The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz
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The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz is a 2007 compilation release by Midas Records. It peaked at #1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz charts in the same year.
This is the first ever CD from The Weather Channel and heralds the network's entry into retail music. Music has long been a source of interest for viewers who have been writing in for years asking where they can purchase the music they enjoy during the "Local on the 8s
" segment, broadcast 288 minutes each day. The 12-song collection features the Channel's most requested music.
This is the first ever CD from The Weather Channel and heralds the network's entry into retail music. Music has long been a source of interest for viewers who have been writing in for years asking where they can purchase the music they enjoy during the "Local on the 8s
Local on the 8s
The Local on the 8s or Local Forecast is the portion of programming where viewers see current weather conditions and local weather forecasts for their respective area on The Weather Channel in the United States...
" segment, broadcast 288 minutes each day. The 12-song collection features the Channel's most requested music.
Track listing
- "Shakin' the Shack" – Dave KozDave KozDave Koz is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.- Life and career :Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California....
(from the 1993 album Lucky Man) - "The Gift" – 3rd Force3rd Force3rd Force is a New Age/contemporary jazz band on the EMI Higher Octave label, consisting of trio William Aura, Craig Dobbin, and Alain Eskinasi. Founded in 1994 by William Aura after a prolific solo career in New Age music, he, Dobbin, and Eskinasi immediately set out working on their self-titled...
(from the 1994 album 3rd Force) - "Ocean View" – Pieces of a DreamPieces of a Dream (band)Pieces of a Dream is an American R&B/jazz group from Philadelphia. The group was formed in 1976 by bassist Cedric Napoleon, drummer Curtis Harmon, and keyboardist James Lloyd. At the time, the three were all teenagers...
- "Holding Hands" – Ryan FarishRyan FarishRyan Farish is an American electronic artist, producer and DJ from Virginia Beach, Virginia. As a Grammy-nominated and 2008 Dove Award-winning songwriter/producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist, Farish launched his music career on the first generation MP3.com...
(from the 2008 album Wonderfall) - "Windows" – Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
(from the 1968 album Now He Sings, Now He SobsNow He Sings, Now He SobsNow He Sings, Now He Sobs is a highly influential jazz piano trio album by Chick Corea, released March 14, 1968.The musicians on this album are Corea , Miroslav Vitouš , and Roy Haynes...
) - "Mildred's Attraction" – Joyce CoolingJoyce CoolingJoyce Cooling, a San Francisco based jazz guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has recorded seven albums - five of which charted on Billboard. She has to her credit two #1 singles, six Top-10 and 13 charting radio singles in all and has garnered multiple music awards including the Gibson Best Jazz...
(from the 2006 album Revolving Door) - "Sidewayz" – NajeeNajeeJerome Najee Rasheed , known professionally as Najee, is an urban jazz saxophonist and flautist.He attended New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he studied with George Russell and Jaki Byard....
(from the 2005 album My Point of View) - "Bad, Bad Simba" – Paprika Soul
- "Wait a Minute" – Mark Krurnowski (from the 2010 album Olive Fingers)
- "Simple Pleasure" – Jeanne Ricks
- "Viaduct" – Four80EastFour80EastFour80East is the Toronto based electro jazz ensemble of Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace ; accompanied by various session musicians....
(from the 2001 album Nocturnal) - "Santa Monica Triangle" – Jeff LorberJeff LorberJeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
(from the 2005 album Flipside)