SmoothJazz.com Press

As of November 2022, Mediabase, the 360-degree music industry reporting service, will replace Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) in supplying tracking services for the Billboard Charts. 

Apparently 6 or 8 of the previous Billboard Smooth Jazz reporting panel of radio stations is starting with the first week, including WEIB, KUNV, KOAZ, WCLK, SJN and SiriusXM Watercolors.

It is unclear at this time if the Billboard Smooth Jazz reporting panel will grow and expand to include more than U.S. terrestrial and satellite radio stations.

Now you can listen on Apple CarPlay + Apple Watch 

SmoothJazz.com SMOOTH GLOBAL Mobile App is now available on Apple's CarPlay feature in iOS Version 2.14.0. Toggle between 2 different listening experiences by simply touching either the SmoothJazz.com and SmoothLounge.com Logos.

We also added our enormously popular LIKE button to CarPlay and Apple TV (Version 2.22.0). Now you can LIKE songs the that move you in the moment and on our Last Hour

Our fans asked and we listened... now listeners who don't prefer Email Blasts or Social Media can get updates on New Music Releases, Artist Tours, Jazz Festivals and Travel opportunities that fit your Smooth Lifestyle by simply Subscribing to our new  SmoothJazz.com RSS Feed - click here for details.

In early May 2021, SmoothJazz.com partnered with Empire Streaming to host our Radio Station servers and provide us a more robust and diverse CDN delivery of our SmoothJazz and SmoothLounge streams to the global audience. Now our listeners will enjoy the music without interruption thanks

Another No Messin' Session with SmoothJazz.com's Sandy Shore and Sue Parker, along with special artist guest, Sylvia Bennett discussing the differences and benefits of Music Marketing and Radio Promotion. Radio Promotion is marketing to Radio Stations and Global Music Marketing hits the entire Smooth Jazz community around the world, including Radio, but also reaches consumers, social media users, streamers, fellow artists, talent buyers, and festival producers.

Listen in on SmoothJazz.com's NO MESSIN’ VIDEO SESSION #3 featuring SmoothJazz.com Founders Sandy Shore & Donna K. Phillips, along SmoothJazz.com Chart Administrator & Music Director Rowan Meert, as they discuss making your music Radio-ready, offering helpful information about MetaData, Audio Fingerprinting, naming conventions and more hidden secrets behind successfully preparing your track for Airplay in a digital world.

Click to Listen in on our "NO MESSIN' VIDEO SESSION" featuring SmoothJazz.com Founder Sandy Shore, SmoothJazz.com Event Marketing Director Esther Healy, Omega Events President

In response to thousands of questions by thousands of artists over the years, SmoothJazz.com has launch a new Video Series to help you navigate your way through the today's Smooth Jazz Community & Music Industry using our helpful new tools in our new SMOOTHJAZZ.COM EDU.

Click to listen in on our "NO MESSIN' VIDEO SESSION" featuring SmoothJazz.com Founders,

Put Your Right Hip In : Hip-replacement surgery puts patient back in the game

Sandy Shore, 57, recently walked all the way from Asilomar in Pacific Groove into Pebble Beach, and back. She remembers when she couldn’t walk without falling, without crutches, without a limp.

When Shore was 8 years old, she was wandering down Carmel Beach, enjoying the legendary sandcastle contest, when she realized she absolutely couldn’t walk any farther. Her parents, aware she had been falling frequently, and walked with her right foot toeing in,

SmoothJazz.com Global, the world's only Smooth Jazz Album Charts, publishes their annual YEAR END TOP 100 Album Chart for 2020. The 2020 YEAR END TOP 100 Album Chart includes the years most played Smooth Jazz Albums as reported by SmoothJazz.com Global's diverse panel of Smooth Jazz radio stations around the world. 

Congratulations to Guitarist and Hitmaker Nils for claiming the top spot at #1 in 2020 with his hit album on Baja/TSR Records, CAUGHT IN THE GROOVE!