Re: Acid Jazz Dead?

From: Jason Jasberto Batog (jasbat@shaw.ca)
Date: Sun May 12 2002 - 07:53:10 CEST

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    The way I see it, if you're able to play and pack 500 seat venues, you're
    not dead... even if you're barely kicking.
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    acid jazz was never a sound in my opinion, it was an era. that era is dead
    (you can't go back in time) so st germain cannot be acid jazz or from that
    era. if you've read about the way the term 'acid jazz' came into existance
    and was bastardised into a soundform by a satirical argument against the
    current acid house boom when it was really just a ressurgence of quality
    black-inspired soul music and jazz dance in the late eighties and early
    nineties admidst the current acid house rumblings.

    can you really describe acid jazz anyways? you can't, it's impossible
    because all the artists you've listed have totally different sounds and
    influences?

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    So why do we have to decide between classic and modern? Why do we have to
    "kill" one to enjoy the other? Can't MJ Cole and Jimmy Smith all get along?
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    kill one??? it died by itself. i enjoy jimmy smith and mj cole but face
    the facts, they are not the same style of music. i'm not beating you with a
    stick, i just want to let you know that i think it isn't the same. could
    you imagine keb darge's face if you said that you liked the funk that
    samantha fox put out? he'd probably ask to leave the building immediately.

    it would be nice if we had a genre-less world but you'd be having a tough
    time describing your musical influences or current favourites. :)

    All the best,
    Jason
    JJB/opSN

    "I got into a fight one time with a really big guy and he said, 'I'm going
    to mop the floor with your face.' I said 'You'll be sorry.'  He said 'Oh
    yeah.  Why?' I said, 'Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very
    well.'"
    -Emo Phillips



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