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Crossover jazz

Index Crossover jazz

Crossover jazz is a genre of music that combines jazz with other genres to appeal to a bigger audience. [1]

43 relations: Al Jarreau, Bob James (musician), Boney James, Candy Dulfer, Chick Corea, Chris Botti, Chuck Loeb, Claude Bolling, Dave Grusin, Dave Koz, David Benoit (musician), David Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Eric Lewis (pianist), Ernie Watts, Eumir Deodato, Gábor Szabó, George Benson, Gerald Albright, Gideon King, Grover Washington Jr., Herbie Mann, Jamie Cullum, Jazz, Jazz fusion, Jazz-funk, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jeff Lorber, Kirk Whalum, Kneebody, Lee Ritenour, Michael Brecker, Michael Franks (musician), Najee, Pat Metheny, Randy Brecker, Robert Glasper, Soul jazz, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan, The Crusaders, The Rippingtons, Yellowjackets.

Al Jarreau

Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician.

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Bob James (musician)

Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer.

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Boney James

Boney James, (born James Oppenheim, September 1, 1961) is an American saxophonist, songwriter and record producer.

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Candy Dulfer

Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch smooth jazz, funk alto saxophonist and occasional singer who began playing at the age of six.

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Chick Corea

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is an American jazz pianist/electric keyboardist and composer.

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Chris Botti

Christopher Stephen "Chris" Botti (born October 12, 1962), is an American trumpeter and composer.

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Chuck Loeb

Charles Samuel "Chuck" Loeb (December 7, 1955 – July 31, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist and a member of the groups Steps Ahead and Fourplay.

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Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling (born 10 April 1930), is a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.

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Dave Grusin

Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist.

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Dave Koz

David Stephen Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.

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David Benoit (musician)

David Bryan Benoit (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer from Los Angeles, California.

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David Sanborn

David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist.

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Earl Klugh

Earl Klugh (born September 16, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

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Eric Lewis (pianist)

Eric Robert Lewis (born May 13, 1973), popularly known as ELEW, is an American jazz pianist who has found cross-over success playing rock and pop music.

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Ernie Watts

Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone.

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Eumir Deodato

Eumir Deodato de Almeida (born 22 June 1942) is a Brazilian pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer, primarily in jazz but who has been known for his eclectic melding of genres, such as pop, rock, disco, rhythm and blues, classical, Latin and bossa nova.

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Gábor Szabó

Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music.

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George Benson

George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Gerald Albright

Gerald Albright (born August 30, 1957) is an American jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.

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Gideon King

Gideon King is an American businessman, Jazz-rock and fusion musician.

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Grover Washington Jr.

Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist.

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Herbie Mann

Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flautist and important early practitioner of world music.

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Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer-songwriter.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion (also known as fusion) is a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined aspects of jazz harmony and improvisation with styles such as funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and Latin jazz.

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Jazz-funk

Jazz-funk is a subgenre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat (groove), electrified sounds and an early prevalence of analog synthesizers.

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Jean-Luc Ponty

Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer.

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Jeff Lorber

Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer.

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Kirk Whalum

Kirk Whalum (born July 11, 1958) is an American jazz saxophonist and songwriter.

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Kneebody

Kneebody is an American band formed in 2001, consisting of Adam Benjamin on keyboards, Shane Endsley on trumpet, Ben Wendel on tenor sax, Kaveh Rastegar on bass, and Nate Wood on drums.

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Lee Ritenour

Lee Mack Ritenour (born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist.

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Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

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Michael Franks (musician)

Michael Franks (born September 18, 1944) is an American jazz singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement.

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Najee

Jerome Najee Rasheed (born November 4, 1957, New York City), known professionally as Najee, is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.

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Pat Metheny

Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer.

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Randy Brecker

Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist.

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Robert Glasper

Robert Glasper (born April 6, 1978, in Houston, Texas) is an American pianist and record producer.

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Soul jazz

Soul jazz is a development of jazz incorporating strong influences from blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often an organ trio featuring a Hammond organ.

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Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York in 1974.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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The Crusaders

The Crusaders was an American jazz fusion group that was popular in the 1970s. The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders before shortening its name in 1971.

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The Rippingtons

The Rippingtons are an American contemporary jazz group mainly relating to the genres smooth jazz, jazz fusion, jazz pop, and crossover jazz.

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Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion quartet.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_jazz

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