Rough DEFINITION for CLASS PROJECT
carl schimmel
Tue, 07 Apr 1998 21:47:42 -0400
I know that defining acid jazz is of secondary interest to many people, but
I am doing a project on acid jazz for a jazz course in graduate school here
at Yale, and I am trying to get a better idea of how I should explain acid
jazz during my presentation. I can't say "jazz that's danceable" or "dance
music with jazz influence" or "jazz-rap" I don't think, although all of
these things could be acid jazz. Does AJ's birth as jazz sampling combined
with dance beats and/or rapping have anything to do with what AJ is today?
I'm interested in getting people's opinions on why the following are or
are not AJ: Elements of Life, KG and Halloran, Jamiroquai, Us3, Buckshot
LeFonque, Simon Bartholomew, James Taylor Qt., Quiet Boys, Emperor's New
Clothes.... I'm particularly interested in why James Taylor Quartet is AJ
and not just 70's big band.
Maybe a better route would be to ask: what danceable jazz is NOT acid jazz?