I personally feel this thread borders on the whatever,
whatever... the music we are listening to is not the
same as what we were checking for 6 years ago, it has
no name.... the thing is in flux and thats what we
love about it, the energy, the live-wire all the way
live ...
However, just a few classics of those early years kind
of seem to epitomise what acid-jazz used to be. For me
at least.
Incognito's Positivity (talking loud) Still banging!!!
my first choice for that perfect saturday morning when
you got time to kill with somebody and u would not
mind stretching time a lil bit. Amazing concept album.
Flavornaughts My inbred pedigree chums (ninebar)
Since deleted but what an album real mood music for
that jazz head, grooves like a mother!
Young Disciples Road to Freedom (Talking Loud)
I saw Carleen perform with NEON PHUSION the old and
the new, and she split my head open, she's very
special, very special... just like this joint.
Jhelisa's Galactica Moods (dorado)
Still available from the label dorado.co.uk I still
have scars from the goose pimples I suffered from when
I first heard this, major major major classic.
PS this is the 4 track acoustic EP not the album.
later,
t
--- JSFact@aol.com wrote:
> Having only been on this list for about two weeks,
> but having been a fan and
> collector of "acid jazz" for years now -- I find all
> of this quite
> refreshing. I don't know that many people who even
> have any concept of what
> acid jazz is, and certainly few of the record or CD
> stores I have ever been
> in have even heard of the term.
>
> I was hanging out with Incognito about eight years
> ago, and they used the
> term acid jazz to describe their music. I thought
> it was a joke, and argued
> with Bluey that the term "acid" should not be
> applied to their funky, jazzy,
> and positive groove due to its negative and harsh
> implications.
>
> The thing I like about this vast genre is that it is
> too flipping big to
> encompass in one category. The best acid jazz
> belies any attempt at
> classification, because it incorporates and extends
> beyond a variety of
> forms, genres, and musical expressions. When
> someone ask me what the bottom
> line is, or a simple definition of aj. . .I merely
> say, whatever grooves you
> -- I think it needs to have improvisational
> elements, and a groove of some
> sort. It is an expression of soul, a yearning for
> freedom, and a melding of
> cultures. That is what jazz is. . .so why can't it
> all just be jazz?
>
> By the way -- another topic:
> I too disagree with the trading and such -- but what
> do you do if you simply
> cannot find music available?
> For instance, I have been seeking a CD by a group
> called Jazz Posse -- the
> title of which is "Blue" -- for about three years
> now. It went out of print
> and I cannot find it anywhere. I've ordered it from
> Amazon.com UK, as well
> as independent distributors all over the place.
> Only to be told that it is
> no longer available.
>
> So. . .if anyone knows where I can find Jazz Posse's
> "Blue" CD, please let me
> know offlist at JSFact@aol.com. I heard it one
> night in a club and have been
> seeking it ever since.
>
> Jazzid Funkenstuff
>
>
>
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