Been hearing a lot of 60's pop on the way to becoming jazz standards lately -- Satisfaction (John Scofield), Last Train to Clarksville(Cassandra Wilson). This one ranks right up there -- reminds me of Stanley Jordan on guitar - Brian Sullivan
When I looked away from the screen I would have sworn it was a guitar, not a bass. - Jim Deitzel
“I've always thought of the trombone, or any brass instrument for that matter, as a high maintenance girlfriend. If you ignore her, even for one day, you're gonna pay the price.” - David Vasileff
I miss my strad, I sold it when we were broke years ago. - Duncan Riley
And this is my morning coffee thing, mostly played in first half of day - sometimes I don't even drink a coffee... Somehow I got their idea of “breakfast morning drive”, only that I don't drive rather ride on public transport ;) - silpol via Bookmarklet
a quote from this article to discuss - "The term "Smooth jazz" seems to inspire controversy. Normal jazz purists contend that smooth jazz is, in actuality, not jazz of any kind, regarding it as a misleading marketing buzzword that represents an attempt to hijack the ostensible prestige of jazz in order to sell what is really a form of "elevator music". They consider the smooth jazz genre uninspired, lacking the depth of expression, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication, and complex improvisation that are hallmarks of traditional jazz; substituting, at times, trite and hackneyed musical phrasing. Recurring accusations charge smooth jazz with offering a watered-down sound whose aim is to appeal to a larger, mainstream, middle class white audience, though, notably, radio demographics have indicated that middle- and upper-middle class African Americans constitute what may be a significant percentage of smooth jazz listenership." - silpol
Average smooth jazz is good for background sound when you don't want to think too hard or hear any lyrics. That's what I use it for. Though more often I use fusion jazz instead. - Kamilah Gill
