Smooth jazz and rhythm & blues artists dominate this year’s Hampton Jazz Festival. The 2001 lineup announced Monday is stacked with festival favorites plus a mix of new and classic acts. Maze, ...
CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...