Genre: Jazz
Smoothtalk combines smoothjazz from the 80s and the lounge/brazilectro sound of the 90s to a new sophisticated sound.
Genre: World/Reggae
Hi Everybody
My name is Carlos Campos, and I am a musician who lives in Los Angeles.
I like many musical styles and my own music is a bit eclectic. I would love to share some of my latest work with you. Some of my music features me as a solo artist, other songs a collaborations with fellow artists.
Saludos!
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
Dave Grusin has been a highly successful performer, producer, composer, record label executive, arranger, and bandleader. His piano playing ranges from mildly challenging to competent to routine, but he's primarily an accomplished film and television soundtrack composer. Grusin played with Terry Gibbs and Johnny Smith while studying at the... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
David Sanborn has been the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 20 years. Most of his recordings have been in the dance music/R&B vein, although Sanborn is a capable jazz player. His greatest contributions to music have been his passionate sound (with its crying and squealing high notes) and his emotional... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
Don Sebesky is best known as house arranger for many of producer Creed Taylor's Verve, A&M, and CTI productions; the man whose orchestral backgrounds helped make artists like Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson acceptable to audiences outside of jazz. He has taken critical heat for this, but Sebesky's arrangements... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
An acoustic guitarist with a very pretty tone, Earl Klugh does not consider himself a jazz player and thinks of Chet Atkins as being his most important influence. Klugh played on a Yusef Lateef album when he was 15 and gained recognition in 1971 for his contributions to George Benson's White Rabbit record. He played regularly with Benson in... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
George Duke showed a great deal of promise early in his career as a jazz pianist and keyboardist, but has forsaken that form to be a pop producer. Inspired early on by Les McCann, he worked with a trio in San Francisco during the mid-'60s. In 1969, Duke accompanied Jean-Luc Ponty, recording with the violinist. After eight months with Don Ellis'... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
One of the most popular saxophonists of all time (even his off records had impressive sales), Grover Washington, Jr. was long the pacesetter in his field. His roots were in R&B and soul-jazz organ combos, but he also fared very well on the infrequent occasions when he played straight-ahead jazz. A highly influential player, Washington was... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Kenny G. has long been the musician many jazz listeners love to hate. A phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings make the pop charts, G.'s sound has been a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations since the mid-'80s, making him a household name. Kenny G. is a fine player with an attractive sound (influenced a... [+] Read More
Genre: Game Soundtracks
Artist/Producer creating a varied range of musical styles from Hip Hop to Film Score to Jazz all the way through to Electronic.
MP3.com is the online page for all projects, including the latest album release 'Various Works - Volume One' collection which can be listened to right here.
More details, news and updates, digital...
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Genre: R&B/Soul/Urban
Decades Active: 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
Highly regarded R&B and funk session keyboardist, who's worked on hundreds of sessions by every major name in the rock, soul and R&B worlds. His own recordings, plus his work with studio ensembles like Stuff have tended to be dry and predictable. He functions best when operating in prescribed, precisely structured role. A toprate keyboardist in... [+] Read More
Genre: Jazz
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
Since he was a teenager, Tom Scott has been consistent, a talented multi-reedist with little or no interest in playing creative jazz. His mother was a pianist and father a composer. Scott early on became a studio musician and arranger. Able to play most reeds with little difficulty, Scott performed with the Don Ellis and Oliver Nelson bands, and... [+] Read More