Re: good stuff?

Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
26 May 96 00:00:36 -0800


bd> Start with some comps to determine which groups you like before buying
bd> their full-lengths. Here are some starters, giving a range of styles:

bd> After hours 2-last call (Instinct)
chill stuff

bd> This Is Acid Jazz: Jazz Com Bossa (Instinct)
bd> The Best of Acid Jazz (Instinct)
bd> Abstrakt Workshop (Shadow)
acid jazz & trip hop

bd> Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool (Red Hot)
jazzy hiphop & acid jazz. the label is actually impulse/grp (mca)

bd> Give 'em Enough Dope, Volume Two (C&S)
bd> Phat Jazz Flava '95 (Coldfront)
bd> Speakeasy Collection (Moonshine)
Acid Jazz--also there's the Acid Jazz Test Pt. 2

bd> The Next Step (Instinct)
acid jazz & trip hop

bd> Phat Jazz Flava '95 (Coldfront)
bd> Jazzmatazz Volume II The New Reality (Chrysalis)
jazzy hiphop--also Jazzmatazz Vol. 1

bd> The Rebirth of Cool Phive (4th & Bway)
don't forget vols. 1-4!

bd> Dorado The Gold Sessions (Instinct)
bd> Darker Side of Jazz (City of Angels)
bd> The Jazz Headtrip (Moonshine)
bd> Trip Hop and Jazz v.2 (Instinct)
bd> Offbeat-A Red Hot Sound Trip (Wax Trax!)
bd> The Trip Hop Test part two (Moonshine)
bd> Now pick one or two...

a very good list to start from!

t-bird

... there are only 2 kinds of music, good & bad-duke ellington