About this title: Rhino's Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Vocals contains ten songs that were popular on smooth jazz and quiet storm during the late '70s and early '80s, just as the format was getting off the ground. For any aficionado of the genre, there will be no great surprises here, but there aren't any other compilations that offer such well-known hits -- Quincy Jones' "Killer Joe," Donald Byrd's "Black Byrd," the Crusaders' "Put it Where You Want It," Grover Washington, Jr.'s "Mister Magic," Ronnie Laws' "Friends and Strangers," Stanley Jordan's "The Lady in My Life," Gerald Albright's "So Amazing" -- ...
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Tracks on this album
Tracks:
- Killer Joe
- Black Byrd
- Put It Where You Want It
- Mister Magic
- Friends and Strangers
- Funkin' for Jamaica
- The Lady in My Life
- Sweet Love
- So Amazing
- That's the Way Love Goes
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
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