specifically 106.5 tha beat in richmond, va or 105.7 kiss fm I'm not from your part of the country. Are those stations announcing names of songs and artists? I listen to jazz on XM and order on Amazon. Many R&B stations play that type of music during the part of their programming they call, "The Quiet Storm".
Several artists which are also frequently played on "smooth jazz" radio stations are usually featured doing jazzy instrumental renditions of R&B ballads. Here's a few that come to mind:
- George Howard (sax)
- Kirk Whalum (sax)
- Norman Brown (guitar)
- Najee (sax)
- Richard Elliot (sax)
- Dave Koz (sax)
- Grover Washington, Jr. (sax)
- Boney James (sax)
- David Sanborn
- Bobby Lyle (piano/keyboards)
- George Duke (piano/keyboards)
- FourPlay (combo)
- Pieces of a Dream (combo)
- Urban Knights (combo)
I'm probably missing a bunch, but this is a start. | 