30 posts tagged “smooth jazz”

What has not been said about this historic event. For me being Black, being a man lets me know that our country is showing that we can come together when we really need to and to allow a person of color to steer this ship called the United States. Many thanx for all my fellow podcasters who produced some of the best podcasts in reference to this glorious moment and a big, BIG thanx to all of the young voters who proved the pundits wrong that yes you do care what's going on in your future and others around you. Young Americans are not slackers, they strivers like the generation that came before them.

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Track Titles/Artist/LP

01. City Lights/Western Sky - Richard Souther{The Narada Collection, Vol. 3}
02. Love Liberty Disco - Newsboys{WOW 2000-Christian}
03. Safe Harbor - Richard Souther{The Narada Collection, Vol. 2}
04. We Are One - Frankie Beverly/Maze{Greatest Hits}
05. Breathe - Sixpence None the Richer{WOW 2000-Christian}
06. Horizons I - Ralf Illenberger{The Narada Collection, Vol. 2}
07. Knocks Me of My Feet - Najee{Songs from the Key of Life}
08. Time and the River - Fred Simon{Usually Always}
09. Testify - Commissioned{WOW Gospel 2000}
10. Moon Run - Trapezoid{The Narada Collection, Vol. 3}
11. I.O.U. Me - BeBe & CeCe Winans{Greatest Hits}
12. The Long Riders - Richard Souther{The Narada Collection, Vol. 2}
13. 2 Day - Praiz'{The Takeover}

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At o4:35am I decided to tackle this podcast and I'm glad I did. For me most time before the sun comes up my mind is clear, ideas flow through my little brain and a podcast is born. This podcast was inspired by the track "Daykeeper" by Foreign Exchange and I think I have a crush on Muhsinah (yeah, I know...my crushes changes like the weather) but this beautiful young lady has a very haunting/angelic voice on this track it puts in mind of waking up with the one you love. You have search high and low for this special someone but at the same time you never really open up your heart to anyone until now. When I heard this track on Macedonia's podcast I had to include it in a Twilight podcast (I found out later that Anewlis had this song in her podcast as well, man I so behind at time when it comes to music). Big, BIG thanx to the genius Todd Kelley for hooking me up to the not only the vocal tracks to "Leave It All Behind" but the instrumental tracks are included so good looking out bro. ^_^

Shadowfax I remember first hearing "Road To Hanna" on the 1998 Windham Sampler and was hooked on them ever since. Although the founder Chuck Greenburg has passed away I am amazed how this group was before it's time and that is when Windham Hill truly loved the music they produced and when the founder Will Ackerman had his hand in mostly all of the LPs that came from Windham Hill Record and it was not a bad thing. When Windham Hill Records grew into a juggernaut he sold his stake in the company and headed back to Vermont and to his roots and I believe he is much happier now. "Shaman Song" has that mixture of World/Acoustic/Electric feel to it. I love how each of these elements blend into one beautiful song

"Get Here" is a song that is both beautiful and yet sad at the same time. Oleta Adams voice and her piano playing makes you truly feel true love and true love lost whenever notes comes from her beautiful voice. What else sticks out to me is the fretless bass that is playing in the background. To me it brings out the true expression of this composition.

Kim Water's "Secret Romance" has the out on a Sunday Stroll kind of feel. I play the heck out of his "Someone To Love" LP and now I need to begin checking out this LP. You so many talented saxophone players out here and time and time again Mr. Waters comes out with a LP that makes seat back and say, "dang dude, you did it again."

I first showcased this track doing my podcast dedicated to my lovely queen and every now and then I have to pull this out and throw it in the line up. "If I Knew" by Jimmy Sommers has that smooth/laid back/silky feel to it. You have no choice but to keep your feet and nod your head.

The cool thing about Nicolay is whether if he has vocals over his mixes are just instrumental you play them again, again, again. Maybe it's just me happy that Fall is here but I it has that "brisk" feel to it. "All or Nothing/Coming Home to You" just has that air of everything is going to be alright no matter what the circumstance vibe. I have to get my hands on as much of his work as I can because I have a feeling this will not be the last time I will showcase his music on my podcast.

From the opening thick, rich bass line from Walter Becker on the track "Snowbound" for the song can go no where but "up". I think this was the very first cd I bought when I finally purchased a 3-CD player from Best Buy. Every song from the "Kamakiriad" LP takes you on the journey with Donald Fagen as he takes his travels in his Kamakiriad and on every stop you don't mind chilling with him. I love this track because it makes you slow down and just "be" and in this world of ours today we need that and the horn arrangements lets me truly realize how much of a great songwriter Mr. Fagen is time and time again.

The more I hear this piano solo composition by Liz Story the more I fall in love with it. Tracks like this make me seat and self reflect whether if it's good times or bad times it make me sit and reflect on what I need to do when it comes to certain issues in my life. "Church of Trees" for me is a song that makes you take long walks and have one-on-one conversations with God and take hold of all of the blessings I have in my life. I may not be rich but I am rich when it comes to the major things in my life...a healthy relationship, employment, being about to pay my bills, and of course to bring you these podcasts. ^_^

I still have this complilation LP on cassette. I think in the late 80's and early 90's I began to find my feel on what music I truly enjoy and when I stumbled upon "Narada Collections Vol. 2" I was hooked and this track from Colin Chin was one of the composition that sealed the deal for me. I loved smooth jazz/new age music and that was that. No longer did I feel ashamed and out of place. "The Alluvial Plains" is a very relaxing, beautiful arrangement and with the help of Mark Isham really gives it that calm/mellow feel to it.

You have heard me say time and time again that Prefab Sprout did not get the respect they richly deserved here in the states. To me, Paddy McAloon is one of the best songwriters around. The only hit they had stateside was "When Love Breaks Down" but the entire "Two Wheels Good" is very intelligently written and the composition are masterly arranged. "Cars and Girls" is another track that when I hear brings a smile to my face and "The Best of Prefab Sprout: Life of Suprises" is a must have in your music libary.

Another LP you need in your library is "Dreamcatcher" from Andy McKee. I have showcase tunes by this gifted acoustic guitarist and "I Will See You Again" is another track that blows me away. If you have had a rough day, throw on this LP and just let your cares melt away. The arrangement with this track is very cool.

Whenever I hear songs by Seal it puts me in mind of movies like "I am Legend", "Children of Men", "Equilibrium"...very furturist, struggling for the good of men. "Tinsel Town" for me paints a world that is bleak, hopeless, a quick fix for happiness that will not last. Not all of his songs leaves me feeling drained and dark but this one tells off on Hollywood (that's if he's talking about Hollywood but it sure paints a picture of how it really is doesn't he?).

The opposite is true when hearing Nicolay's "Hey!" I love playing this song, over and over and over and over...you get the message. For me this track showcase the city lights, hanging out with your friends just enjoying life. Sometime this month and the following months I have to make a pledge to get a LP by Nicolay every pay period so I can really dig into this genius music collage. ^_^

id drops courtesy of fave, todd kelly

tracks/timeline/artists in the following order...
01. Daykeeper feat Muhsinah{~0:24}-The Foreign Exchange
02. Shaman Song{~5:04}-Shadowfax
03. Get Here{~10:13}-Oleta Adams
04. Secret Romance{~17:56}-Kim Waters
05. If I Knew{~21:45}-Jimmy Sommers
06. All or Nothing/Coming Home To You[instrumental version]{~26:26}-The Foreign Exchange
07. Snowbound{~31:31}-Donald Fagen
08. Church of Trees{~38:36}-Liz Story
09. The Alluvial Plains{~44:44}-Colin Chin
10. Cars and Girls{~51:42}-Prefab Sprout
11. I Will See You Again{~1:00:24}-Andy McKee
12. Tinsel Town{~1:03:54}-Seal
13. Hey!{~1:09:39}-Nicolay

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I didn't expect this podcast to be this long. It's only 13 tracks but I think it's the length of some of the songs(it's all good). Well, this week I begin school and I'm looking forward to this class. This podcast will be my last for a minute because I really wish to concentrate on my studies. Last week podcast tunes were from iodapromonet...this podcast will showcase music from some of my favorite artists that when I began listening to smooth jazz these artists(most are jazz and some in this line up you would consider pop, rock) not help my knowledge of music but the musicians and sometimes when I was having a rough day kickin' back and listening to these tracks gave me that "second wind" get going again.

Big congrats goes out to Fave and the crew over at Soulbounce for getting to the finals to be chosen for the "best music podcast" and "best music blog" for this years Black Weblog Awards. You can still vote, deadline is August 31st so don't delay.

Big shout out to new listener and musician Tom Cawley and his trio group Curios out of London(welcome dude). He sent me a track to showcase and I am more than happy to do this. The track "Truce" is nice piano/bass/drum composition that is cool to chill out on a beautiful Autumn day or any day of your choosing(as you can see I can not wait till Fall comes).

A great jazz podcast "must have" is from our own tgrundy's "Smooth Jazz - Najee, Earl Klugh & George Howard…"

Many people who have followed me from when I first hit the scene on Vox I have been a lover of technology and how I always talked about Leo Laporte and his podcast. I have to be honest for a while I kind of fell off the wagon when it came to covering tech and as me and Steve were chatting that TWiT to us had become kinda "stale" but the episodes #157/#156/#154/#153 has made me get hooked on ThisWeek(in)Tech. With the crew of Dvorak, Harris, Norton, Rose and with guest like Don Reisinger, Robert Heron has for me made me listen again.

I can not say enough about this young lady when it comes to her podcast. I wrote a post on Nikki and all I can say about her Soulrific podcast is WOW! Check out my post and check out her podcast...you will not be disappointed.

Hope these tracks truly relax you make you take some "me" time.

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{shout outs from todd kelley, fresh, nikki}

1. Seven Years Of Good Luck-Joe Sample
2. Gaslighting Abbie-Steely Dan
3. Night Rhythm-Special EFX
4. Truce*-Curios(thanx Tom Cowley for sending me your groups track to showcase)
5. Climbing in Geometry-Will Ackerman
6. Sunday Morning Here with You-Michael Franks
7. Into the Blue-Boney James
8. Wait for Me-Hall & Oates
9. When Last We Spoke-Michael Manring
10. Christmas Time Is Here [Instrumental]-Colin Bailey/Monty Budwig/Vince Guaraldi
11. Africa-George Howard
12. Peculiar Situation-Earl Klugh
13. Street Life-The Crusaders feat. Randy Crawford

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These podcasts I find myself coming back time and time again, laid back, relaxing podcast. I guess this past week has been long one and I was hoping to publish this podcast last week but time got away from me. This podcast was a little long for me as well (close to 90 minutes). I'm going to get back to having just an hour a little over.>>>[more]

here it is close to 3am and I'm recording ANOTHER podcast(this is what I get for falling asleep at 8pm...but it's all good). I guess this is a blessing because I will be very busy starting this upcoming Monday until December because of working my jobs and school so it's best I try and get as many podcasts under my belt. I love relaxing music because it makes me reflect, count my blessings, and appreciate that God has giving me the gift and drive to put these podcasts together.

Kick back and enjoy this 3rd installment of MyLoveForMusic:Twilight Volume 3.

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o1.A Sunday at Home-Ralf Illenberger(Narada Guitar:15 Years of Collected Works)
o2.Dodo-Dave Matthews(Some Devil)
o3.Bermuda Triangle-Artie Traum(Acoustic Jazz Guitar)
o4.Heaven-BeBe & CeCe Winans(Greatest Hits)
o5.West End-Steve Oliver(First View)
o6.Yet Again-Demania[de Grassi/Manring/Garcia](Demania)
o7.Love Lips-Bob James w/Earl Klugh(One on One)
o8.Hands of Time-Groove Armada(Soundtrack Collateral)
o9.Waiting For the Rains-Colin Chin(Circadian Rhythms)
1o.Air for Keetu-Paul Winter(Canyon Lullaby)
11.Frogs On Ice-Mike Marshall and Darol Anger:The Duo Live(At Home And On The Range)
12.Black Waters-The Doobie Brothers(Best of the Doobies)
13.No Wontons for Elvis-Michael Manring(The Book of Flame)
14.A Month of Sundays-Don Henley(Building the Perfect Beast)
15.Sunset Grill-Don Henley(Building the Perfect Beast)
16.Whenever You're Around-Jill Scott/George Duke(The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Vol. 3)
17.Glory Glory-Wayman Tisdale(Hang Time)

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shout outs to all of the podcasters that inspire me, push me to do my best so I can bring some of the best laid back music to the masses and to let you(the listeners) know that good music is still being made...you just have to seek it out, you will not be disappointed.

late last night I began getting songs from my library and before i knew i had songs for a podcast and for a change it was pretty cool just going with the flow. Some of the songs you may have heard and they may bring back memories for you. Big shout out to a.new.lis because she really inspired this podcast (you truly have a gift for great music sista...keep doing what ya doing ^_~ )

Enjoy the tunes folks...
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01.Let Your Love Flow-The Bellamy Brothers
02.At Seventeen-Janis Ian
03.Promises, Promises-Naked Eyes
04.Theme from Shaft-Isaac Hayes
05.Around the World-Daft Punk
06.Be Connected-Jackie McCullough
07.De Do Do Do,De Da Da Da-The Police
08.Turn It on Again-Genesis
09.All the Love-The Outfield
10.Jewel-Musrat Fateh Ali Khan
11.Steam Trains To The Milky Way-Danny Wilson
12.WindSurfer-Steve Kindler and Teja Bell
13.Chinook Winds-Chet Atkins
14.Thy Kingdom Come-Special EFX
15.????-????

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This podcast is all over the place (in my eyes) but it's a good thing. Couple of the tracks are kind of on the world music side but it's all good. A couple tracks you may have heard from my earlier ThriftStoreGems podcast but I'm sure you will not mind as long as the tunes are nice.>>>more

I have been sitting on this music for a while and now I have a chance to bring you these ThriftStoreGems. Two cassettes I have never listened to until I converted them. The cassette LPs I converted were Michael Kamen's "Concerto for Saxophone"; Shadowfax's "Esperanto"; Windham Hill Artists' "A Winter's Solstice 2">>>more

I don't know why but for some reason songs from Steely Dan and Donald Fagen has been on my mind for a while. I have wanted to do a Steely Dan/Donald Fagen podcast but the Godfather of podcasting had already created some really cool podcast but my mind would not let me drop it so here it is.>>>more

This is a podcast I have wanted to put together for the longest and now it's finally here. Special EFX has been one of my favorite duos for close to 20 years. I will admit up front this is the first of 3 podcast for this group because with the four cassette LPs I'm showcasing I love every cut on each of their LPs. I will be bringing you three tracks from "Slice of Life", "Mystique", "Double Feature", and "Just Like Magic.>>>more

First and foremost I want to give a big shout out to my brother Macedonia for getting me straight when it comes to me doing my podcast shows. I have been feeling, well, sorry for myself and my brother in podcasting made me snap out of it and made me realize why I do what I do so thanx so much bruh. >>>more

{MyLoveForMusic: Twilight{Volume 2}
I see I'm finding myself floating toward laid back tunes more and more. Well that's a lie, I have always enjoyed laid back tunes. I smooth jazz, downtempo cuts takes me back to when I first moved back over here in Missouri, where I finally could be myself, rediscover me and what I loved about me.

This is my second set of collections of smooth jazz, laid back vocals, new age tunes that whenever I hear them I just want to just sit back, reflect and just me. I hope you enjoy the compositions I have found. Some from my library and others that are new to me as well.

o1. Just Groove Me-Torcuato Mariano(LP Lift Me Up)
o2. Double Rainbow-Andy Summers(LP Splendid Brasil-Andy and Victor 2)
o3. Drivin'-Gordon James(LP In Joy)
o4. Yesterday-Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis
o5. If I Knew-Jimmy Sommers(LP Sunset Collective)
o6. You Know That I Love You-Kim Waters( LP Someone To Love You)
o7. A Happy Home in Kathmandu-Will Ackerman( LP Windham Hill Sampler '94)
o8. I'll Be Around-Joan Osborne(LP How Sweet It Is)
o9. It's Too Early-Todd Phillips(LP Timeframe)
1o. One Nation Under a Groove-Gordon James(LP In Joy)
11. He Likes The Sun-Tanita Tikaram(LP Ancient Heart)
12. Breathe-Randy Scott(LP Breathe)
13. Outer Drive-Michael Manson(LP The Bottom Line)

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Irvin Mayfield and Ellis Marsalis
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Jimmy Sommers
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Gordon James
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