When Seattle smooth-jazz station KWJZ vanished into the ether last winter, its wounded fans rained down protests, including nearly 100 emails, comments and phone calls to The Seattle Times. Well, ...

Think of New York saxophonist Najee’s headlining gig at tonight’s Smooth Jazz Holiday as a sort of homecoming. After dismal sales of his 2003 CD, Embrace, he parted ways with his former record company ...

Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his ...

Saxophonist David Sanborn, asked how he thinks listeners will react to Quartette Humaine, is frankly stumped. "It's always a mystery to me, what people are going to like or not like," he says, over ...

Dave Koz is a one-man smooth jazz media empire. The saxophonist — who earned notoriety sitting in with the house band on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in the early ’90s — has eight albums to his credit, his ...

David Sanborn is often categorized — or dismissed — as a “smooth jazz” saxophonist. He has certainly played plenty of what’s considered smooth jazz, the melodic, instrumental hybrid of modern jazz, ...

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to smooth jazz saxophone sensation Paul Taylor about his new album, Steppin' Out.

After a year-long gig with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, performing at the Bellagio Hotel, smooth jazz saxophone player Paul Lamoureux takes to the stage at Junction Jazz this Saturday night, May 22.