Smooth jazz

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Smooth Jazz with Petey and Joe.

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... or, a- and/or if one were also being currently traumatized by, uh, smooth jazz, um-

Hmm.

[laughs] Then perhaps this album would not be one's favorite.

Perhaps one would have a harsh reaction to said album.

Um, uh, however, f- we grow, we develop, uh, and, um-

We all love smooth jazz in the end

... well, nobody loves smooth jazz-

But that's truly all it takes is it starts 0-0 tomorrow, and you just win that game, and then it's a do-or-die game.

Scott, can you play me some smooth jazz? Because I want to talk about Game 2 tomorrow.

I can talk to the producer about it.

Yeah, talk to our social media guy, too.

The PRS-licensed Smooth Groovers podcasts contain smooth jazz,

jazz funk, soul and much more.

You're listening to the Smooth Groovers.

The beautiful sound of Greg Karoukas there recently in London and I heard from lots of people that was an absolutely amazing gig.

Now he is a Grammy award-winning keyboardist, composer and producer.

His sound sits wonderfully between contemporary jazz, smooth jazz, funk and R&B.

A key figure in the genre, Greg has worked with some incredible names in terms of building a distinctive style of his own with infectious grooves, silky keyboards and plenty of soul.

His music is made for those moments when you just want to sit back, relax and let the groove take over.

Think of your... variety head stations except just you know

without the whole jargon smoking stuff exactly hey here's one um and this is more of a i was today years old when i found out that So I was today years old when I found out that if you grew up listening to smooth jazz like I did in the 2000s and part of the 2010s, guess what? The smooth jazz format didn't really go away.

And we say all the time, if you like smooth jazz, listen to it on SiriusXM.

But for those who either don't want SiriusXM or can't afford to pay for it, you do have a couple of good free options available to you, including the Smooth Jazz Network.

What I didn't know is that the Smooth Jazz Network, what you hear on the stream is literally just the raw network feed, except the difference is what you hear on a local station like the Seabreeze over in Fort Walton Beach, slash Panama City area.

What you hear in that market is it's the Smooth Jazz Network, but the DJs are voice tracking locally for that radio station, the network DJs.

What you're hearing on the Smooth Jazz Network is the network's national feed.

And I want to let you know, there is an app for this.

I'm not just one of them.

I love Lil' Kim and Light Jazz.

I swear.

I couldn't pick between the two.

Those are some of the musicians I really kind of still do.

So when you first started playing, did you know you were going to go into the smooth jazz? I mean, what specifically drew you to smooth jazz?

What drew me to that was in junior high school when I started the saxophone in grade seven.

Learned how to play.

I stayed consistent, got things going, and stayed with it.

And I'm just very thankful.

But what led me to smooth jazz is in time, like I said, learning the – the music on the classical side in school and outside the music lessons, learning the classical music, doing that, now going note for note almost, which was good.

And then I said, okay, I'll do this for a little while, but then after that, I'm going to do my own thing.

His 18th album, Detour, was released on September 23rd, 2022.

In 2024, James became the first artist to notch 20 number one singles on the Billboard magazine Smooth Jazz chart.

Little bit about his personal life, not very much.

[laughs] James is married to actress and director Lily Mariee, and in 2012 he contributed an original score to her directorial feature film debut, Model Minority.