Let’s talk about tanking. It’s actually not as easy as it might seem to pull off a really successful tank job. First of all, no one is going to convince players to throw games, and NBA coaches aren’t ...

In the cold open of the new HBO documentary Listening to Kenny G, director Penny Lane explains that she set out to learn why the lite-jazz/adult-contemporary saxophonist is so polarizing, and why his ...

Bucks fans might remember Wayman Tisdale as a power forward for the Phoenix Suns, Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings. This weekend, he was in Milwaukee in his new role as a smooth jazz musician.

With a lineup heavy on R&B hitmakers of yore and lite-jazz saxophonists in fedoras, it leans smooth, soulful, and skronk-free. Low. Though organizers found room for American Idol winner Fantasia and ...

The Big Gig was opened with a performance by smooth-R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne. Its Hottest Weekend event featured the world-jazz of horn player Arturo Sandoval and Latin-jazz bandleader Tito Puente ...

“Rhapsody in Jazz” was the title of Lalo Schifrin’s concert presentation on Sunday at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. A better title might have been “Jazz Lite Meets the Film Composer.” ...

Elvis C. sharing a bill—and opening no less—for that shite lite-jazz-rock trio formerly known as The Police? At least you can boogie out of the shed early, before Sting and the geezers launch into ...

We recently posted about "Satt Att Se," a mellow, autumnal swatch of Dungen's vintage pastoral psychedelia from their forthcoming fourth album 4. The record's out the end of September, so the band's ...