>The Greyboys are a groove jazz band, although they are often referred to as
>acid jazz. "We're from the acid jazz genre," says Karl Denson, band leader,
>saxophonist and flutist extraordinaire. "But we've moved more in the
>direction
>of groove jazz."
>Groove jazz, as the name might imply, is made up f a very dense, danceable
>groove, and flavored with improvisatory work on top of that.
Being an AJ neophyte (though I've come a long way since I first picked up
Greyboy's *Freestylin'* four months ago), I'm curious how one
differentiates between *acid jazz* and *groove jazz*. Is *GJ* an
established, acknowledged term? (It seems it must be if Mr. Denson is
using it.) I've only got *Freestylin'* and haven't heard the Allstars, so
I don't have the whole evidence to base my own hypotheses on. Any help,
ideas, opinions would be helpful.
By the way - for any Seattle area AJers - I've found the Karl Denson album
at a couple of stores (Exotique Imports in Belltown and even Borders by
Westlake - actually Borders has a very good section going with several
listening stations available). Haven't picked it up yet due to pocketbook
problems, but my curiosity is building. Also, look for any live dates by
Sharkskin in the future - akin to theBNH, though more jazzy than soulful
(sax, trumpet, hammond b-3, vocals, drums, percussion). They played a
short set at Moe this last Sunday and were bopping (and grooving, for that
matter) hard!
thanks.
ags schmitz
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