Well, I've written this on the forum before, but the dirty little secret about most of the "smooth jazz" cats is that they're all topshelf musicians…they just choose to keep it schmoove. Has to do with commerce. When I'm in a smooth kinda mood, though, I'd still prefer listening to John Coltrane's Ballads, Coleman Hawkins' At Ease With…, Lucky Thompson's Lucky Strikes, Stan Getz's Voyage, Serenity, Anniversary! or Bossas and Ballads: The Lost Sessions, maybe Joe Henderson's So Near, So Far, which is Miles Davis tunes.