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1.Definitive Hits by: Herb Alpert
June 11, 2001
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I love Herb Alpert. The best known stuff on this album are the likes of the superlatively bouncy Spanish Flea, the sublime A Taste of Honey, the energetic Tijuana Taxi, Tetris theme Zorba the Greek and of course the theme to the original Casino Royale (the one with David Niven) which is so clever it hurts. But there's nothing on this album that doesn't delight.

Mostly it's instrumental, brass band work and very good brass it is. Like a Mariachi band. It's jolly and fun, and it gets me in a good mood and that makes it pretty fab stuff.

2.Breathless by: Kenny G
May 03, 1993
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Enjoy taking the lift? Love a good long wait on hold? Find your toes tapping to the radio in the doctor's waiting room? Feel the urge to dance in the Cleaning Products and Binliners aisle in Morrisons? Then you'll love the insipid, soulless faux-jazz muzak of Kenny G.

Thinking about buying this (or any other) Kenny G record? I'll save you the effort; everything he's produced consists of irritatingly sharp pentatonic runs up and down, interrupted occasionally by a wavering, poorly-controlled long note followed by one of his half a dozen twiddly licks. Repeat until you feel the urge to vomit up your own lungs. This is a record of soul crushing dreariness, a reminder of just how suffocatingly vacuous some human beings are. 'Music' of this ... Read More:

3.Greatest Hits by: Kenny G
October 15, 1998
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Probably the most safe, boring instrumental music you will ever hear. Songs sound very similar i.e. not very exciting to say the very least. The music is appropriate for the following situations:
A) whilst holding the line
B) in a lift
C) in airport toilets
Well, you have to be cruel to be kind sometimes and unfortunately, I don't know what positives I can find with Kenny G's music. The most famous song, Songbird, is the least mindnumingly dull of the lot but still hardly the type of thing you'd CHOOSE to hear.
I often see this placed under the title of "jazz", which is quite a joke if you compare these songs with, say, anything else considered jazz.
I would imagine that listening to this constant drone more than ... Read More:

4.Give Me the Night by: George Benson
April 24, 1984
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I don't have much time for music that goes under the banner of disco, soul, etc., but occasionally those genres throw up something that I can't ignore. I've always had a liking for the title track of this album and, knowing that Benson is a renowned jazz performer and that he has some of the best assistance possible here, I took a chance. What a delight. Benson's jazz background shows up regularly, but 'Give Me The Night' is no less accessible an album. It has strong songs, such as 'Star Of The Story', great grooves and classy arrangements, courtesy of Quincy Jones. Perhaps 'Love X Love' is a touch too mild for an opening track, but 'Off Broadway' certainly kicks off. I'm not so sure Benson did anything as good as this 1980 album again. Later songs such ... Read More:

5.The Best of the Crusaders by: The Crusaders
April 24, 2000
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Had this for years

Good intro for anyone who doesn't know their work

Also a goo start point for newbies to their guests work

Well worth the spend

6.The Essential Collection: 24 Smooth Jazz Classics by: Bob James
February 11, 2002
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Had this for years

Good intro for anyone who doesn't know their work

Also a goo start point for newbies to their guests work

Well worth the spend

7.Winelight by: Grover Jr. Washington
July 20, 1984
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Commercial jazz has had its fair share of knocks since it became fashionable to dislike the (sometimes) bland and souless playing of the likes of Kenny G et al.However, amongst the largely mindless pop music of the eighties shone this fine album.
Commercial-yes, but the playing and production are of such high quality that if you cannot recognise the splendour of these summer jazz/samba beats then you do not understand music.The soulful bonus of the fantastic Bill Withers is just about the icing on the cake.
Relax,kick back on a summer's day with a glass of cool wine and let the vibe wash over you-that's a rare kind of musical peace that you need to experience.

8.The Very Best of Smooth Jazz - UCJ by: Various Artists
June 24, 2002
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if you quite like smooth jazz. If you are a real jazz fan you wouldn't want it. I think it's a nice mix of the familer and the less so and a safe five star purchase.

9.The Essential Kenny G by: Kenny G
September 25, 2006
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if you quite like smooth jazz. If you are a real jazz fan you wouldn't want it. I think it's a nice mix of the familer and the less so and a safe five star purchase.

10.A Love Supreme - The Collection by: Will Downing
September 02, 2002
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The majority of people will have heard of Will Downing as he’s been around a long time having been a session singer with Rose Royce and Billy Ocean.

His biggest hits were in the late eighties with Love Supreme and his interpretation of Denice Williams’s Free.

This is a mid price offering of some of his more popular hits/covers and would be filed in the soul jazz category.

The collection includesthe hits you would expect John Coltranes, A love Supreme which is one of my favourite records of all time, the love we share, giving it all to you a superb slice of soul with a killer bass line in the background. The best covers are Free, wishing on a star, and the world is a ghetto.

Will has the same talent as Luther when ... Read More:

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