Hitmaker Brian Culbertson never imagined hanging with fans online would lead to something of a collaborative masterclass spawning an album trilogy, but that’s how “The Trilogy” was conceived.

Released on May 1, 2026, via Digilio Publishing, Smooth Jazz Colors 2026 is an expansive 50-track collection from Italian pianist, composer, and producer Francesco Digilio, a musician who has scored over 1,000 albums across smooth jazz, chill, and soundtrack genres during his 30-year career. The album showcases Digilio’s pleasant and sophisticated style—influenced by classical masters like Chopin and Debussy as well as smooth jazz icons —across a wide emotional and rhythmic palette.

Tohpati Ario Hutomo is a Indonesian guitarist and songwriter. Tohpati is one of the famous jazz guitarist. That is because he often appeared on TV with pop singers like Kiyani, Barry Manilow, Rossa, Tim and others. Many of his works combine elements of traditional culture in line with efforts to incorporate elements of modern and traditional Indonesian music. The influence came from many different international jazz guitarists, but the most significant influence came from Pat Metheny. Member of SimakDialog, Trisum, Ethnomission, Bertiga and many other.

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World renowned pianist and keyboardist David Garfield assembles an all-star cast for his new A Jo Christmas album.

Ring in the holidays with legendary four-time Grammy-nominated saxophonist Boney James' soulful Christmas album, `Tis The Season. This compilation features tracks from Boney's two hit holiday recordings plus a brand-new version of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas."

Elixir was the third album from the Grammy-nominated smooth jazz supergroup comprised of pianist Bob James guitarist Lee Ritenour, bassist Nathan East, and drummer Harvey Mason. The follow-up to the band's gold-certified first two albums - 1991's Fourplay and 1993's Between The Sheets - 1995's star-studded Elixir featured vocal cameos from Phil Collins ('Why Can't It Wait Till Morning') together with Patti Austin and Peabo Bryson, who duetted on a fabulous remake of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's classic soul hit, 'The Closer I Get To You.' Other highlights include the instrumentals 'Play Lady Play,' 'Magic Carpet Ride', and the simmering title track, which all highlight the band's tasteful alchemy. Elixir has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and was certified gold by the RIAA. The 30th anniversary edition of Elixir is newly remastered from the original tapes.

'Between the Sheets' is the second studio album of smooth jazz group Fourplay and was released in August 1993. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. 'Between the Sheets' sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and thus certified gold by the RIAA. 'Between the Sheets', the popular single, written by the Isley Brothers, features Fourplay members Bob James (piano), Lee Ritenour (guitar), Nathan East (lead vocals and bass) and Harvey Mason (drums) with guests, soul singer Chaka Khan on lead vocals, backed-up by Philip Bailey and Phil Perry.

Jazz Hands is Bob James' third outing for evosound, following in the wake of 2018's Espresso and 2022's Feel Like Makin' LIVE. Produced by the pianist with his manager Sonny Abelardo, the ten-track album was mostly recorded during the months of the Covid pandemic and featured James in a number of different musical settings.

Out of the Shadows is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin. The album consists mostly of original, pop-influenced jazz compositions. Released by Arista and Grusin's own GRP Records in 1982, it experienced favorable critical reception and became a commercial success, spawning the single "She Could Be Mine" and becoming one of his highest-charting albums when it peaked at number four on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and number 88 on the all-genre Billboard 200. It continues to be retrospectively well regarded by critics.

Insane authentic 90s Vaporware Jazz created for The Weather Channel by Paul Coleman , a Chicago band leader in the 60s & 70s, and bands, Fabulous Epics, Rasputin's Stash & Crystal Winds. "A Weather Channel exec was going with Corky Brown's daughter and promised a very large sum of money if I could write and submit original material to The Weather Channel. I immediately went into Superman mode and started writing and programming a song per day. I worked day into night creating these songs as quickly as I could possibly do. They got played a few time before The Weather Channel got bought over. but we never got paid." - Paul Coleman

There is no smooth jazz artist in the music space right now more sought after or who has made more of a new mark on the genre than has keyboardist Nathan Mitchell. He is one of the genres shining lights and his live performances have been considered epic and fully immersive. Just coming off of yet another Billboard #1 with his recent hit single So In Love With You, Mitchell has been hunkered down in full creative mode, riding the high he has been on over the last two years crafting what has now become his latest and by far best work The Legacy Project.

Till Brönner announces his new album through earMUSIC – ITALIA sets out on a vibrant journey into the sun-drenched soundscape of Italy from the 1960s to the early ’80s. The album will be released on September 5, 2025 and it will be the first for the artist’s new collaboration with earMUSIC/Edel.

While passionately seeking the creative breakthrough that fueled the old school R&B vision behind his upcoming fourth Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm album Blue Magic, multi-talented keyboardist, composer and producer Nicholas Cole kept up his wildly prolific ways collaborating with fellow genre greats, hitting #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart with Marcus Anderson, and labelmate Ryan La Valette and the Top Ten with Anderson and Brian Culbertson.

"A joke has never been as sensual as this Tres Leches tongue-in-cheek promo for Hiatus Kaiyote. Renditioning Love Heart Cheat Code, 80s electronics pair with a saxophone and supermarket/elevator vibes to create a funky instrumental that still has humorous undertones to its sexiness, a difficult feat for sure."