It's interesting that a lot of the latest "acid jazz" or "nu-jazz" (people
playing with jazz elements and electronics) has been aiming in the direction
of sounding more like jazz. It seems to me that artists responsible for that
classic acid jazz sound were concerned with creating a new sound very
distinctive from jazz. Now you have cats out there that appear to want to
get closer to it. The aforementioned "Sound Travels" LP (awesome!!! Where
was this record all my life?) is a perfect example. IG Culture's New Sector
Movements EP and Murkey Waters tracks, Cinematic Orchestra... Maybe it has
something to do with producers out there collaborating with musicians (or
being musicians!) more often, i don't know.
This is a pretty general observation and am by no means implying that that
kind of connection with jazz hasn't been made before... Matt Cooper of
Outside, D*Note have been blowing peoples minds with complex jazz
compositions for years... It's just interesting that the farther we go down
the road of experimentation, the closer we get to "jazz". Thoughts?
aRgo
PS. Loving that track off the Nathan Haines record "impossible beauty". I
think it's him singing on it, not sure. I can picture him on some rooftop
late at night overlooking the city skyline playing his horn...
-----Original Message-----
From: stephanie [mailto:nnine@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 4:50 PM
To: Denise Benson; Philip Sherburne
Cc: 'acid-jazz@ucsd.edu'
Subject: Nathan! (was herbert)
Haven't heard Herbert, but boy am I loving my new
Nathan Haines "Sound Travels" full length. It's very
much quenching my jazz thirst. Lots of styles on
here, incl Koop or Fertile Ground-like sweet vocal
jazz, a little shiki, some deep dub, one disposable
house track, basically the same diversity as St.
Germain, and very thick with jazz. Well it is jazz.
I want to punch the pretentious wanker who wrote that
"kind of blah" article that someone posted here the
other day. post jazz? what the hell is that? so unless
something imitates the very beginning stages of its
own history ad infinitum like a cannibal, it doesn't
get to call itself by that name? Piss off, then
listen to this record, then hang your head in shame,
oh silly author. That is the kind of pedantry up with
which *I* shall not put!
--- Denise Benson <mentalchatter@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I couldn't agree more! I couldn't stop listening to
> this album when I got it
> last week, listening four times in a row (something
> I never do) on the first go
> 'round.
...
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