Soulful Soft Soul from London UK. Rod Lucas with Soul & Smooth Jazz - No Rap. This is Smooth Soul and Smooth Jazz. Rod Lucas has been playing Soul & Smooth Jazz on British radio since 1971 (BBC Radio Medway/Kent) at the tender age of 15. In those early 70's Rod featured people like Milt Jackson, Stanley Turrentine, Hubert Laws, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Cal Tjader, Erroll Garner, Ramsey Lewis, Sergio Santos Mendes & Donald Byrd. He also featured material from Spanish Flamenco guitarists including Paco de Lucia. Herb Alpert added to the whole feel of Smooth Jazz with Rod in 1971. Then the other Smooth Jazz artists came along, Bob James & Earl Klugh, all featured in his nightly BBC programs 'chat n grooves' and anything else that had a sweet mood 'cross over feel' of chilled early 70's Smooth Jazz.more