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My Inspiration by Everette Harp

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Smooth Jazz saxophonist Everette Harp is climbing up the Smooth Jazz Charts with his latest CD My Inspiration . Here are some of the Top Hits from the album: - Old School - Don't Look Any Further - Wait 4 U Click Here to listen to the preview and/or order album from Amazon.com.

Smooth Jazz For Your Baby

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Golden Slumbers: A Father's Lullaby There is one Audio CD which never leaves the top 100 selling Smooth Jazz Albums on the Amazon.com. Today, it has again come up to #8. If you have trouble getting your 3 year old to sleep, these artists have done a wonderful job to help you. The money you spend on buy this album is truly an investment! Some of the most popular artists such as Phil Collins, Michael McDonald, Smokey Robinson, Jon Secada, Carlos Ponce, Richard Marx, Buddy Jewell, Will Downing, Solomon Burke and Loudon Wainwright join some smooth jazz artists to make this collection of songs, the most easygoing music that you ever heard. Still not convinced? Click here to listen to full preview of the album on Rendezvous Entertainment website. Buy Golden Slumbers: A Father's Lullaby from Amazon.com

More Smooth Jazz for Christmas

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Jim Brickman's Homecoming Jim Brickman is coming to your place this Christmas with his latest Holiday CD: Homecoming. I visited his website and yes, you can listen to the full previews of the songs: "Gathering", "Coming Home for Christmas", "Deck the Halls" and "Thanksgiving ". Warning: you might really wanna buy the album if you listen to the preview :) Click here for more information about this album and the 30 second previews.

Smooth Jazz for this Christmas

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Christmas Present from Boney James "I'm really proud of the way everything came out. Each track evolved as a unique soundscape. Some songs wanted to be more funky, some more traditional, and some took a path that I couldn't have envisioned." s ays Boney James about his latest CD: Christmas Present. And the good news is you can listen to the full previews of this CD on Boney James re-designed website. Click here for the full story .

Top 10 Smooth Jazz Chart - November 5 2007

Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - Jeff Golub Feat. Richard Elliot (1 Week At # 1) (LAST WEEK: #2 | 14 WEEKS ON THE CHART) R N R - Rick Braun & Richard Elliot (LAST WEEK: #1 | 19 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Ladies' Choice - Paul Taylor (LAST WEEK: #4 | 24 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Noodle Soup - Four80east (LAST WEEK: #6 | 28 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Black River - Keiko Matsui (LAST WEEK: #3 | 28 WEEKS ON THE CHART | UP BY 1) Born 2 Groove - Euge Groove (LAST WEEK: #5 | 27 WEEKS ON THE CHART | DOWN BY 1) Street Life - U-Nam (LAST WEEK: #7 | 23 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Fire And Rain - Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds (LAST WEEK: #8 | 11 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Poetry Man - Queen Latifah (LAST WEEK: #11 | 4 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Slammin Jay - Jay Soto (LAST WEEK: #9 | 24 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Source: R&R

Hardcastle 5 - Paul Hardcastle

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Paul Hardcastle 's latest album will be relased on February 2nd 2008. Until I find you more information about the new album and the sample tracks, please click here to visit Smooth Jazz Vibes to read the full article.

Top 10 Smooth Jazz Chart - October 14 2007

R N R - Rick Braun & Richard Elliot (6 Week(S) At Number 1) (LAST WEEK: #1 | 16 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Born 2 Groove - Euge Groove (LAST WEEK: #2 | 24 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Black River - Keiko Matsui (LAST WEEK: #1 | 25 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Ladies' Choice - Paul Taylor (LAST WEEK: #1 | 21 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - Jeff Golub Feat. Richard Elliot (LAST WEEK: #6 | 11 WEEKS ON THE CHART | UP BY 1) Street Life - U-Nam (LAST WEEK: #5 | 20 WEEKS ON THE CHART | DOWN BY 1) Fire And Rain - Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds (LAST WEEK: #7 | 8 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Noodle Soup - Four80east (LAST WEEK: #8 | 25 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Trouble Sleeping - Corinne Bailey Rae (LAST WEEK: #9 | 27 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Let's Take A Ride - Norman Brown (LAST WEEK: #10 | 29 WEEKS ON THE CHART) Source: R&R

Roundtrip | Kirk Whalum - Preview Full CD!

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Hi, Just to tell you that you can listen to the full preview of Kirk Whalum's latest CD " Roundtrip " CD on Rendezvous Entertainment website. Click here for the preview. As of todate, this is one of the best selling Smooth Jazz albums on Amazon.com .

Babyface on Smooth Jazz Chart

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The Babyface's version of " Fire & Rain " is this week's #1 Most Added song on the R&R Smooth Jazz Chart (issue date Aug 24, 2007). Click here to listen the song: " Fire & Rain ". Since it was not easy for me to find the track listing at this moment as the CD " kenny 'babyface' edmonds playlist " is yet to be released on Sept 18, 2007, I have listed below the tracks for you. 01. Wonderful Tonight 02. Shower The People 03. Longer 04. Fire & Rain 05. Time In A Bottle 06. Knockin On Heaven's Door 07. Please Come To Boston 08. Diary 09. The Soldier Song (Original) 10. Not Going Anywhere (Original) Until next time.... thanks for visiting my blog.

Smooth Jazz Current Chart - Top 5 Hits

Here are the Top 5 Smooth Jazz hits from the Current Smooth Jazz Chart for the week ending August 10, 2007. 1. Ready for Love - Walter Beasley 2. So Not Over You - Simply Red 3. Lost Without You - Robin Thicke 4. Anthem For New America - Jeff Lorber 5. Dressed To Chill - Marion Meadows Until next time, Thanks for vising SmoothJazzHits.BlogSpot.com

Richard Elliot & Rick Braun : RnR

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This great collaboration of two of the best Smooth Jazz artists, Rick Braun and Richard Elliot will be released on 28 August 2007 but the title track of this album " RnR " is already running on the Smooth Jazz Charts and radio stations worldwide. However, I found that it is almost impossible to find this album on the internet when you search for it unless you type the names of both artists. Hope following links will help you. You can listen to the full title track " RnR " from Richard Elliot's and Rick Braun's websites. Click here for Richard Elliot 's Official Website. Click here for Rick Braun 's Official Website.

Brian Bromberg : Downright Upright

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" Cantaloupe Island ", The well known Jazz Hit originally done by Herbie Hancock is back on Smooth Jazz charts! This week at the #6 spot on the R&R Smooth Jazz Chart, Brian Bromberg's version of " Cantaloupe Island " picked up from his latest CD " Downright Upright ". The CD also have few more Smooth Jazz hits such as " Mercy Mercy Mercy " and " Cold Duck Soup ". Click here to listen to 90 minute previews of the entire album on the official website of Brian Bromberg .

Norman Brown : Stay With Me

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This week's #1 song on Radio & Records chart is Norman Brown's Let's Take A Ride from his latest CD Stay with Me . In case you are a person who buys music online paying per track, today I'll list the top selling tracks of this CD so far: > Soul Dance > Let's Take A Ride > Stay With Me Click on the song title to preview.

Acoustic Alchemy : This Way

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Celebrating 26 years of Smooth Jazz music, Acoustic Alchemy is still going strong! “What I love about This Way is that it’s got so much more playing on it than we’ve done before," says AA about their latest CD This Way . You can listen to full preview of 3 hits from This Way . [ Click here to launch the player ] [ Click here to visit Acoustic Alchemy's Brand New Website] Thank you for visiting and see you next time.

En Route : Four 80 East

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Four80East's latest CD "En Route" can now be found on top of all Smooth Jazz Charts. As Four80East says, with "En Route", they are at #10 on Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart which is their highest position ever! Find more information on Four80East's website and preview tracks from En Route including the hit "Noodle Soup". Until my next post, happy listening!

A Great Smooth Jazz Hit by U-NAM

The "Street Life" track from U-NAM's latest album "Back from the 80's" is one of the greatest covers done for the Street Life song and climbing up the chart day by day! Click here for a full preview of the hit "Street Life" by "U-NAM" on www.trippinrecords.com Click here for a review of U-NAM's "Back from the 80's" album.

New Smooth Jazz Hits - Jackiem Joyner

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If your ears are hungry for new Smooth Jazz hits - now it's time to satisfy them. I'm going to introduce some brand new Smooth Jazz Hits by a brand new Saxophonist. His name is Jackiem Joyner and he is 26 years old, but you won't believe how good he is till you hear him. His debut album "Babysoul" comes with several hits and let me recommend a few to you: Stay With Me Tonight In Love Again Share My Tears Elevation Innocence You can preview the entire album on www.artizenmusic.com Click here for more information about the Jackiem Joyner .

When Chris Botti Fell in Love

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Instead of talking about hits from a selected album, today, I am compelled to tell you about this wonderful Hit Album "When I Fall In Love" by Chris Botti. Even after 3 years, selling more than million copies, it's still one of his Best Selling Albums. Click here for a quick preview of tracks from Cris Botti's "When I Fall In Love" album on www.iLike.com. If you still haven't got your copy yet, it's never too late. Click here and enjoy Botti's live performance of the hit: "Lisa" from his "Night Sessions" album.

Paul Taylor - Ladies' Choice

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Saxophonist Paul Taylor is back after two years with a Smooth Jazz Hit - the title track of his brand new album: Ladies' Choice. Listen to the track sample: Ladies' Choice Tomorrow, I'll be back with a tip for another Sooth Jazz hit for your collection. Until then, happy listening :)

Looking for more Smooth Jazz Fans?

For those who don't know about www.iLike.com , it's a wonderful place which brings together people with same interests for music. If you have installed iTunes in your computer, you can easily get connected to iLike (with iLike Sidebar for iTunes) and find who else is listening to your kind of music! Easy as that!! You can create your own profile. Meet new friends. Send messages to them. Post comments to your favorite Artist. Find New Music. Listen to Sample Music. Play a game and much more. Click here: [ http://www.ilike.com/user/DileepNK ] to have a look at what I'm listening to. Create your own profile - Log on to www.iLike.com

Why Smooth Jazz Hits?

A lot of people (including myself) find it difficult to locate Smooth Jazz Hit singles of various Smooth Jazz artists. I hope this blog would help you find what you are looking for. To start with, click here to see this week's Smooth Jazz Top 50 Chart on SmoothJazz.com