Before there was "smooth jazz" there was "quiet storm", which was to me a genre that was created (initially) after the music had happened rather than vice-versa.
Who among us does not like us some prime Anita Baker?
Or...
I don't think we all do agree on the roots and therefore not the fruits.
Hell, I don't think there's agreement on why it was popular, because there was not a single "type" of fan, just as there was not one single type of product
How far back do you want to go?
There's a lot of dots to be connected. There will be R&B, cultural studies, record industry profiles, and oh by the way, jazz.
Yours Truly,
Dr. Hankly Wankerston
There's at least a week or two or more of good lessons in connecting dots from something like this:
But this is about sounds (plurals) not reading words
All of this is (even more) academic masturbation Learning about sound just by reading about it? Seriously? That's not teaching, that's preaching. And of course, here comes the collection plate
We've had harm enough already.