History of silk and in part replaced natural silk. Following the crisis in Europe, the modernization of sericulture in Japan made it the world's foremost silk producer. By the early 20th century, rapidly industrializing Japan was producing as much as 60 percent of the world's raw silk, most exports shipping through the port of Yokohama. Italy managed to rebound from the crisis, but France was unable. Urbanization in Europe saw many French and Italian agricultural workers leave silk growing for more lucrative factory work. Raw silk was imported from Japan to fill the void. Asian countries, formerly exporters of raw materials (cocoons and
Oli Silk (feat. Julian Vaughn) reached Number 1 on the Smooth Jazz chart. Silk was nominated International Artist of the Year 2010 by the American Smooth Jazz Awards. Oli Silk Oli Silk is a British smooth jazz keyboardist, producer, and composer. In 2006, Silk made his debut at the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival, and later that year he was named Debut Artist of the Year by "Smooth Jazz News" magazine and Art Good's Jazztrax.com Also in that year, his song "Easy Does It" hit No. 19 on the "Billboard" Smooth Jazz chart. In 2009 his song "Chill or Be Chilled" reached No.