Re: FW: acid jazz/fusion
MR BOB DAVIS
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 20:58:00, -0500
>
> >
> > I found Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" to very abstract. Maybe too
> > abstract. Great lineup. That's fusion for jah. Jazz's answer to Art
> > Rock. Love my "Return to Forever" albums.
> >
> > A Juano-thought
>
>
> I have to disagree. Headhunters, is not fusion. . .I mean, I suppose
> technically it is a fusion of styles but to me fusion is GRP shit put
> out in the 80's. To me, Headhunter's achieves something that so-
called
> acid jazz rarely does - it goes and in digs, searches for something..
.
> the way jazz does. Acid-jazz just doesn't really carry out the jazz
> aesthetic or mission.
>
> I've heard people say, "Well, they were doing acid-jazz back in the
> 60's and 70's, but they didn't call it that. . . in fact they were
doing
> it much better than anyone is today."
>
> I don't know. I would agree with some of that, but there is definitely
> hip stuff out today that has a much more contemporary vibe to it.
>
> But, none of what is going on today would be what it is, if it weren't
> for albums like HeadHunters.
I agree with this!
I just call it "jazz-FUNK"........today's "acid jazz" is a watered down
version of 70's STANK azz "jazz-FUNK"
(I have on my "flame proof" suit......lol)
headhunters
no mystery
southern comfort
birds of fire
dark magus
(just a few examples)
I do have to give it to "acid jazz" for trying to bring some of it back!
--
Bob Davis
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