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, ...

Romance Language is very appropriate for Valentine's Day—the perfect background for a romantic evening. Tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum has teamed up with his brother, vocalist Kevin Whalum, on this ...

The Berks Jazz Fest is known for smooth jazz with a little bit of blues. This year’s schedule was rife with Rhythm and Blues. Smooth jazz singer Jeffrey Osborne, who closes the 10-day Reading-area ...

In recent years jazz public enemy number one seems to have shifted from "smooth jazz" to "jazz vocalists." The heavy promotion and subsequent success of the Kralls, Cullums, and Monheits has almost ...