I don't think it's online, but Francis Gooding (LRB) penned a really great argument a few years back on the radicalness of "smooth." I quoted some of it in this listicle: https://theshfl.com/guide/Smooth-Jazz
Great one Andy and thanks for sharing. Love your points and you are right about the crossover from the Avant/Modal/Spiritual realm. This is embodied in a lot of artists you listed out and the very path that got me into jazz from the 80's. That Norman Evans is wild, always wanted a copy and wrote to him many years ago.
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I don't think it's online, but Francis Gooding (LRB) penned a really great argument a few years back on the radicalness of "smooth." I quoted some of it in this listicle: https://theshfl.com/guide/Smooth-Jazz
Great one Andy and thanks for sharing. Love your points and you are right about the crossover from the Avant/Modal/Spiritual realm. This is embodied in a lot of artists you listed out and the very path that got me into jazz from the 80's. That Norman Evans is wild, always wanted a copy and wrote to him many years ago.
Fantastic thank you!
Herb Sundays, thank you!! Still going deep on the Laurel Halo...
The playlists work on other days thankfully