> acid jazz is very often five or six musicians in a room playing
> instruments with strings and drum heads in a funky way. its often free flowing,
> like jazz, hence the name. bands like the heavies, Jamiroquai, Groove
> Collective, et. al. do just this. you are being foolish to include their
> names when arguing for jungle. if you are going to compare jungle to acid
> jazz, talk about Portishead, or Massive Attack, or Depth Charge, or some band
> that creates music in the same way that jungle is created. your argument will
> make more sense that way.
>
ah, not foolish, that was my point. My argument made sense. First, a
little personal history (christ, I sound like Fingers ;)), for many years
I've been a live musician, a Jazz DJ, and I have a very deep knowledge of
Funky music. When I compared 4-hero to the others (and I may have been
harsh), I was trying to distinguish (imho) the funk fakers from the funk
makers.
whatever.
Tim.
P.S. I wouldn't call Depth Charge Acid Jazz...