This time last year "smooth jazz" was left for dead. The radio format was and is to a certain degree still struggling but Trippin N Rhythm forged ahead. The little musical engine that could, a family of truly dedicated professionals from executives down to the artists did what good Marines if not good musical soldiers do. Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!
2011 has been a stellar year for Trippin N Rhythm! No longer just the finest for those whose tastes run to the smoother side of jazz, Trippin N Rhythm is now reaching past the self imposed limitations of radio format or genre to appeal to the much broader based contemporary market.
Cindy Bradley has a monster release with Unscripted, Down To The Bone is back better than ever with The Main Ingredients and new comer to the party Randy Scott makes it burn with 90 Degrees at Midnight.
Meanwhile...Nate Harasim, Paul Hardcastle, Bob Baldwin, Nick Colionne all put out tremendously solid efforts that have a little something special for all tastes.
2012 has new releases coming from Julian Vaughn, Althea Renee, Gary Honor and Darren Rahn ( that is just what I know of so far...). Smooth jazz has taken some lumps and some undeserved but when you have a talent lineup as strong as this label and the ingenuity to adapt to an incredibly volatile marketplace then the end result is a label as good as any and across any genre.
