RE: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S

Lee Gordon
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:06:23 -0700


...let's not forget the young disciples releases. they were synchronous
with some of the true acid jazz defined incognito records.
additionally, even though colonel abrams was associated with the house
movement, he definitely broke ground in the early aj arena. just some
thoughts...

lg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stimpson [SMTP:stimpson@total.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 1998 6:41 PM
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu; carl schimmel
> Subject: Re: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S
>
> For the record, US3's "Cantaloop", was taken almost entirely from
> Donald
> Byrd's "Cantaloupe Island" (recorded back in '64), very much like Puff
> Daddy's "I'll be missing you" is taken almost completely from The
> Police's
> "Every Breath You Take". But sure, I think that you can name a few
> landmark
> records that reincarnated the whole genre. Here's my list of AJ
> landmarks:
>
> 1)Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of
> Rhythym-
> some will argue that this is more a rap record than an AJ record, but
> anyone
> who knows Tribe will agree that they were one of the first rap acts to
> use
> jazz samples very heavily
>
> 2)Miles Davis- Doo Bop; TOTALLY rocked my world back in '93. Too bad
> Miles
> died before the record was finished; he would have been proud.
>
> 3)Digable Planets- Reachin' (a new refutation of time and space).
> Still my
> favorite acid-jazz record
>
> 4)Guru- Jazzmatazz volume 1- featured many old jazz-funk musicians
> like Roy
> Ayers, Donald Byrd and Lonnie Liston Smith. N'Dea Davenport even
> sings on
> one tune.
>
> 5)The early "Rebirth Of Cool" series- The first compilation of
> acid-jazz to
> be widely distributed. Turned alot of people on to AJ for the first
> time.
>
> 6)Massive Attack- Blue Lines (nuff said)
>
> 7)Early Brand New Heavies- Definitely helped define the sound
>
> 8)Early Incognito- Ditto
>
> 9)Early James Taylor Quartet- helped revive the Hammond/B3/Moog sound
> and
> had people digging out their parent's old Jimmy McGriff and Herbie
> Hancock
> records
>
> 10)Us3-Hand On The Torch- Cantaloop (flip fantasia) is probably the
> first
> AJ tune to be widely recognized. Sold millions
>
>
>
> Keep Bumpin'
>
> Stimpson
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: carl schimmel <carl.schimmel@yale.edu>
> To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Date: Sunday, April 12, 1998 6:46 PM
> Subject: AJ LANDMARKS SINCE LATE 80'S
>
>
> >I'm curious to see what bands/tracks people consider to be
> "landmarks" in
> >the "acid jazz" "movement" since the term was coined. Might the
> first
> >somewhat-acid-jazz mainstream popular hit be Cantaloop (Flip
> Fantasia) by
> >Us3? Here I'm assuming I guess that this could even be termed "acid
> jazz."
> > Maybe the fact that AJ isn't so mainstream means that there aren't
> really
> >as many recognizable landmarks as there might be in, say, rap. Is AJ
> >becoming more drum 'n bass influenced and less funk influenced? If so
> what
> >major artists or tracks could be considered responsible for/examples
> of
> >this? I'd like to get a better idea of AJ's recent history, and
> maybe
> >charting it with "landmarks" would be a good method.
> >
> >-carl
> >
> >