Smooth jazz recommendations

Freddie Ravel, great CD
FourPlay (Yes Please... and 4 - these are my two favorites but they have a greatest hits)
Chris Botti
Euge Grove
Larry Carlton
David Lanz

Here are some suggestions, but like anything, we all have our own tastes.

Here's a few:

Tom Scott,
Bob James,
Grover Washington Jr.,
John Klemmer,
Spyrogyra,
Shadofax,
Hiroshima,
Yellow Jackets

try some real jazz... Bill Evans trio at the village vanguar, some miles ie the famous kind of blue... or maybe some ecm albums might be a good start Charles Lloyd etc... I have always heard smooth jazz as instrumental pop. the real stuff has so much more depth and a lot to offer even if some of it isn't always sugar coated.

The Instinct label has a few compilations in your favorite music store titled, appropriately enough, Smooth Jazz.
These cd's are priced considerably less than your standard cd's and are very good for that genre.
All of the above recommendations are also pretty much a must.
Good Listening!

Just turn on just about any so-called "jazz" radio station, and you'll hear all the smooth jazz you can stand (or can't stand, in my case).

JD