When Seattle smooth-jazz station KWJZ vanished into the ether last winter, its wounded fans rained down protests, including nearly 100 emails, comments and phone calls to The Seattle Times. Well, ...
While hauling his luggage through airport terminals, Boney James occasionally hears a calming jazz saxophone coming from the sound system. His jazz saxophone. James, a veteran of modern smooth jazz, ...
Honolulu (KHON2) – The Hawaii Saxophone Foundation announces the Super Saxophone Series, which is aimed at celebrating jazz and fostering musical education. This smooth jazz concert series invites ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Sax man Dave Koz typically doesn’t overanalyze things, not really. He just goes with his gut. That being said, he does “get” why the instrument he’ll bring to Playhouse Square’s ...
Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his ...
Jackiem Joyner calls at noon on the dot. There’s a bounce in his voice as the smooth jazz saxophone player says hello from his home in the east side of LA’s sprawl, in Corona, Calif. He says he’s ...
‘Led By You’ is the latest project from Konstantin Klashtorni. It follows on the heels of his critically acclaimed debut solo release ‘Downtown’ and promises to make a major mark in the ultra ...
After a year-long gig with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, performing at the Bellagio Hotel, smooth jazz saxophone player Paul Lamoureux takes to the stage at Junction Jazz this Saturday night, May 22.
Think of New York saxophonist Najee’s headlining gig at tonight’s Smooth Jazz Holiday as a sort of homecoming. After dismal sales of his 2003 CD, Embrace, he parted ways with his former record company ...
Fine print: 9 p.m. Friday (platinum seating and buffet at 7, gold seating at 8:30), Frost Bank Plaza Club, 100 W. Houston St., $65 and $40 (plus service charges) through cooljazzforever.com or at ...
Last Friday, I made all the Thomas Kinkade fans angry. This week, I thought what the heck, I’m on a roll here; I’ll get the Kenny G lovers all riled up. They’re the same thing, after all. It’s almost ...