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Description of Instrumental Pop

 
Instrumental Pop is a catch-all category under the easy listening umbrella for music composed without lyrical or vocal embellishment. Instrumental Pop tunes are usually short, traditionally structured songs composed for keys, sax, or anything -- even the pan-flute. The main component of Instrumental Pop is its relatively conservative sound -- don't expect any shocks or surprises, just soft, soothing pop. Instrumental Pop includes the synthesizer work of John Tesh, the easy jazz of Kenny G and the soft-focus work of Mantovani.
 

Instrumental Pop Key Tracks

 
 

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Instrumental Pop Key Artists

 
Boney James

This funky Smooth Jazz
saxophonist marries the
approaches of David
Sanborn and Kenny G -- and
sells in similar numbers. J...

Herb Alpert

What would the 1960s be
without such
trumpet-tooting Alpert hits
as "Tijuana Taxi," "The Look
of Love," and "Spanish Fle...

Jackie Gleason

This gifted funnyman was
also the king of EZ Listening,
jazz-tinged "make out"
music. Gleason's many
"romantic strings fronted...

Ray Conniff

Ray Conniff is a mainstay of
1950s, '60s and '70s easy
listening music. Conniff's
hum-sing-hum vocal choir
mirrors how the public si...

Roger Williams

Williams florid, sweepingly
emotional but complex
piano playing made him an
EZ Listening star in the 1950s
and '60s.

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