OUR MUSIC
"The Smooth side of Life". The WIMP plays current Smooth Jazz hits as well as songs and hits from the 80's, 90's and first two decades of the 20's! You can also enjoy the "Roots of Jazz" each and every hour with a song or two from the 70's or early 80's on the WIMP.
The current inventory of songs for the Contemporary Smooth Jazz format is over 500 songs at present. And this includes over 150 songs from the Roots of Smooth Jazz culled from the 1970's and early 1980's. Here is a sampling of the music you will hear on the station.
SMOOTH JAZZ LINKS
Links of interest for Smooth Jazz afficionados.
Smooth Jazz Information
Billboard Smooth Jazz Top 30 Chart
Billboard Smooth Jazz Top Albums
American Jazz Museum
The top 100 selling albums for Smooth Jazz each week is linked here.
Located in Kansas City, MO in the 18th and Vine District. A great way to learn the history of Jazz music from its birth until today!
Contemporary Smooth Jazz Artists include:
The Rippingtons
Rick Braun
Gerald Albright
Sade
Kenny G.
Norman Brown
Lee Ritenour
Earl Klugh
Paul Hardcastle
Urban Knights
Boney James
Keiko Matsui
Pieces of a Deam
Michael Franks
Roots of Smooth Jazz Artists include:
George Benson
Grover Washington Jr.
Spyro Gyra
Bob James
Earl Klugh
George Duke
David Sandborn
Al Jarreau
Chuck Mangione
Jeff Lorber
The Crusaders
Larry Carlton
Deodato
Joe Sample
WIMP MUSIC NEWS...
September 14, 2019
Six new songs from the current Top 30 Smooth Jazz chart were added this past week. More Top 30 hit songs will be added at the end of this month.
July 28, 2019
We'll be trying additional music formats on the station during the course of the next year. We'll announce what those formats will be and when they will air on the station on this website.
Current plans entail adding some Adult Contemporary Oldies for a few hours on the weekends in the Fall to supplement the soon to be Smooth Jazz format.
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