RE: Jazz? Acid?

Jon Jung (jjung@mail.summer.hawaii.edu)
Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:44:31 -1000

Check out Lonnie Liston Smith's "Expansions" (actually any of his '70s albums),
especially the title track. It precedes the acid jazz style by 15 years in all
ways, the music sounds almost computer generated, it's so right on.

--jon
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On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Jason Goodrow wrote:

> Is there a song that qualifys as an acid-jazz standard? Most of the
> breakbeats, mabey something by the Godfather.

Definitely! From what I see, "standards" in the acid jazz realm are
late-60s-70s jazz-funk/fusion tunes, such as:

- Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay"
- Ronnie Laws' "Always There"
- anything Herbie Hancock (IMHO 'Chameleon' is the most over-done tune
played in anny funk jam

Others that qualify:

- Just about any James Brown (i.e. 'Soul Power,' 'Papa Don't Take No Mess')
- 70s Cop show tunes (see James Taylor Quartet)