Smooth Jazz Therapy

Smooth Jazz Therapy Is Moving!

No, you will still be able to find Smooth Jazz Therapy at www.smoothjazztherapy.com and yes it will still be providing the best and most frequent smooth jazz coverage anywhere on the web. However, after many years at the same location, the site is 'moving offices' across North Yorkshire to a lovely spot  in the countryside just outside Ripon.

Consequently, and to allow our broadband provider to install a new line, we are having a two week 'holiday' and will return refreshed and better than ever on April 1. 

Looking forward to connecting with you all then.

Louis Colainnia - Spring Break

With albums such as ‘Closer’ and ‘Next Stage’ award winning composer and keyboard player Louis Colaiannia has demonstrated his ability to switch from the up-tempo to the mellow and back again in a way that articulates to perfection his love of contemporary jazz, new age and chill. 

Now, with the breakout radio single ‘Spring Break’, this two-time Primo Award winner for Italian American Entertainer of the Year is sending out a strong message that here is a smooth jazz artist to be reckoned with. 

Velvety smooth and rhythmically enticing this is a track that is well worth checking out.

Neil Warden & Stuart Mitchell - The Silent Sky

When, in 2008, I became aware of guitarist Neil Warden I described the smooth jazz and cool groove of his all-Scottish creation Blue Soul Groove as having what it takes to push open the door on a genre that traditionally has been the province of US based bands.  Now, six years on, Warden has combined with composer and pianist Stuart Mitchell for the CD ‘The Silent Sky’. 

Freddie Ravel - Blissin

Some tracks are engrained into the essence of what smooth jazz is all about and that is certainly the case with Freddie Ravel’s seminal song ‘Sunny Side Up’.  It can be found on his self titled 2001 GRP debut CD and is the sort of tune to define an artist’s career in a way that could even hint at peaking too soon.  However, in Ravel’s case, he has just kept on ‘doing it’ in a way that is evidenced by his latest CD, ‘If Music Could Speak’, which is out now on the Human Harmonics Group label. 

The album ranges from reinventions of classic Ravel compositions, previously unrecorded originals, a smattering of songs ideal for the Holidays and, significantly, the single ‘Blissin’.  Complete with a riff that sits somewhere between 'A Summer Place' and the Young Rascals 1967 hit ‘Groovin’ this one is simply sensational.

 

ShaShaty - Brighter Day

If you are looking for classically melodic smooth jazz with a attitude then look no further than ‘Brighter Day’, the latest CD from the curiously named ShaShaty.  Having released his debut recording in 1993 this LA based sax-man is no stranger to the genre and the fact this latest offering of all original material has been produced and co-written by Steve Oliver certainly marks it out as one to watch. 

Jazz Holdouts - Babadoo

A new band to me is Jazz Holdouts.  It finds eight highly acclaimed touring and session musicians from the worlds of R&B, jazz and pop combining to release the CD ‘Intuition’.  Led by keyboard player and composer Alan Palanker and supported by vocalist Douglas Cooper Getschal, the theme of the entire album is built around old school soul with a case in point being the track ‘Babadoo’ that is evocative of Lamont Dozier’s ‘Going Back To My Roots’ and well worth checking out.

The Aston Grey Project - Angel

Back in December we were among the first to report that rising smooth jazz stars The Aston Grey Project would release the CD ‘Changing The Game’ in March of 2015.  Well, it is out this week and is being showcased by an easy on the ear cover version of the Anita Baker hit ‘Angel’ that features Gabriel Bello on Sax and terrific vocals from Chantual Williams and Montrel Dupri. 

Check back here soon for a complete review of ‘Changing The Game’.