>So where do we draw the line? Was "Return To Forever," headed
>by Chick Corea and Al Dimeola, acid jazz? I say yes. Was
>Earth Wind and Fire (arguably one of the funkiest bands in
>history, with jazz chords, progressions, and arrangements)?
>If it's true for Kool and the Gang (and if you haven't heard their
>instrumentals from the "jungle boogie" era, you're MISSING OUT),
>then it's got to also be true for EWF.
>What's the consensus out there?
I'd agree. The "acid jazz" thing goes way back, it isn't new. I'd include a lot of the funk
artists like Roy Ayers, Ohio Players & so on. What we are listening to now is just the
same genre plus the nineties sounds & the application of current technology.