Best Smooth Jazz Ever CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Lovely Day - Bill Withers ~ Various Artists

2. All I See Is You - Dave Koz ~ Various Artists

3. Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin ~ Various Artists

4. More Than This - Norah Jones/Charlie Hunter Quartet/Charlie Hunter ~ Various Artists

5. Lady Wants To know, The - Michael Franks ~ Various Artists

6. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker ~ Various Artists

7. Mystic Voyage - Ronny Jordan/Roy Ayers ~ Various Artists

8. Last Tango - Gato Barbieri (Last Tango In Paris) ~ Various Artists

9. Livin' Large - Euge Groove ~ Various Artists

10. Flight-Time - Donald Byrd ~ Various Artists

11. Expression - Joyce Cooling ~ Various Artists

12. Latin Note - St. Germain ~ Various Artists

Disc 2

Song Title

1. We're In This Love Together - Al Jarreau ~ Various Artists

2. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Gerard Presencer/Rahsaan/Us3 ~ Various Artists

3. Always There - Ronnie Laws ~ Various Artists

4. Cellar Funk - Down To The Bone ~ Various Artists

5. Mercy Mercy Mercy - Cannonball Adderley Quintet (live) ~ Various Artists

6. "In" Crowd, The - Ramsey Lewis Trio ~ Various Artists

7. Chill Factor - Richard Elliot ~ Various Artists

8. Time After Time - Cassandra Wilson ~ Various Artists

9. Living Inside Your Love - Earl Klugh ~ Various Artists

10. Mas Que Nada (Say No More) - Elza Soares ~ Various Artists

11. Medicine Man - Bobby McFerrin ~ Various Artists

12. Sugar Craft - Medeski, Martin & Wood (Yuka Honda Remix, Yuka Honda remix) ~ Various Artists

Notes & Personnel Info
	Performers include: Dave Koz, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, Casandra Wilson, Earl Klugh. Richard Elliott, Bob James, Donald Byrd, Medeski, Martin & Wood and many more.
	This incredibly light, fun, and surprisingly hip two-CD collection from Blue Note uses the term "smooth jazz" in an unexpected way. Rather than referring to the genre, "smooth" refers to the temperament and feel of these sometimes funky/sometimes poppy tracks that are selected from six decades of jazz. Dave Koz, Richard Elliot, and a couple other names could be filed in the smooth jazz section, but Adderley, Baker, and Byrd are too classic for that, and it's easy to imagine the legions of funky Medeski, Martin & Wood fans recoiling in horror over the title's Kenny G. insinuation. In actuality the disc is a whole lot of fun. Most of it is very hip fun and very little of it is wallpaper. The Bobby McFerrin, Ramsey Lewis, and Chet Baker cuts are obvious choices, but the inclusion of Charlie Hunter's smoky version of Roxy Music's "More Than This" is a very pleasant surprise and having such divergent sounds as St. Germain's "Latin Note" and Elza Soares' "Mas Que Nada" in the same collection is crafty cool. Perhaps Sauve Jazz would be a better title for this pleasing collection of refined and relaxing tunes. ~ David Jeffries

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Best Smooth Jazz Ever (2005)