Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz
Chuck Mangione in Brampton in 2009
Stylistic origins	Jazz fusion pop rhythm and blues soul
Cultural origins	1970s, United States
Fusion genres
Crossover jazz
Other topics
List of musicians

Smooth jazz is a term used to describe commercially oriented crossover jazz music. Although often described as a "genre", it is a debatable and highly controversial subject in jazz music circles. As a radio format, however, it is clear that smooth jazz became the successor to easy listening music on radio station programming in the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.