Retired? Don't be too sure...he and George were on a local station earlier
this year the night before a gig here in the DC metro area....talking 'bout
the state of R&B....they said they are releasing a new CD. Has anyone heard
different?
>From: Paul Berger <paulberger65@yahoo.com>
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: Acid Jazz and Disco
>Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 12:13:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hi All,
>
>Man, all I had to do was mention the word DISCO and
>everyone's panties gets in a wad :) Folks, it's only
>music, and like acid jazz, some of it was good and A
>LOT of it wasn't. When I said that I hope acid jazz
>doesn't go the way of disco, I meant that I hope that
>acid jazz wasn't tainted so badly that no artist would
>consider producing that type of music again. For me,
>acid jazz has a certain vibe to it. Take for example,
>the song by Remy Shand called 'Take A Message'. To me,
>that has acid jazz written all over it. Same thing
>with Jill Scott's 'A Long Walk' or anything from
>Maysa's 'All My Life' CD. It's apparent that acid jazz
>as a musical movement has run its course, but the
>music itself should be able to linger a bit. Whoever
>said that it was morphing into different things was
>right. Hell, acid jazz itself morphed from early
>fusion, and it was a refreshing change from all the
>overproduced crap out there. Now everything's
>splintered off into hybrids of this and that, and
>that's fine. I just get nostalgic for the tone that
>was set back then. In this post 9-11 world, I just
>hope that something just as musically positive can cut
>through the haze.
>
>Take Care-----Paul Berger---
>
>(BTW, Loius Johnson ruled everything he played on, and
>I'm sad to see that he's retired. He has that right,
>and I'm sure his royalties from the Thriller album
>took care of him nicely.)
>
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