home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!UKWANG.UKY.EDU!MICK.JEFFRIES
- From: MICK.JEFFRIES@UKWANG.UKY.EDU (Mick Jeffries)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic
- Subject: Astrud and Acid Jazz
- Message-ID: <ALLMUSIC%92122110055362@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 15:01:00 GMT
- Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music <ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET>
- Lines: 16
- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
-
- Sonia:
- OK, point well-taken on the housewife thing (or househusband, f'r that matter)
- Some nice background on ASTRUD Gilberto (yeah, it's a "u"). Didn't know about
- the drug rap... The Verve "Compact Jazz" anthology is quite nice.
-
- As far as Acid Jazz is concerned, I think Jeff said it was neither, which I
- would tend to agree with; Basically, it's a real dancey, largely instrument-
- al music, fast and grinding, with less sophisicated solos than its more
- serious sibling. Somebody made reference to an Acid Jazz sampler which is
- not bad if it's the one I remember (obviously, I don't remember :)). If
- anybody's curious, I recommend the JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET (no connection to
- granola JT). Some seriously hoppin, organ-based dance music. Really,
- I'd say Chuck Brown and the Soulsearchers and the gogo movement sorta presaged
- Acid Jazz. Or think of Booker T. and the MGs cranked hard on anphetamines.
-
- Mick Jeffries
-