Exploring Smooth Jazz: Audio Example

Since the project's initial aim was to create a ruleset which would reharmonise music into that of a smooth jazz style.

Below is an example of what a smooth jazz piece sounds like.  Voted #1 best Smooth Jazz song of 2013 by the smooth jazz top 20 radio show in the USA, it features extensive use of ii-V-I sequences and 7th chords.

Not to everyone's tastes (and this may be a little too light for my tastes), it doesn't showcase tritone substitution or any major chord alterations.  It does however provide a good jumping off point for further reharmonisation - if the chord sequence of any pop song can be made to sound similar to this, it will be much easier to then reharmonise it into other styles of jazz.  It is for this reason that smooth jazz was chosen as the original aim for the project.

[In hindsight, the final recorded results led to a smooth jazz-esque style.  Some of the chord arrangements were slightly more adventurous and dissonant than recorded here, though it is clear to see that this style is where the end results came from]