B 1212 Smooth Jazz Radio

02/15/2023

Check out our featured artist of the month, Bluey, and read our blog post to learn more about this amazing jazz guitarist who was born on an island in Africa, relocated to the UK when he was 9, and found musical success when he was barely 20 years old. Listen to his first solo album, Leap of Faith, on B 1212 Radio.

Our featured artist for the month of February is Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick, turning 66 this month with a career that dates back to the late 70’s. He was born in the African country of Mauritius, and relocated to the UK w...

01/30/2023

Our January featured artist is Sade Adu, whose most popular hits include "Smooth Operator" and "Your Love is King." Check out our blog post for more fun facts about this famous singer and listen to some of her songs from the past five decades on B 1212 Radio.

Our featured artist for the month of January is the smooth jazz artist Sade from Nigeria. She grew up listening to American soul music, espeically 70’s artists like Curtis Mayfield and Bill Withers. She made a name for h...

12/14/2022

11/06/2022

Happy National Saxophone Day! Our featured artist is the late, great Grover Washington, JR. Check out our blog for more information and keep listening to B 1212 Radio on live365.com. 🎷🎶

This month we are celebrating  Grover Washington, JR in honor of National Saxophone Day on November 6. Born in Buffalo, New York in 1943, Grover was exposed to music at a young age with his mother being a choir master an...

10/23/2022

New music alert! We have added tracks from artists such as Gregory Porter, Annette Peacock, Randy Scott, Vince Guaraldi, as well as many others! Thank you for your continued support and listening to B 1212 Smooth Jazz Radio!

10/16/2022

New blog post alert! Read about our October featured artist WaKaNa and listen to her 2022 album "A Sunny Day" on B 1212 Smooth Jazz Radio.

In honor of International Music Day on October 1, our featured artist for this month is WaKaNa Inamura, a jazz musician that hails from Japan. WaKaNa was born in Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan and graduated from S...

09/21/2022

Happy National Piano Month! 🎹🎵🎼
Click the link below to read more about our featured artist for September, Joe Sample, who was one of the first jazz artists to use the electric piano when it was first invented.

Happy National Piano Month! For our featured artist this month, we have chosen the late great Joe Sample. With the invention of the electric keyboard in 1955, Joe was one of the instrument’s pioneers.  Joe was born in Ho...

08/31/2022

Happy Birthday Gerald Albright!

Did you know that Gerald Albright was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from President Biden and that he once worked with the late great Olivia Newton-John? Read our latest blog post for more fascinating information about this jazz legend.

Happy birthday Gerald Albright! Gerald is a jazz musician who has been active on the music scene since 1987 and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. As he celebrates his 65th birthday today, here are some interes...

07/02/2022

Check out our latest blog post for our July featured artist, SoCal jazz guitarist Will Sumner. Did you know that this California native spent some of his time in Minneapolis in the 80's and got to work alongside the likes of Prince and other local bands? Find out more and listen to three tracks from his latest CD release, Ocean Street, on B 1212 Radio.

Our featured artist for July is LA's Will Sumner. It has been one year since his latest release, Ocean Street, and he shows no sign of slowing down on the music scene. He was born in Los Angeles and attended college for ...

06/18/2022

We now have a brand new website. Please check it out at www.b1212radio.com

05/19/2022

LIVE 365 just updated there app for apple devices. Please try and update yours if installed. It has vast improvements and bug fixes!!!!!!!

05/19/2022

New music from David Benoit. Ryan La Valette, Ray Obiedo, Blake Arron, Tommy Guerrero, the smooth jazz alley, Ghost Jazz Trio, Brandon Marceal
J3, Judah Sealy, Gary Palmer, Cindy Bradley, Thom Rotella.
Thease tracks will keep you moving all day no extremely slow jazz aired