Re: Acid Jazz and Disco

From: Bob Davis (earthjuice@prodigy.net)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 01:50:04 CEST

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: gtrplaya ! <gtrplaya@hotmail.com>
    To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 4:13 PM
    Subject: Re: Acid Jazz and Disco

    >
    > 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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