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Description of Crossover Jazz

In the wake of fusion's decline in the mid-1970s, jazz artists who sought commercial viability began incorporating a variety of popular sounds, forming a group of accessible styles that became known as Crossover Jazz in which rock played only a very small part. Influential saxophonist Grover Washington and guitarist Wes Montgomery incorporated elements of Funk and R&B into a sound based in Hard Bop, while singer Al Jarreau blurred the lines between jazz, pop, and Soul. Other artists, such as the Rippingtons and Spyro Gyra, injected their pop-flavored instrumentals with Latin rhythms and electronic keyboards. Unlike the related genre Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz retains an emphasis on improvisation but attempts to make that improvisation commercially successful by couching it in a variety of marketable formats.

Top Crossover Jazz Tracks

Play	Track	Artist	Price
	1. The Look Of Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	2. Indian Summer	Chris Botti	$0.99
	3. No Ordinary Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	4. The Very Thought Of You	Chris Botti	$0.99
	5. On Broadway	George Benson	$0.99
	6. Chase The Clouds Away	Chuck Mangione	$0.99
	7. Turn Your Love Around	George Benson	$0.99
	8. Venice	Chris Botti	$0.99
	9. Follow Me	Pat Metheny	$0.99
	10. Italia	Chris Botti	$0.99
	11. Deborah's Theme From "Once Upon A Time In America"	Chris Botti	$0.99
	12. Give Me The Night	George Benson	$0.99
	13. Mister Magic	Grover Washington, Jr.
	14. Gabriel's Oboe	Chris Botti	$0.99
	15. Ave Maria	Chris Botti	$1.29
	16. It Never Entered My Mind	Chris Botti	$0.99
	17. The Way You Look Tonight	Chris Botti	$0.99
	18. Soul Bossa Nova	Quincy Jones	$0.99
	19. When I Fall In Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	20. Breezin'	George Benson	$0.99
	21. When I Fall In Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	22. Caruso	Chris Botti	$0.99
	23. Nessun Dorma	Chris Botti	$0.99
	24. Cause We've Ended As Lovers	Chieli Minucci	$0.99
	25. Estate	Chris Botti	$0.99
	26. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face	Chris Botti	$0.99
	27. Cinema Paradiso	Chris Botti	$0.99
	28. Feels So Good	Chuck Mangione
	29. Emmanuel	Chris Botti	$0.99
	30. Too Late (Remix)	Bob Baldwin	$0.99
	31. Ave Maria	Chris Botti	$1.29
	32. Crockett's Theme	Jan Hammer	$0.99
	33. Seven Days	Chris Botti	$0.99
	34. Soulful Strut	Grover Washington, Jr.	$0.99
	35. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Grover Washington, Jr.	$0.99
	36. Sun Goddess	Ramsey Lewis	$0.99
	37. I've Got You Under My Skin	Chris Botti	$0.99
	38. Hallelujah	Chris Botti	$0.99
	39. Ever Since We Met	Chris Botti	$0.99
	40. Glow	Peter White	$0.99
	41. The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)	Quincy Jones	$0.99
	42. Broken Vow	Chris Botti	$0.99
	43. Lovers, Secrets, Lies	Peter Cincotti	$0.99
	44. Free featuring Corinne Bailey Rae	Marcus Miller	$0.99
	45. Smile	Chris Botti	$0.99
	46. Five-0	Martin Taylor	$1.29
	47. Do It In Luxury	Chris Botti	$0.99
	48. Caravan Of Dreams	Peter White	$0.99
	49. Feels So Good	Chuck Mangione
	50. Killer Joe	Quincy Jones	$0.99

Crossover Jazz Key Albums

All My Tomorrows

Grover Washington, Jr.

$10.99

Chez Toots

Toots Thielemans

$8.99

Come By Me

Harry Connick, Jr.

$9.99

In The Beginning

Hubert Laws

$10.99

Prelude
(EP)

Deodato

$6.99

Salt Song
(EP)

Stanley Turrentine

$6.99

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Jazz > Pop-Jazz > Crossover Jazz

Crossover Jazz Key Artists

Brecker Brothers

Michael (tenor sax) and
Randy Brecker (trumpet)
started "skunk funk" in the
'70s, which was their own
brand of jazz fusion.

Chuck Mangione

Playing bop or pop,
Mangione's lyrical
flugelhorn "Feels So Good."
He has a recurring cameo
on "King of the Hill." In 197...

Dave Samuels

This vibes player excells at
smooth sounds with Spyro
Gyra and at sultry Latin Jazz
and Post Bop on his own
recordings. Samuels is on...

David Axelrod

Tracing the roots of Acid
Jazz back to the '60s, you
will find Axelrod's
sample-friendly cinematic
sound. David Axelrod rec...

Deodato

Donald Byrd

Byrd's trumpet has blown
everything from Hard Bop
to gold-selling Funk and he's
now a revered Acid Jazz
Godfather. Byrd came to...

Gato Barbieri

George Benson

From Soul Jazz guitar
innovator to Crossover Jazz
star to Smooth Jazz elder
statesman, George Benson
has done it all. Benson's e...

Grover Washington, Jr.

This pioneering Smooth
Jazz saxophonist was also a
dedicated and talented
Hard Bopper who always
gave back to the commun...

Hank Crawford

Crawford's soulful sax
sound has made him a major
part of jazz, R&B and pop
music for the past four
decades. Crawford was a...

Herbie Mann

This flutist kept serious jazz
chops while continuing to
score on the pop charts
deep into the rock era. This
flutist shifts from Bop to C...

Hubert Laws

This versatile flutist has real
Hard Bop chops, but he
made his name in Crossover
Jazz and smoother jazz
styles. Famed jazz and so...

Joe Sample

One of jazz's most
accessible pianists, this
soulful Hard Bopper led the
Jazz Crusaders before going
solo. Sample's tasty ivory...

Les McCann

McCann excels at playing
deep, extended jazz piano
ballads and funked-up
dancefloor jams. He's a
soulful vocalist. In the yea...

Maynard Ferguson

Pat Metheny

While his Fusion guitar
playing has been much
copied, Metheny is just as
amazing playing mainstream
jazz and folk.

Peter White

This English gentleman
brings so much snap and
verve to Smooth tunes that
fans of all kinds of jazz will
dig his style.

Quincy Jones

Q's done it all: big band
jazz, funked up
soundtracks, sweet soul,
record label honcho and
muse to Austin Powers.

Wes Montgomery

Jazz guitarist Montgomery's
rich, rounded tones and
stunning solos are still
studied and copied.
Montgomery's early recor...

Crossover Jazz

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