Originally Posted By: LtKojak
There are a whole lot of independent Smooth Jazz artists releasing records that are not much more than a BIAB-made backing track with a single instrument playing the melody...

Just saying... wink


This I believe.

It takes real effort using BIAB for backing tracks for live performance to keep them from sounding like smooth jazz and/or elevator music.

I'm not criticizing either. I've heard some pretty compelling elevator music over the years. I once hear a great cover of a Bela Fleck tune in a Food Lion Grocery store. I actually stopped under the speaker and hear it out.

Anyway, its not a sound I'm after all the time. Seems like a lot of the BIAB jazz/funk/latin styles cultivate that sound. Its easy to get if you want it.
For me, I only want it a little. George Benson- yes. Wes Montgomery.... not so much.

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