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Smooth Jazz
Smooth jazz has been around for decades, and today various artists are
still adding new hits to the collections. Back in the 50’s, jazz took
off with the many Brazilian musicians leading the way. From João
Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, to Luiz Bonfa, smooth jazz music was
exposed to jazz records from the popular West Coast, or cool jazz style.
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Smooth jazz was later
blended with a separate, identifiable set of the Brazilian samba rhythm,
and later with the sounds and harmonic border of cool jazz music, and
finally creating bossa nova.
In the early 60’s, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gerswin,
Hoagy Carmichael, and various other artists came aboard. The smooth jazz
arena filled its sounds in numbers of homes around the world. During the
60’s jazz music took a turn and the sweet sounds of smooth jazz came
into focus. During the British invasion, the Beatles, Motown, bossa nova
became a wide-known set of jazz lyrics, and finally leads to a new
genre. As time moved on, the bossa nova, introduced by guitarist Charlie
Byrd, became a popular sound in living rooms around the world. Charlie
played the saxophone with Stan Getz, Jazz Samba, which took off rather
quickly.
Soon after smooth jazz players filled homes with their soothing sounds,
smooth jazz continued making the charts with the bossa nova jazz style.
During the mid-60’s bossa nova become commonly known in many homes.
Today various artists are hitting the charts with smooth jazz for easy
listening.......
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