by Val Vaccaro (From Angela Bofill’s Facebook page) (From Angela Bofill’s Facebook page) (From Angela Bofill’s Facebook page) It was a sad day for Angela Bofill fans on June 13, 2024, when news of Jazz/R&B/Pop singer-songwriter Angela Bofill’s death at 70 years old was announced on Angela Bofill’s Facebook page by her friend and manager Rich Engel: “ON BEHALF OF MY DEAR FRIEND ANGIE, I AM SADDENED TO ANNOUNCE HER PASSING ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 13TH.”  Angela Bofill passed away at the Vallejo, California home where she lived with her daughter Shauna Portuguez and family fo ..read more

Already for the 7th time, the Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival took place May 14-19, 2024, at the beautiful Pine Cliffs Resort in Albufeira at the Algarve, Portugal’s south coast, sitting on top of unique cliffs overlooking the Atlantic. The vast premises, with their own golf course, offer the perfect setting for this smooth jazz festival, with several restaurants, pools and any amenity you could wish for. You have also access to the beach, so there is plenty to do during the day. After a delayed flight and the usual car ride down to the hotel, taking approximately 2.5 hours, I arrived in the late ..read more

2024 marks the year I attended the 33rd Boscov’s Berks Jazz Festival again after a 5 year hiatus due to the pandemic and its restrictions. Since everything was back to normal, I wanted to come back, meet friends and artists, and – most of all – immerse myself into some great live music in a setting that is totally unique at this festival. This year is the last one with festival manager John Ernesto at the helm, he will be replaced by a team of people splitting the various jobs John covered over more than 30 years. I wish them lots of luck and success to continue what John so lovingly has built ..read more

After a hiatus due to the Corona pandemic, I happily attended the 2023 Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival held at the beautiful Pine Cliffs Hotel, a five star resort. The hotel offered all the amenities one could wish for; a nice beach along impressing sand stone cliffs, excellent cuisine, a relaxed environment providing a great setting for the festival. The weather was perfect and the line-up first class. Concerts were held at Salão Pinhal, a nice concert hall on the premises of the hotel, that provided the perfect place for the festival shows. Fans from all across Europe and the US gathered here t ..read more

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Welcome to “Smooth Jazz Vibes”, a site dedicated to a musical genre called “smooth jazz”. The site was founded in 1996 and must be among the oldest sites dedicated to this kind of music. At the moment, the site is a bit dormant, but it is still there, waiting to be re-ignited. Since I left all social media, the only way to reach me is by e-mail at pboehi@boehi.ch My main project currently is my webradio called SwissGroove which not only plays smooth jazz, but also a wide variety of music styles ranging from straight ahead jazz to funk and latin. It adresses the discriminating listener who is c ..read more