Once upon a time, trumpets didn't get much love in smooth jazz. Everyone wanted to listen to the sax, instead. Then along came popular trumpeters such as Chris Botti and Rick Braun, who headlines ...

Rick Braun could afford to celebrate his birthday just about anywhere in the world with the success he has had as a smooth jazz trumpeter. • Last year he chose Tucson. • For his 53rd, Braun packed his ...

Recently I heard a smooth jazz trumpet star “do” Miles Davis. He captured Miles’s distinctive muted tone, getting every note right, and, more surprisingly, even the spaces between. The trouble was ...

Bucks fans might remember Wayman Tisdale as a power forward for the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings. This weekend, he was in Milwaukee in his new role as a smooth jazz musician.

The annual Atlanta Smooth Music Festival, the only all day music experience devoted solely to smooth jazz, is coming to the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre on Sept. 10. “We’ve unapologetically planned ...

One might wonder what might have drawn the great Miles Davis to record melodically verbatim covers of Michael Jackson's “Human Nature" and Cyndi Lauper's “Time After Time," in a smooth jazz format.