Smooth jazz was a tough sell to European record executives in the mid-1980s. That's when Acoustic Alchemy was just emerging, and the England-based band was a lukewarm commodity. It took a trip ...

Back in 1981, Nick Webb and Simon James, two enterprising British music school students, decided to start an instrumental acoustic jazz band focused on dueling steel- and nylon-string guitars. Mind ...

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, ...

Drake Allen is known for bringing his smooth acoustic sound across the Valley. His influences include a wide range of genres from rock, blues, pop, soul, funk, country. “I am also influenced by singer ...

Greg Carmichael never really wanted to be a solo performer. “Didn’t think I had the personality or desire to do it. I was more interested in playing in a band. It was more fun to be part of a team,” ...

The LA Phil presents the annual smooth jazz event of the Hollywood Bowl season with Smooth Summer Jazz (formerly JVC Jazz) led by Dave Koz and Brian Culbertson, side-by-side with special guest Peabo ...

At 3 p.m. May 18, the daily soundtrack for thousands of lives in the Bay Area was altered. That’s the moment the FM radio station previously known as KKSF-FM 103.7 said goodbye to Boney James and ...

The velvety acoustic edition of “I Promise” oozes a raw strength that allows it to become a beautiful companion to Macari’s first release of the song. Her harmonies and supporting acoustics are ...