Re: def's of acid jazz and off-topic

From: Marco Baroni (baroni@humnet.ucla.edu)
Date: Fri May 26 2000 - 21:50:55 MET DST

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    >earlier def's of acid jazz and off-topic:
    >http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz/FAQ/

    Thanks -- I followed this link and it was helpful, but I still have the
    impression that, in practice, people in this list talk about a lot of other
    things that are not mentioned over there, like Brazilian music and
    non-jazz-oriented underground hip hop, and that this is fine and one of the
    reasons why the list is interesting.

    Also, I feel that it can be interesting and not necessarily off topic to
    read about what are the favorite rock guitarists of the acid jazz experts
    in this list, or what rare groove fans think of Chemical Brothers (in the
    same way in which I find it interesting and instructive when I read
    interviews of my favorite musicians in which they mention completely
    unexpected influences.)

    For example, a few days ago there was a discussion about Pat Metheny. Now,
    I don't think that Metheny's music is acid jazz, no matter how you define
    the term. Actually, I used to believe that he's an awful new agey smooth
    jazz guitar player. But, by reading of how many people from the list like
    him and respect him, I became curious, and I will maybe end up buying one
    of the albums that were recommended. Since this is an acid jazz list, and I
    know that I have similar music taste to many of the people contributing to
    it, I am more willing to trust their opinion about Pat Metheny, than if it
    came from the people subscribing to, I don't know, the new-agey-smooth-jazz
    list...

    Regards,

    Marco



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