As no other starts this topic, here my first take:

Freeze Frame - The Score of Moviebooks

A German Smooth Jazz album which will be distributed by Orchard in between the next months. I received a rare evaluation copy from Ray Bach, mastermind of this project.

A pair of Jean-Luc Ponty albums from the 2000s:
Life Enigma
The Atacama Experience ("Atacama" was misspelled on the album cover and liner notes with the "c" and "t" inverted)

Harry Allen - Rhythm on the River
Jurgen Hagenlocher - Leap in the Dark
Phil Dwyer Orchestra - Changing Seasons
Lino - Miami Jam
Yellowjackets - Yellowjackets
Maynard Ferguson - MF Horn 2, the Ballad Style of Maynard Ferguson
Larry Carlton - Collection
The Best of David Benoit
Spyro Gyra - Spyro Gyra
Chick Corea Elektric Band II - Paint the World
Rick Braun - Full Stride

Ken Navarro - The Test of Time (the link is an album overview at my blog)

Dave McMurray - I know About Love

You hear the difference.

Kirk Whalum - Romance Language

Kirk goes JAZZ.

Michael Lington - Pure

Michael goes Rock!

Paul Whitley - Versatility

Paul does this title seriously.

Marcus Miller "Live" Night in Monte Carlo.

This is one of the greatest CD's I have bought in a long time. It's as good or better than the latest from Spyro.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Monte-Carlo-...5130&sr=1-2

Ramsey Lewis and his Electric Band - Ramsey, Taking Another Look

Something old, something new, something blue.

Roan Soul - Walk The World

Blue-eyed soul, whatever that is.

It may seem derogatory, but the phrase "blue-eyed soul" usually refers to a white person who sings in a soulful style.
From All Music Guide: Blue-Eyed Soul refers to soul and R&B music performed and sung by white musicians. The term first came into play during the mid-'60s, when acts like the Righteous Brothers had hits with soulful songs like "You Lost That Loving Feeling." Throughout the late '60s, blue-eyed soul thrived, as acts like the Rascals, the Box Tops, Mitch Ryder, Tony Joe White, and Roy Head had a series of hits. During the '70s, blue-eyed soul continued to be successful, as acts like Hall & Oates, Robert Palmer, Average White Band, Boz Scaggs, and David Bowie updated the formula.
I'll add to that list Teena Marie and (ick) Michael Bolton.

Exactly that's it. The group postulate their style as Blue-eyed soul. You can also call it soft rock or just pop music.

Hans, I haven't heard Roan Soul, but I checked their Web site.
There's a sentence that says: "Roan Soul hits with combining their favorite styles of Rock, Pop, R & B, and Latin."
Calling that blue-eyed soul is misleading. It's part of what they do, but defining their sound by that one element is as off-base as defining Spyro Gyra as a smooth jazz band because of "Morning Dance" or "Arianna."
Likewise, I think it's a mistake to characterize them as pop or soft rock because of how they look. The whole point of saying "blue-eyed soul" is so people know to expect something other than pop or rock.

I just watched the "House of Love" video on their main page. A few observations:
- Good song.
- Stylistically, I don't think this comes remotely close to blue-eyed soul. Fans of U2 or John Mayer may like it, but I don't think the Brian McKnight/Usher crowd would sit still for it. Of course, that statement is based on the premise that the majority of music listeners are one-dimensional. They're all-pop or all-R&B and don't like to get out of their comfort zone. Eclectic people aren't restricted like that.
- That's the deepest floor tom I've ever seen.

Denis Poole used the term first. The group like this term obviously and here is the result:

http://www.roansoul.com/press.html

When you google after the term "Roan Soul" you can also see the metatag of their website (description for search-engines):

Blue eyed soul and modern love songs from comtemporary song writing duo - Berry and Schenck.

I don't pretend to be a music professor ;-)

Me, either, lol.
Anyway, if that song is any indication, they're a very good duo - no matter what they're called.

Najee - The Smooth Side of Soul

More personal sound, than typical Smooth Jazz.

Neil Leonard Quartet - Marcel's Window
Michael Campagna - Moments
Ted Rosenthal Trio - Out of This World
Fourplay - Journey
The Manhattan Transfer - Vibrate
The Rippingtons - Best of .../Topaz

Patrick Yandall - Acoustic Dreamscape

Fine acoustic guitar music.

Peter White - Here We Go

The guitar legend in action!

Farnell Newton - Class Is Now In Session

Very ambitious!

I'm listening to various Rippingtons and Ken Navarro songs because in the last few days, I normalized the audio on, and cut out silence at the beginning of, my MP3s (ripped from my CDs).

Lloyd Gregory - Gentle Warrior

Supreme guitar music!

Davi Sings Sinatra - On the Road to Romance (very good effort by actor Robert Davi)
Louie Cruz Beltran - Paint the Rhythm

Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance, Catching the Sun
Maynard Ferguson - Jazz Masters 52
Yellowjackets - Four Corners

Shakatak - Across The World

A band with cult status!

Left out one:
San Diego State University Jazz Ensemble - Where's My Hasenpfeffer?

Hasenpfeffer is a German menu.

It's a very interesting composition inspired by
a Bugs Bunny cartoon:
Shshkabugs

Incognito - Surreal

Maysa sings on the new album!

Slow - Art of Silence

Smooth Jazz from Poland

Paul Brown - The Funky Joint

Great Gibson L5!

I have not heard this one yet. Gotta check it out.

Checked it out. Typical snoozer stuff from Paul.

Chris Standring - Electric Wonderland

High class guitar music

Hiroe Sikene - After the Rainfall
The Alex Goodman Quintet - Bridges

Rippingtons - Life in the Tropics
Wynton Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis - Joe Cool's Blues
Renee Olstead - Renee Olstead
Miriam Makeba - Reflections
Everette Harp - All for You
Arthur Lipner - Modern Vibe
Dave Grusin - The Gershwin Connection
Joe Beck - Beck and Sanborn
Hiroshima - Best of Hiroshima

Greg Adams - East Bay Soul 2.0

Fat brass and R&B

Peet Project - Turn You On

Hungarian Smooth Jazz - Very Entertaining!

Darren Rahn - Speechless

A rising star

Esparanza Spalding - Radio Music Society
Eric Marienthal - It's Love
Gary Smulyan - Smul's Paradise
Mark Sherman - The L.A. Sessions
Zana Messia and the Balkan Soul Orchestra - Balkan Soul
Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band - Eleven
Paul Brown - The Funky Joint

Boney James - Pure
various - Gold Encore Series "A Jazz Romance"

Robert Kramers - On The Block

Excellent bass player, excellent smooth jazz!

Frank Gambale feat. BOCA - Soulmine

Vocal fusion jazz

Brian Bromberg - Compared To That

Joy of bass

Tomazz - Winter Chill

One man entertainer with fresh melodies