it was a label as well as a subgenre of electronic music here is how allmusic.com discribes acid jazz
"The music played by a generation raised on jazz as well as funk and hip-hop, Acid Jazz used elements of all three; its existence as a percussion-heavy, primarily live music placed it closer to jazz and Afro-Cuban than any other dance style, but its insistence on keeping the groove allied it with funk, hip-hop, and dance music. The term itself first appeared in 1988 as both an American record label and the title of an English compilation series that reissued jazz-funk music from the '70s, called "rare groove" by the Brits during a major mid-'80s resurgence. A variety of acid jazz artists emerged during the late '80s and early '90s: live bands such as Stereo MC's, James Taylor Quartet, the Brand New Heavies, Groove Collective, Galliano, and Jamiroquai, as well as studio projects like Palm Skin Productions, Mondo Grosso, Outside, and United Future Organization" also the record label Acid Jazz put out some great albums. norman jay is more of a roots kinda DJ who plays anything from soul to dub to reggae and funk and house. the pioneer Djs of the acid jazz scene was Gilles, Jazzy Nice (of Giant Step NYC) and ppl like Patrick Forge, Bob Jones etc. mehmet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mann, Ravinder [CCS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mehmet Koryurek'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'313'" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 3:54 PM Subject: RE: (313) Acid Jazz (Best Acid Lines In The World...Ever!!) > Wasn't 'Acid Jazz' just a label for jazzy sounds played by Gilles Peterson, > Norman Jay etc in the chill out rooms in clubs playing Acid. Sorry bad > syntax but you know what I mean... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mehmet Koryurek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 April 2003 13:51 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Acid Jazz (Best Acid Lines In The World...Ever!!) > > > as a matter of fact, acid jazz has no link to acid house. back in 87-89 acid > house was popular and the nu jazz sound was more towards the soul II soul > and talkin loud sound of beefed up r&b/soul style. i think, in order to make > ppl understand and categorize music what they have done was to coin the term > acid jazz to make ppl think that its diff. than your regular jazz trax and > has more of a club feel. Brand New Heavies, Galliano, Incognito, Banderas, > Urban Poets, His Emperors New Clothes, Ronny Jordan and the like had a > similar sound. And there were three main labels pushing this sound, and one > was named Acid Jazz, the othe two being Talkin Loud and MoWax. Funny enough > its very rare that a typical acid machine like 303 was used in any track > defined as Acid Jazz. > > my 2 cents:) > Mehmet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "spw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:46 PM > Subject: Re: (313) Acid Jazz (Best Acid Lines In The World...Ever!!) > > > > lets not get acid house confused with the genre acid jazz. > > I rember first hearing about acid jazz back in 1989, The Crazy > > Frenchmen - Jazz It Up comes to mind as an early 90's acid jazz track. > > > >
