Rhapsody MP3 Music Downloads: Smooth Jazz Music: Album, Track and Artist Charts

Description of Smooth Jazz

Perhaps the most commercially potent subgenre to fall under the jazz banner in recent years, Smooth Jazz is epitomized by the music of multiplatinum soprano saxophonist Kenny G. The style emphasizes polished production values and easily recognizable melodies. Its rhythms derive largely from Funk, 1970s Fusion and, in some cases, hip-hop, but tend to be softened up quite a bit, while its moods often take on an air of Quiet Storm seductiveness. In general, listeners flock to Smooth Jazz when they want soothing, high-gloss background music, rather than something of a more raw or challenging nature.

Top Smooth Jazz Tracks

Play	Track	Artist	Price
	1. No Ordinary Love	Sade	$1.29
	2. By Your Side	Sade	$1.29
	3. Your Love Is King	Sade	$0.99
	4. Smooth Operator	Sade	$1.29
	5. The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	$1.29
	6. Hang On To Your Love	Sade	$0.99
	7. Kiss Of Life	Sade	$0.99
	8. King Of Sorrow	Sade	$0.99
	9. Is It A Crime	Sade	$0.99
	10. Sweet Love	Anita Baker	$1.29
	11. Paradise	Sade	$0.99
	12. Never As Good As The First Time	Sade	$0.99
	13. Cherish The Day	Sade	$0.99
	14. Songbird	Kenny G	$0.99
	15. Nothing Can Come Between Us	Sade	$0.99
	16. Love Is Stronger Than Pride	Sade	$0.99
	17. Can't Stop the Feeling	Kyle Wolverton	$0.99
	18. Jezebel	Sade	$0.99
	19. Lovers Rock	Sade	$0.99
	20. The Look Of Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	21. Like A Tattoo	Sade	$0.99
	22. You Bring Me Joy	Anita Baker	$0.99
	23. Somebody Already Broke My Heart	Sade	$0.99
	24. Indian Summer	Chris Botti	$0.99
	25. Please Send Me Someone To Love	Sade	$0.99
	26. No Ordinary Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	27. Caught Up In The Rapture	Anita Baker	$0.99
	28. No One In The World	Anita Baker	$0.99
	29. The Very Thought Of You	Chris Botti	$0.99
	30. On Broadway	George Benson	$0.99
	31. Silhouette	Kenny G	$0.99
	32. The Sweetest Taboo	Sade	$1.29
	33. Turn Your Love Around	George Benson	$0.99
	34. Venice	Chris Botti	$0.99
	35. Italia	Chris Botti	$0.99
	36. Deborah's Theme From "Once Upon A Time In America"	Chris Botti	$0.99
	37. Mister Magic	Grover Washington, Jr.
	38. Give Me The Night	George Benson	$0.99
	39. Flow	Sade	$0.99
	40. Giving You The Best That I Got	Anita Baker	$0.99
	41. Gabriel's Oboe	Chris Botti	$0.99
	42. Ave Maria	Chris Botti	$1.29
	43. Pearls	Sade	$0.99
	44. You're Beautiful	Kenny G	$0.99
	45. It Never Entered My Mind	Chris Botti	$0.99
	46. Been So Long	Anita Baker	$0.99
	47. The Wedding Song	Kenny G	$0.99
	48. The Way You Look Tonight	Chris Botti	$0.99
	49. When I Fall In Love	Chris Botti	$0.99
	50. Baby, Come To Me	Patti Austin	$0.99

Smooth Jazz Key Albums

Best Of George Benson: The Instrumentals

George Benson

$9.99

Full Stride

Rick Braun

$9.99

Sample This

Joe Sample

$9.99

When I Fall In Love

Chris Botti

$9.99

Yes, Please

Fourplay

$9.99

Filed Under

Jazz > Pop-Jazz > Smooth Jazz

Smooth 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...

Candy Dulfer

This Scandinavian Smooth
Jazz saxophonist has sold
millions by updating David
Sanborn's R&B drenched
style. Ms. Dulfer hails from...

Chris Botti

This superior Smooth Jazz
horn player sometimes sings
in a laidback style that
recalls his musical hero
Chet Baker. A superior sm...

Dave Koz

The Doc Severinsen to
Arsenio Hall's Johnny
Carson, this Smooth Sax star
keeps it soulful and upbeat.
While he sounds and look...

David Sanborn

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

Earl Klugh

The king of mellow acoustic
guitar, Klugh's signature
style is easily identified
even as it's widely copied.
Klugh used to play with G...

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...

George Howard

A contemporary soprano
saxman, George Howard's
music combines elements of
funk, soul, and jazz.

Grover Washington, Jr.

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

Hiroshima

Hiroshima incorporate
Japanese instrumentation,
such as shakuhachi, into a
fusion of jazz, R&B, and
world music. Hiroshima fo...

Joe Sample

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

Kenny G

This corkscrew-tressed
recording phenom has the
kind of multiplatinum album
sales that rock stars envy. G
(short for Gorelick) has pl...

Kirk Whalum

This Smooth Jazz upstart
has shifted millions of units
with his upbeat, Gospel
tinged, modern sax stylings.

Najee

This shining light of the
urban instrumental Quiet
Storm formula mixes Grover
Washington Jr. grit with
Kenny G's softness.

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.

Richard Elliot

Elliot brings a
well-grounded love of
semigritty R&B to his Smooth
Jazz saxophone style. Take
To The Skies, Elliot's 1991...

Rick Braun

The top Smooth Jazz
trumpet player, Braun
mixes strong musical chops
with commercial smarts on
hit after hit. This Smooth J...

Sade

Sade has enjoyed over a
decade of enduring
success thanks to her
elegant, sensual voice and
classy material. Sade's full...

Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra have been
laying out groove-filled,
easy-going pop jazz jams
since 1974. Vibraphonist
Dave Samuels still records...

The Rippingtons

Smooth Jazz band
interested in the spots
where jazz and Funk meet.

Smooth Jazz

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