VA - This Is Smooth Jazz, The Box Set [2001] (3 x CD's)

SMOOTH JAZZ

VA - This Is Smooth Jazz, The Box Set [2001] (3 x CD's)

This CD set displays great work from some of acid jazz's top performers, who have taken a little edge off on some of these tunes to make it more smooth jazz friendly. I would highly recommend this CD for anyone who is exploring and tired of the same old headline smooth jazz names. I think these bands try harder and are truer to their music and play for love and not fame! I started collecting acid jazz by listening to compilations and then getting CDs of the bands whose sounds I like. You will have people asking you "who is that?", when you put this baby in! (Amazon)

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Track lists

 CD1

01. Soundscape Uk – Uptown Groovin (4:25)
02. Chris Standring/Duncan Millar – Super-Real Feel (4:30)
03. Gota – Unforgettable Feeling (4:42)
04. Fredrik Karlsson – N’iceland (4:05)
05. Nite Flyte – Coast To Coast (4:12)
06. The V.I.P. Club – Coconuts Kiss (4:11)
07. Craig T. Cooper – The Whole Nine (4:59)
08. Johann Asmundsson – So Low (4:44)
09. Yada Yada – Summer Strut (4:19)
10. Chris Standring – ’nuff Said (5:30)
11. Beatifik – Coastal Route (5:00)
12. Brian Tarquin – Crazy Horse (4:15)

CD 2

01. James Taylor Quartet – Believe (4:13)
02. Modern Tribe – Misunderstood (4:59)
03. Nigel Martinez – Everlasting (4:43)
04. Gleeps – Summer Rain (6:46)
05. Cfm Band – My Baby (6:53)
06. Shakatak – Magic (3:54)
07. Count Basic – Joy And Pain (4:11)
08. Act Of Faith – Do It Right (4:20)
09. A.J. & Company – First Class Love (4:06)
10. Cathi Ogden – Heart Strings (2:56)
11. Patrick Harriot – Heaven Ain’t Gonna Happen (6:30)
12. Espirito – So Cool (4:54)

CD 3

01. Jazz Steppers – Mellow (4:32)
02. Keni Burke – Indigenous Love (4:59)
03. Jill Saward – Breathing Space (4:53)
04. Martin Fuss – Nightlife (4:25)
05. Woody Cunningham – Animal (6:47)
06. Jon Dalton – The Gift (5:12)
07. Victor Haynes – For The Love Of You (4:59)
08. Tomio Inoue – Searching (5:01)
09. Cathi Ogden – It’s A Feel Thing (5:01)
10. Exodus Quartet – Red (4:06)
11. Nicolas Bearde – (And) It All Goes ’round And ’round (4:57)
12. No Sé – Das Land (3:43)

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