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Description of Pop-Jazz

The styles of Pop-Jazz are quite varied, but the edges are always brushed clean. The sound is soft, smooth and radio-ready. Pop-Jazz artists take the popular sounds from their period and infuse them with jazz styling and instrumentation, from Herb Alpert's Swing-come-Cocktail brass ensembles to saxophonist Kenny G.'s Adult Contemporary-derived bedroom instrumentals. Many styles of Pop-Jazz approach popular music from a jazz direction. Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine irons the rough edges from Hard Bop melodies, and guitarist Pat Metheny incorporates elements of rock and Latin Jazz. Other artists, such as the British pop group Black and the sultry singer Sade, take as much influence from the Jazz-Rock fusion of groups such as Steely Dan as they do from the classic traditions of American Vocal Pop. Pop-Jazz's claim to fame is its ability to make the often-obscure genre of jazz into a mass- marketable commodity, always selling more units than the rest of jazz combined.

Top Pop-Jazz Tracks

Play	Track	Artist	Price
	1. Don't Know Why	Norah Jones	$1.29
	2. Come Away With Me	Norah Jones	$1.29
	3. Turn Me On	Norah Jones	$1.29
	4. Sunrise	Norah Jones	$1.29
	5. By Your Side	Sade	$1.29
	6. No Ordinary Love	Sade	$1.29
	7. Cold Cold Heart	Norah Jones	$1.29
	8. I've Got To See You Again	Norah Jones	$1.29
	9. Smooth Operator	Sade	$1.29
	10. The Nearness Of You	Norah Jones	$1.29
	11. Shoot The Moon	Norah Jones	$1.29
	12. Feelin' The Same Way	Norah Jones	$1.29
	13. Your Love Is King	Sade	$0.99
	14. The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	$1.29
	15. Seven Years	Norah Jones	$1.29
	16. Lonestar	Norah Jones	$1.29
	17. Nightingale	Norah Jones	$1.29
	18. Wish I Could	Norah Jones	$1.29
	19. The Long Day Is Over	Norah Jones	$1.29
	20. One Flight Down	Norah Jones	$1.29
	21. Painter Song	Norah Jones	$1.29
	22. What Am I To You?	Norah Jones	$1.29
	23. Thinking About You	Norah Jones	$1.29
	24. In The Morning	Norah Jones	$1.29
	25. Kiss Of Life	Sade	$0.99
	26. Is It A Crime	Sade	$0.99
	27. Hang On To Your Love	Sade	$0.99
	28. Those Sweet Words	Norah Jones	$1.29
	29. Paradise	Sade	$0.99
	30. Sweet Love	Anita Baker	$1.29
	31. Love Is Stronger Than Pride	Sade	$0.99
	32. Cherish The Day	Sade	$0.99
	33. Never As Good As The First Time	Sade	$0.99
	34. Sinkin' Soon	Norah Jones	$1.29
	35. Songbird	Kenny G	$0.99
	36. Baby I'm A Fool	Melody Gardot	$0.99
	37. Wake Me Up	Norah Jones	$1.29
	38. Jezebel	Sade	$0.99
	39. King Of Sorrow	Sade	$0.99
	40. Until The End	Norah Jones	$1.29
	41. The Sun Doesn't Like You	Norah Jones	$1.29
	42. It Had To Be You	Harry Connick, Jr.	$1.29
	43. Nothing Can Come Between Us	Sade	$0.99
	44. Lovers Rock	Sade	$0.99
	45. Broken	Norah Jones	$1.29
	46. Don't Miss You At All	Norah Jones	$1.29
	47. Be Here To Love Me	Norah Jones	$1.29
	48. Please Send Me Someone To Love	Sade	$0.99
	49. Humble Me	Norah Jones	$1.29
	50. Carnival Town	Norah Jones	$1.29

Pop-Jazz Key Albums

Prime Cuts - The Columbia Years: 1987-99

Grover Washington, Jr.

$9.99

Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues
(Bonus Tracks)

Nancy Wilson

Tracks only

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Pop-Jazz Key Artists

Bob James

This fine acoustic Bop
pianist found fame with
keyboard Fusion work and
his theme to TV's Taxi. Over
the years James has been...

Dave Grusin

This pianist has done it all:
straight jazz, electric
Fusion, Academy
Award-winning
soundtracks, and more. G...

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 Sanborn

This architect of
R&B-drenched Smooth Jazz
saxophone has been a
blow-dried star since the
1970s. Sanborn has inspir...

Fourplay

Keyboardist Bob James
leads this premier smooth
jazz supergroup. When Lee
Ritenour left the group,
Larry Carlton took the gui...

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...

Harry Connick, Jr.

Jazz pianist, keeper of the
New Orleans R&B flame,
Sinatra-esque crooner, and
succesful movie actor. Ellis
Marsalis, patriarch of the j...

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...

Lee Ritenour

An architect of Fusion and
Smooth Jazz, this guitarist
brings his own melodic
ideas to the Wes
Montgomery style.

Michael Franks

Franks' friendly, witty
jazz-etched pop songs are
engaging as his early hit,
"Popsicle Toes," attests.
Franks grew up in the gre...

Pat Metheny

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

The Crusaders

Led by pianist Joe Sample
and saxophonist Wilton
Felder, the Crusaders have
thrived for over four
decades. They were call...

The Manhattan Transfer

The world's most popular
jazz-leaning modern vocal
group has enjoyed both
pop hits and rave reviews
for three decades.

The Yellowjackets

This Smooth Jazz group has
kept a large audience while
sometimes veering into
adventurous waters.

Tuck & Patti

A world-renowned soft
jazz/new folk duo, Tuck &
Patti's heartfelt love songs
have been blessing
speakers since 1988. With...

Pop-Jazz

Description of Pop-Jazz

Top Pop-Jazz Tracks

Pop-Jazz Key Albums

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