Talk:List of smooth jazz musicians

Cleanup tag

I was surprised to find "Composers" and "DJs" in this list but I assume they are also musical performers as well? Also note that some people are listed multiple times due to the structure of this list. I know next to nothing about this genre but found it all a little confusing. Perhaps prune it to a simple alphabetical list and/or put the field in parenthesis after the name? Cleanr 00:18, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

• I agree that it is confusing. Another thing that seriously brings it down is the vast number of red links. I think these should be pruned somewhat, at the moment this list is highly vulnerable to hoax/vandalism, or at least good faith inclusion of non-notable stuff. Jdcooper (talk) 13:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Incorrect inclusions and incomplete articles

There are a number of bands and artists listed here that aren't referred to elsewhere as "smooth jazz." I have only looked through the bands and vocalists. Some of these bands are probably smooth jazz, but it isn't in their articles. Personally, I think it's a problem when the lists say things that the articles do not. Most likely, either the article itself is missing the information it needs, or the artist shouldn't be here.

I didn't do anything other than catalog this and fix a few links. This is partially because I would probably get a number of things wrong. It is also partially because mass edits and removals by a new user are probably going to be treated with suspicion. Hopefully some other users will take interest here. I may have missed some things; some of these articles may well contain a mention of smooth jazz. I have also skipped over some artists and bands for now. BecauseWhy? (talk) 03:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Bands

None of these linked articles even mention smooth jazz:

• Azymuth
  
• Curiosity Killed the Cat
  
• Four80East
  
• Haircut 100
  
• Heavyshift
  
• Mezzoforte (band)
  
• The Microscopic Septet
  
• The Style Council
  
• Us3
  

These articles make no mention of smooth jazz aside from linking the band to this page or another like it:

• BWB (band)
  
• Down to the Bone (band)
  
• Earth, Wind & Fire
  
• Incognito (band)
  
• Matt Bianco
  
• Liquid Soul
  
• Physical Therapy (band)
  
• Pieces of a Dream (band)
  
• Praful
  
• Tower of Power
  
• Yellowjackets
  

Vocalists

These linked articles have no mention of smooth jazz:

• Gabriela Anders
  
• Carl Anderson (singer)
  
• Patti Austin
  
• Carmel (singer)
  
• Eliane Elias
  
• Everything but the Girl
  
• Astrud Gilberto
  
• Bebel Gilberto
  
• Chaka Khan
  
• Phil Perry
  
• Diane Schuur
  
• Sting (musician)
  
• Robin Thicke
  

These articles mention smooth jazz only as a link to here or as a category:

• Daryl Hall
  
• Ilse Huizinga
  
• Norah Jones
  
• Jeffrey Osborne
  
• Deniece Williams
  

Guitarists

list below moved from original article - casting doubt is Ok but not in article itself silpol (talk) 09:33, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

• George Benson ( Are the cti albums smmooth jazz ?? really ?? )
• Larry Carlton ( Are the live albums and blues ones smooth records ??? be more precise pleaase ??)
• Kevin Eubanks ( Is Sundance a smooth jazz Record ?? don't think so be more precise please ???)
• Chuck Loeb ( nowadays don't think the dmp period to be smooth jazz )

This list doesn't represent the entire careers of all the listed musicians, so they still should be included. George Benson and Larry Carlton especially. ANDROS¹³³⁷ 22:40, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

John Coltrane?

Although John Coltrane (recent entry) is certainly a jazz legend, isn't he more traditional or mainstream jazz, rather than "smooth jazz"? -- Bwefler (talk) 17:24, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

I have removed him from the list. ANDROS¹³³⁷_TALK 19:58, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Smoothjazz artist

Hello, as a Grammy Award Pre-Nominated Contemporary Jazz Best Album 2007, I think Rocco Ventrella saxophonist should be added in Smoothjazz Artists list. He shared stage with so great smoothjazz artists. Ventrellaro (talk) 09:11, 16 March 2018 (UTC)

Undiscussed removals

There seems to be a serious problem with undiscussed removals of artists. Users seem to be ignoring the comments at the top of each section. I don't think it is enough to warrant semi-protection, but I think something should be done about it considering the comments are ineffective. I think users should have a good reason why an artist should not be included, such as with reliable sources. ANDROS¹³³⁷_TALK 17:51, 26 December 2019 (UTC)