Not for the first time I am indebted to Max Hill from internet radio’s ‘Smooth Jazz Interludes’ for his own take on the best smooth jazz tracks of 2011. ‘SJI’ continues to be one of the top smooth jazz stations on www.live365.com and this week Max will be putting out his own top 40 of the year. It’s a brilliant in-depth selection that I encourage you to check out and includes some truly exceptional tracks which, for one reason or another, slipped between the cracks of my own ‘best of’ list. Most notable among these is the stunning radio single ‘I Think About Amy’ from sax player Michael J Thomas. Max has this at #15 and another track issued only as a single, ‘Friday Night’ by Jonathon Fritzen, makes it in at #8.
‘Push To Start’ by Paul Taylor and ‘S7ven Large’ by the one and only Euge Groove are also in the Smooth Jazz Interludes top ten. The first twenty of his top forty are listed below but to enjoy their collective magic you will just have to tune in and listen.
- Spin -- Boney James
- S7ven Large -- Euge Groove
- Massive Transit -- Cindy Bradley
- Boom Town -- Richard Elliot
- Contact -- Boney James
- Push To Start -- Paul Taylor
- The Lady In My Life -- George Benson
- Friday Night -- Jonathan Fritzen
- Hot Sauce -- Jessy J
- The Funky Bunch -- Euge Groove
- Who Now Do You Love? -- Shawn Brock
- Cry -- Boney James
- New Creation -- Dominic Amato
- Heaven In Your Eyes -- Elan Trotman
- I Think About Amy -- Michael J. Thomas
- Moment In Time -- The Parlett-Colah Project
- West Bound -- Nate Harasim
- Something About You -- Craig Sharmat
- Coming on -- Player A
- Moment Of Truth -- Paul Taylor
