Given EMI's and Sony's ambitious Pink Floyd reissue program in 2011, a project of this type was inevitable. All the catalog selections listed here will be familiar to Floyd fans, but it should be noted that any jazz approach to the music in question should be given proper consideration in terms of pitch, time (as in real rhythm), and dynamic. Unfortunately, the Smooth Jazz All Stars provide none of these elements, and the way they treat this material sounds pathetic. They are like a group of high-school amateurs just out of band class and learning to play popular music from charts. It would be great to hear some contemporary jazz masters collaborate on Pink Floyd's music, since so much of it lends itself to the form. Unfortunately, this is anything but that.
The Smooth Jazz All Stars
Smooth Jazz Tribute to Pink Floyd
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AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:58 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:20 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:13 | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:39 | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 03:30 | Amazon | ||||
| 6 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 03:55 | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:15 | Amazon | ||||
| 8 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:24 | Amazon | ||||
| 9 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:03 | Amazon | ||||
| 10 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | 04:56 | Amazon |