Talk:Acid jazz
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[edit] Groove Collective
Were they/are they really that prominent in the Acid Jazz scene? I can remember one 12" that was relatively succesful, but it wasn't particularly distinctive. I was following Acid Jazz from '91 to '97, from which period it tended to fade off towards Mo'wax etc. At the moment I doubt that this prominent a highlight of GrooveCollective is justified, unless placed in its proper context.
Secondly, Acid Jazz as far as I'm aware in the UK, was never referred to as 'Groove Jazz'. Was the phrase commonly adopted in the US/elsewhere?
No it was not, and Groove Collective featured on one of the few American complilations to sell at the end of the 1980's making it ripe for some total wanker to cite without knowing anything. Also Acid Jazz does NOT "Tend to use Samples". It "tends" to be played live by real musicians. there is a lot of use of motifs from older compositions, but then that's kind of like real jazz, people riffing on the classics, dig? I guess it's too much to ask that anyone posting here know their arse from a hole in the ground!
[edit] Is it proper to just copy and paste text from other sources?
I think it's incredibly cheap. Besides, at the moment the article still doesnt read as a wikipedia article.--Deadworm222 19:31, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Record Label
Did the name come from the record label "Acid Jazz"? --Robert Merkel 23:45 17 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- It might have done. I wrote the initial information to back up another article I was working but wouldn't class myself an expert (although I like a lot of the music that I think could be described as belonging to this genre). If you, or someone else, can find the answer, please add it into the article. Basswulf 09:02 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)
[edit] From Acid-jazz
Here's some info I copied from the page Acid jazz before redirecting, please merge in as you see fit, I'm no expert in this genre
- Acid jazz is a musical movement started in the nineties. The roots of that genre are funk, disco, seventies music in general, soul but every group added his own flavour. In europe the movement started from london and it's known more as brit-funk. Relevant groups are: Jamiroquai, Incognito, Galliano, Brand New Heavies, James Taylor Quartet, Corduroy. In the USA the jazzy moods were more important, the major us acid-jazz groups are: Groove Collective, Solsonics.
—siroχo 09:38, Jul 8, 2004 (UTC)
Whose idea was it to copy & paste that darn text straight from this acid jazz compilation booklet? it isn't even formatted... And why is Jamiroquai not mentioned? (the biggest selling acid jazz band. yes, i know; nowadays it's rather disco-funk-soul)
dont get me wrong! i would do the article but my english is not that good and so is my knowledge of acid jazz although i love it. this article needs some serious revision.
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- I'm going to revert.--Deadworm222 21:33, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
I think we need two articles; "Acid Jazz (record label)" and "Acid Jazz (musical genre)" aong with a disambiguation page. Not all Acid Jazz record releases are in the style known as acid-jazz and as have seen, not all acid-jazz artistes are signed to Acid Jazz. Butterfingersbeck January 22, 2006
- I created Acid Jazz (label) and put a notice on the top of the page.--Wormsie 12:21, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Acid Jazz & Acid Rock
Do acid jazz and Acid Rock have anything in common? Does acid jazz put any importance on drugs such as LSD? Reynolds45 11:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
By all accounts no (acid house however, is quite likely to refer to the "trippy" sounds found therein). Though he needed to somehow compare this music to house to get press attention in 1988 and 1989, Gilles Peterson simply wanted the controversy the name would cause and he knew the name would get enough attention to get the controversy going in the first place, he's really quite brilliant and knew it was a load of bullocks (the name) but he loves the music and knew if some good ears heard it, they'd buy it. He was quite right and as I said a BRILLIANT "geurilla marketer".
[edit] Acid Jazz Record Label is ignored!!
The main reason that the term "Acid Jazz" came to prominence was because there was a record label of this name - I was around at the time and Acid Jazz was initially, not descriptive of the genre, but rather a loose group of like-minded artists (around London) who appeared on the Acid Jazz record label!!
Gilles Peterson chose to label the genre first and the label second. He further incouraged the press to use the term, thereby weakening his trademark and watering down any contributions stemming from the label. But it is readily apparent that the label drew it's talent from a pool that had an established reputation before any such naming was used, so it really is totally irrelevant and the term "Rare Groove" would best serve all them.
[edit] What about house music?
Acid Jazz of the 1990s drew heavily upon house music, successfully fusing jazz and house. But, the term originated in the late 1970s and was used to describe artists like Roy Ayers who were taking the fusion of jazz and funk to new heights.
[edit] Modal harmony
What is Modal harmony (as found in the beginning of the article)? --Abdull 12:30, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
See Modulation
[edit] Changes/rewrite
This article needs some attention:
- Style: more encyclopedic
- References: correctly formatted, with correct sources
- Tone: needs evening out too many discrepencies: "upon listening" and "legends running"
Please discuss how this article can be improved to bring it up to standard. Escaper7 10:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
