> I was reaching into the bowels of my cd collection when I came across
> The Pacific Jazz Alliance -An Acid Jazz Collective: Cool Struttin', and
> I thought to myself, "Now, why don't I ever listen to this one?" So I
> gave it a spin and now I no why I'd forgotten about it, but why haven't
> I sold it yet? The only track I could get into was _No Brain_ cuz I
> like the line: I can't explain why inside your fat head there is no
> brain. Now, who couldn't groove to a line like that? Anyone hear of
> these guys and have something else to say?
I have the album. It's not *bad*, but it's horribly inconsistent.
Shawn Lee, the guy behind everything, and the guy with the bad Elvis
Costello impression, has also moonlighted on other projects: He's also
"Ping Pong" on the Ubiquity comps, and is also a solo artist on the
Planet Earth label. He is also now a part-time member of the Solsonics,
where he's credited as playing percussion on the Solsonics-backed tracks on
Guru's 'Jazzmatazz II' album.
> btw ii -- Never thought of Portishead as AJ. Put Dummy on and tried to
> listen to it in a whole new way, but had to stretch a little to get an
> AJ feel from it. Maybe it is the sound of Beth's voice, which I do
> love, that makes me think of Portishead as more mainstream than AJ.
> Can someone explain what I am overlookin' here? Lori
Well, Portishead can be Acid-Jazz, mostly they're in that 'Trip-Hop'
genre which is closely related to Acid Jazz anyway. They're mainly passed
off as 'an alternative band that uses turntables and samplers instead of
guitars.' They do get some airplay on grunge-rock stations, so I've heard.
Elson