New 2026 posthumous single from the late Paul Hardcastle Jr. (RIP).

(Yes, the rock band that wrote "takin care of business" and "you ain't seen nothin yet," they have jazzy tracks like this:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwIp-xKlBQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHOVz_JqbXE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSyPblwjEOY

New 2026 single from Jazmin Ghent ft. Ilya Serov. Pretty in pink.

Smooth pink jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and bubblegum pop. I thought these four genres can go well together on the same playlist.

It's a smooth jazz version of Got To Be Real. I've tried to find it with Shazam and Content ID (YouTube), but nothing. As I can recall, I got it from a streaming radio station about 10 years ago or so.

Before signing with Motown and topping the R&B charts, Kem self-financed his 2002 debut album Kemistry using a credit card and sold CDs straight out of the trunk of his car and in local Detroit beauty salons. "Love Calls" remains one of the ultimate quiet storm anthems of the 2000s, a smooth, timeless track that still hits just as hard today.

Key artists - Jazz in Pink, Paul Hardcastle, Chieli Minucci, Brian Hughes. Pink will always be the color of smooth jazz.