Bobby Caldwell, a blue-eyed soul singer whose smooth touch camouflaged his idiosyncrasies, died on Tuesday following a long illness. He was 71. His wife Mary Caldwell announced his death on Twitter.

New York and Washington, D.C., have both lost their smooth-jazz stations in recent weeks, leading a radio-industry Web site to wonder if it's "time to sound a death knell for the format." Not that ...

George Benson has been serving up his silky instrumentals and vocals for too many years to count, but he's not content to look back. Whether fans know him as the smooth pop singer of such classics as ...

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A something-for-everyone lineup Saturday night at the 36th Hampton Jazz Festival mixed contemporary, jazz and oldies acts for the broad range of ages that streamed into the Hampton Coliseum. Early ...

How do you tell a knee jerk from a goosestep? I had to wonder after I received a press release for the first annual Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, which take place in Oakville, Ont., tomorrow. "The ...

Saxophonist Michael Lington became a fan of American jazz while growing up in his native Denmark. It was a passion so strong that he eventually settled down in the U.S. and launched a recording career ...

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London was the music world’s melting pot during the 1970s. Fans of heavy metal, funk, punk and reggae had an appreciation for their respective genres. It was an exciting time for Helen Rogers, a ...