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rogerthat
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Topic: Acid jazz Posted: November 10 2010 at 10:37 |
I am beginning to like this amazing genre more and more. So far, I have loved Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies, Corduroy and Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Would love to hear thoughts and recommendations from others who dig this genre.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 10:47 |
My introduction to this genre was a compilation called "Cafe Noir", which put emphasis on the funky side of acid jazz. Really great stuff.
I recommend you Bonobo, a great case of acid-jazz / electro / nu-jazz. His album "Black Sands" is one of my favourites from 2010, here are some samples: I think all the album is on Youtube if you want to check it out. |
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 10:55 |
Thanks a lot, shall check it out.
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The Neck Romancer
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 11:05 |
4 WORDS:
Jamiroquai from the 90's
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himtroy
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:32 |
Thats a little more on the acid side, but check it out if you haven't. Part two is linked somewhere afterwards.
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The Neck Romancer
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:42 |
Check out Incognito too.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 14:36 |
Someone here doesn't know what acid-jazz is:
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop[1], particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are often credited as forerunners of acid jazz.[2] Acid jazz has also experienced minor influences from soul, house, acid rock, and disco. While acid jazz often contains various types of electronic composition (sometimes including sampling or live DJ cutting and scratching), it is just as likely to be played live by musicians, who often showcase jazz interpretation as part of their performance. The compositions of groups such as Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Los Amigos Invisibles and Incognito often feature chord structures usually associated with jazz music. The acid jazz "movement" is also seen as a revival of jazz-funk or jazz fusion or soul jazz by leading DJs such as Norman Jay or Gilles Peterson or Patrick Forge, also known as "rare groove crate diggers" or "Cataroos". |
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 19:31 |
Yeah, and even if Third somehow fits into the definition , I would still, rightly, call it Canterbury. In jazz terms, Third could be called psychedelic jazz rock. The word acid suggests psychedelic typically but not in the context of acid jazz.
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The Quiet One
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 19:42 |
rogerthat
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Posted: November 10 2010 at 19:45 |
Yeah, I forgot to mention Incognito. Their "Jazz Funk" album was ok, didn't find it too special.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 13 2010 at 01:19 |
Very interesting tracks, the ones by Bonobo. Very introspective and thoughtful, not what I expected, honestly, of acid jazz. Great, there seems to be much to explore here. What are some other favourites of yours, harmonoium ro?
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lucas
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Posted: November 13 2010 at 08:43 |
I am a bit puzzled because I was going to recommend The Harvey Averne Barrio Band because it was reedited on a label called "acid jazz" but now that I read the excerpt from wikipedia, where it is reported that acid jazz has its roots in the eighties, I don't know if it qualifies as acid jazz (that Harvey Averne album was recorded in 1971). I was convinced acid jazz is like sort of latin jazz, with some psychedelia in it, like santana, osibisa, or mandrill... That Harvey Averne album is very close to santana, osibisa and that kind of bands.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 13 2010 at 09:44 |
Cross Aja and Hotter than July and throw more hip hop elements (the syncopation rather than vocal style) and that more or less describes acid jazz, or at least that's my impression based on what I have heard so far.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 13 2010 at 09:46 |
...though the presence of string-synths seems to evoke Earth Wind and Fire and Michael Jackson's Off The Wall.
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