Paul Hardcastle

A prolific electronic producer and keyboardist from London, Paul Hardcastle has enjoyed popularity with his varied dance-, R&B-, and jazz-influenced albums since the 1980s. Although often associated with the smooth jazz genre, Hardcastle's synth-based style is more akin to instrumental dance music and electro-R&B, with the occasional vocal and saxophone flourishes. Initially emerging with his breakthrough single "19" off 1985's Hardcastle, he was more successful with the launch of his crossover Jazzmasters album in 1993, which hit number one on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz ...