Smooth Jazz vs. Lounge

Smooth jazz and lounge music. They are very similar and hard to seperate but after reading this article you might find it easier.

the difference

Want to know the difference between Smooth Jazz and Lounge Music? We can only offer you a description which is true for the lounge music band project groove and for the smooth jazz band project smooth. If you are interested, here you go:

lounge music

lounge music means electronic chill out music. The beat comes from a drum machine / computer / sequencer. There are no real drums involved (only maybe percussions) and you hear a lot of electronic sounds and textures.

smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is a more jazz band oriented approach to chill out music. In many cases you find a real band playing smooth jazz. You got a drummer, a bass player, a guitarist, a keyboard player and often a singer or a saxophon player providing the main melody.

the similarity

Both genres are about live electronic music in case of smooth jazz there's the attempt to sound like electronic music with live music while lounge music is real electronic background music.

live lounge music

The lounge music band project groove tries to perform well-known electronic lounge music live on stage. You know the well-known lounge samplers like Cafe del mar ...? Then you know what kind of music you can expect from the lounge band project groove. It is life performed lounge music (chill out house and faster house music if you want to).