As kind of an
old-school jazzer, I had dubious thoughts when I first heard about
acid jazz. Then I heard a
Pat Metheny album, which was a quartet of guitar, bass, drums, and
turntables. I already knew and loved Metheny as a
guitarist and as a writer. He's only like 28, but he's
well established in
the jazz world. This album was the craziest
funk I'd ever heard, and they mixed in old school swing and all kinds of other good-old-school stuff, too. It was fabulous.
Other Acid Jazz artists include:
Abstract Truth
Afro Elements
Air
Alphabet Soup
A-one
Angel, The
Arrested Development
Art Ensemble of Chicago, The
Astro Groove
A Tribe Called Quest
Attica Blues
Auger, Brian
Ayers, Roy
Baecastuff
Belizbeha
Black Eyed Peas
Blakrayn
Brand New Heavies
Broun Fellinis
Buckshot LeFonque
Chilly Bob
Cinematic Orchestra
Congregation, The
Cookin'
Corduroy
Crystal Waters
Darius 50
Darkk Brothers
David Robbins Trio
Dee C Lee
De La Soul
Deee-Lite
D.I.G (directions in groove)
D-Influence
DJ Cam
DJ Krush
DJ Shadow
Dobson, Daryll
Esthero
Everything But The Girl
Family Stand
Fazzoletti
Freak Power
Freebase
Full Blown Kirk
Future Freedom Ensemble
Galactic
Garrison, Matthew Justin
GetAway People, The
Grape
Gravity Zone
Greene, Chris
Greyboy Allstars, The
Groove Collective
Guru
Guy Smiley Blues Exchange
Hero #7 collective
Higney, Angela
Hughes, Ben
Hunter, Charlie
Incognito
Indigenous Colors
ISOL8
Jaffa
James Taylor Quartet
Jamiroquai
Jaz Klash
Jazzanova
Jazz Poets Society
Jibe
Jones, Keziah
Jordan, Ronny
Juicehead
Jukejoint
Jungle Brothers
Junk
KGB
Kismet
Koop
Kooya Coup
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Kwame & a New Beginning
La Funk Mob
Lazoo
Level 42
Liquid Soul
Lovely Trees
Manifest Yesterday
Marden Hill
Market
Massive Attack
Masters At Work
M-BASE
MC Solaar
Medeski Martin & Wood
Mello-D & the Rados
Melvin Sparks Band
Menelik
Mezzoforte
Mi
Miller, Marcus
Moe's Kitchen
Monday Michiru
Morrison, James
Mother Earth
Motta, Ed
Nearly God
Oversoul 7
P-Hex
Planet Groove
Plunge
Polyester players
Portishead
Quiet Boys
Racli
Rad
Ray, Michael
Scenario 34
Sitesakamoto
Skunkhour
Smokin' Monkey
Solar System
Solsonics, The
Soul Sauce
Soul II Soul
Spinform
State of mind
St. Germain
Suite No. 3
Tab Two
Takero Ogata
Tante Hermann
Taylor, Lewis
Tenor, Jimi
That Phat
Thique
Towa Tei
United Future Organization
Vai-Mo
Vibrophonics
Wanted 4 Acid
West Coast Harem
What it is
Wheeler, Caron
Wilensky, Danny
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