Each June, just as the marine layer gives way to early summer sun, a different kind of tide rolls into downtown San Diego, not waves, but the warm, rhythm-soaked tones of smooth jazz. The San Diego ...

CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...

The stars will be out on Saturday June 20 as the Westin La Paloma prepares to host the Fathers Day Weekend Smooth Jazz All-Star Party! Concert-goers will get three shows in one when a Triple Crown of ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Radio host and DJ Dwain Segar has been living in Athens for seven years now, ...

Content to be “smooth” and “contemporary”: saxophonist Boney James. Courtesy photo. In the book Jazz: A History of America’s Music, writer and essayist Gerald Early is quoted as saying, “When they ...

Jazz master Brian Culbertson talks about his new album, It's On Tonight. The sweet and sultry tracks off the album are purposely designed to be a kind of auditory aphrodisiac. Keyboardist Brian ...

The festival will be on April 3 from 6-9 P.M. at Railroad Square Art District.

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