THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY ...

Saxophonist and composer Boyce Justice Griffith emphasizes the beauty and necessity of being grounded in one’s principles with his concept album, The Point. No matter one’s age, demographic, ...

On February 10, 2025, Instagram creator The Parrot Lady (@theparrotlady) shared a video of a “tough old man” and his best friend, a dancing Cockatoo, having an adorable bonding moment over jazz music.

The evening provided soulful improvisations over expressive jazz pieces that each member of the quartet executed with perfection.' Music Editor Jade Barnes reviews Jazz Society's 'An Evening of Jazz.' ...

We can't argue with that. Diane Warren wrote this song for Michael's album of the same name in 1991. The song proved a success, becoming Michael's FIFTH top 10 hit in the summer of '91 in America. OK, ...

If you’re just now getting into Sun Ra or modal jazz in general, these four songs are essential listening. Probably one of the icon’s most well-known songs, “Enlightenment” is on the ...

“I’m trying to change the way that I talk about women in jazz and women in songwriting, like fleshing out their stories, focusing on one of them, so that people can hear their names and take their ...

This classic song expresses Rod's own experience he had with an older woman. He later recalled: “‘Maggie May’ was more or less a true story, about the first woman I had sex with, at the 1961 Beaulieu ...

The best New Jack Swing songs ... think of the 1991 film Strictly Business, Jeff Redd’s “You Called And Told Me” should be one of the first things that come to mind. This smooth cult classic ...