Author Kim Betton
Kim Betton is the founder and editorial director of SmoothJazzTimes.com. The award winning television anchor/reporter and producer has worked in markets across the U.S. including NBC4 & USA Sky Radio in Washington, DC, WBKW-TV Buffalo, New York, FOX 13 News Memphis and KARK4 / FOX 16 News in Little Rock. Kim has a true love for good music! She is also a vocalist for smooth jazz and Broadway show tunes. Her love for music and the arts inspired her to launch this magazine. If you have a story idea email her at [email protected]. Thanks for checking us out! Enjoy!
Smooth Jazz Saxophonist Kim Waters drops a smashing new CD on October 25, 2011. “This Heart of Mine” is mixed with jazz and R&B! Waters is a mastermind of creating soulful sounds. SmoothJazzTimes.com’s Kim Betton talked with the jazz great about his latest project and more!
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SmoothJazzTimes.com fans, musicians and all music lovers- reach out and make a difference in conservation buy purchasing the Federal Duck Stamp. Details INSIDE!
Basia releases a live album and embarks upon a concert tour across America! Check out the details inside!
N’dambi’s debut CD on Stax garners a Grammy nomination and scores tops with fans. The Smooth and Suave vocalist talks with SmoothJazzTimes.com’s Patricklee Hamilton. The story inside!
SureWill releases new cd “Out of the Shawdows.” More inside!
He’s “Up and Coming” as he glides across the piano keys with his latest CD “Dreaming Afterdark.” SmoothJazzTimes.com’s Kim Betton caught up with jazz pianist William Hall. Check out the interview inside!
The Fabulous Fox Theater in St. Louis was the venue for the triumphant return of Return To Forever on Thursday night!!! Chick Corea on keyboards, Stanley Clarke on bass, Frank Gambale on guitars, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin and Lenny White on drums. The star studded line up opened the show with a “group-walk” to the front of the stage and the crowd went WILD!! SmoothJazzTimes.com’s Wendell Betton was there! Check out his preview inside!
After releasing six albums on his own independent label, BASS-mint Records, keyboardist Jeff Logan decided that he would raise the stakes on his “lucky number seven” album. By day, the prolific songwriter, who produces and performs all the instruments on his records including piano, keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion, drums and drum programming, serves as an administrator in the Prince George’s Detention Center in Maryland.
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Jonathan Butler -Highlights from the 44th Annual Hampton Jazz Fest, Photos by: Kim Betton, SmoothJazzTimes.com