That Time Snoop Dogg Did Herbie Hancock
It was the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors. Snoop Dogg and a killer band with Marcus Miller and Terence Blanchard performed “Cantaloupe Island.”
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
Celebrating 30 Years Online!
John Hilderbrand
Longtime contemporary jazz fan and founder of ContemporaryJazz.com.
Top Contemporary Jazz for 2001
Looking back 20 years, Billboard reported St. Germain as the top contemporary jazz artist for the year 2001, breaking a ten-year monopoly by Kenny G: A 10-year reign comes to an end in the recap of the Top Contemporary Jazz…
Animated Contemporary Jazz
Looks like Dave Koz published the 2020 livestream of The Greatest Hits of Christmas on Christmas Day 2021. This COVID-affected smooth jazz show has a segment with fun, animated versions of David Benoit, Peter White, Richard Elliot, Rick Braun, Jonathan…
Contemporary Jazz Notes: Jarreau, Metheny, Klugh
The late, great Al Jarreau will be immortalized Saturday at the American Jazz Walk of Fame in Kansas City, Mo. Five albums Pat Metheny can’t live without Book Review: Beneath Missouri Skies: Pat Metheny In Kansas City 1964-1972 at AllAboutJazz…
Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – June 20, 1996
These were the top selling contemporary jazz recordings 25 years ago this week, as reported by Billboard magazine. Quincy Jones, Q’s Jook Joint Kenny G, Breathless The John Tesh Project, Discovery Russ Freeman & the Rippingtons, Brave New World Randy…