quoted 19 lines Jazz is about the real feeling/energy made by free styling, improv musicians> Jazz is about the real feeling/energy made by free styling, improv musicians
>and the synchonisty between several improv players to bring out a fat,
>cold/cool groove with depth, IMO. More than 90% of the 'acid-jazz' I've
>heard(and I'm exposed to it quite often) is nothing more than pre-programed
>sampled beats, samples of jazz looped to a beat and at most someone playing
>some sort of solo(usually some form of saxaphone). What live/improv feeling
>is there in that? Maybe I'm just too much of a snob purest? Who knows... I'd
>like to think I'm open minded... I just dont think 'acid jazz' is true to
>jazz's nature and roots.
>
> Good jazz? Thelonius Monk, Sun Ra, Charles Hayword, Dizzy Gilepsie, Charlie
>Parker, Angello Badalamenti...
>
>I'll go crawl in some hole and breed now!
>
>dave wright
>not breathing
>
>:) -hope I'm not offending too many people- :(
What acid jazz do you listen to? A friend of mine was in with the acid jazz
crew when it started, he still keeps up with them on an occasional basis, ie
gets invitted to the christmas party etc. In the past 6 months to a year,
acid jazz has blown up really big, eg 100% Acid jazz and the greatest acid
jazz album in the world ever compilations in ads on the telle, and the music
on them is complete dross. It's completely different from real acid jazz, and
is just another example of an underground scene getting fucked over by the
majors. For real acid jazz check out early releases on Acid Jazz recs and
Mo-Wax (listen to them before you buy as the quality varies greatly just like
every scene. Mo-Wax is now releasing jungle style tracks. Try listening to
something of Ninja-tune records (anything will do, as every release is
excellent) and for more IDM stuff check out their sublabel NTone. Ninja-tune
has excellent WWW pages, and Coldcut (who run the label) do a 'wicked' weekly
radio show on Kiss 100 FM London, playing 'the broadest beats in London'.
It always amazes me how they can play such a wide mix of music and I still
love every tune.
If you are against sampling then why do you s*bscribe to IDM, as sampling is
undoubtedly at the heart of all dance music?
As to your list of good jazz, what about Miles Davis, surely one of the greats?
Peace and Love
Nathan
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