is Jazz, brotha.

bahama · 03-15-2011, 03:25 PM

does it get more vague than than jazz is jazz?

Obombration · 03-18-2011, 01:57 AM

yeah it can get more vague, hows this for an answer:

*shrug*

Howard the Duck · 03-18-2011, 06:35 AM

i really wouldn't know - i don't study Kenny G or David Sanborn's notes to see if they fit the jazz music theory, mainly because I don't play any of that shit

I do listen to it occasionally, if i'm inn the right frame of mind

Wayfarer · 03-23-2011, 02:31 AM

Of course smooth jazz is really jazz. Not everyone likes it rough all the time.

~~The Virgin~~ · 03-23-2011, 02:43 AM

I consider Shirley Bassey as a jazz singer, be it smooth or rough.

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03-14-2011, 03:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
bahama Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 33	Smooth Jazzylike Pop Fusion? __________________ Steel Drum Music by my band Steel Tropics

03-15-2011, 03:25 PM	#16 (permalink)
bahama Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 33	does it get more vague than than jazz is jazz? __________________ Steel Drum Music by my band Steel Tropics

03-18-2011, 01:57 AM	#17 (permalink)
Obombration Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 60	yeah it can get more vague, hows this for an answer: shrug __________________ Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true.

03-11-2011, 09:31 AM	#11 (permalink)
Melody A Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3	Smooth jazz to me is more pop, r&b with jazzy melodies on top of it. They took the hit cover songs and flipped it with a jazzy feel. 3 artist I enjoy are piano players, David Benoit, Brian Culbertson and Phil Casagrande.

03-13-2011, 06:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
DreamingOfAlbion Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 59	I'm not usually a jazz listener but I know some people who are serious smooth jazz fans. Personally, I never thought music like Culbertson, Benoit, Rippingtons, etc, should be classified as jazz. I think it's a totally different genre of it's own. When I think of jazz, I think of Dave Brubeck type stuff which I really like.

03-14-2011, 04:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
StEvEn1 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15	Whether chunky or smooth, Jazz is Jazz, brotha.

03-18-2011, 06:35 AM	#18 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	i really wouldn't know - i don't study Kenny G or David Sanborn's notes to see if they fit the jazz music theory, mainly because I don't play any of that shit I do listen to it occasionally, if i'm inn the right frame of mind

03-23-2011, 02:31 AM	#19 (permalink)
Wayfarer Registered Abuser Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 573	Of course smooth jazz is really jazz. Not everyone likes it rough all the time.

03-23-2011, 02:43 AM	#20 (permalink)
~~The Virgin~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cebu, Philippines Posts: 677	I consider Shirley Bassey as a jazz singer, be it smooth or rough.