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Nite Flyte: Ascension

Read "Ascension" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Ascension ! What! Nite Flyte, smoothies extraordinaire, covering Coltrane's most ear-stretching avant-garde piece of all?? Fear not, friends of Mr. Smooth. Other than a loose album-long concept ("Lift Off," “Take Me Up," ), this smoothie document bears no resemblance whatsoever to Trane's fabled Sixties freak-out. No, Nite Flyte's Ascension is a freak-out for the Nineties, a ...

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Gota: Let's Get Started

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Gota Yashiki is a percussionist, as well as a bass guitarist, producer and writer. His monster group Gota is electric guitarists Mark Jaimes and Kenji Jammer, bass guitarists Wayne Stobbart and Ernie McKone, saxophonist (and EWI operator) Ian Kirkham, percussionist Miles Bould, and keyboard men Tim Vine and Neil Cowley (who doubles on piano). Also on ...

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Various Artists: Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Volume One

Read "Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Volume One" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Oh yaaaaaaaaaaasssss, it's another smoothfest from Instinct Jazz, and this one, let me tell you, is smoother'n glass, smoother'n the finest crystal, smoother'n your bathroom mirror, and oh yaaasss, smoother'n yer baby's bottom. It's two from the redoubtable Gota, three from the jam meister extraordinaire Count Basic, and one each from Soundscape UK, Brian Tarquin, Duncan ...

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Various artists: Smooth Jazz for a Rainy Day

Read "Smooth Jazz for a Rainy Day" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Smooth Jazz for a Rainy Day promises exactly what it delivers, and delivers exactly what it promises: shimmering smooth music, not a hair out of place, well-executed and solidly danceable. This Instinct collection kicks off with Joe Fuentes' “Slow Brew," on which his reflective, musing guitar easing out over an elegant funk beat; it's a smooth ...

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Velvet

Label: Instinct Records
Released: 1998

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Shinin' On

Label: Instinct Records
Released: 1998

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Bossa Nova Hawaii

Label: Instinct Records
Released: 1998

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Bossa Brava 3

Label: Instinct Records
Released: 1998

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Bossa Nova & Samba

Label: Instinct Records
Released: 1998

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Chris Standring: Velvet

Read "Velvet" reviewed by Robert Spencer


Chris Standring is an English guitarist with classical training and a predilection for smooth funk-jazz grooves. His contempo guitar sound has turned up already on recordings by Bebe and Cece Winans, Jody Watley, Omar, the Solsonics, Carole Bayer Sager and Rick Braun. He's played with Braun, Marc Antoine, Patti Austin, Bob James, Dave Koz, Richard Elliott, ...


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