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Acid Jazz Records is a record label based in East London formed by Gilles Peterson and Eddie Piller in 1987. [1] The label is the namesake of the acid-jazz subgenre of jazz music for which it is most famously known for producing.
About Acid Jazz ajwpadmin 2022-11-28T03:21:36+01:00 Acid Jazz Records continues to roll on along its idiosyncratic and fiercely independent path more than 3 decades after founder Eddie Piller set up the label with Gilles Peterson in an attempt to document the music that was emerging fom their small London scene.
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Acid jazz musicians in New York City included Brooklyn Funk Essentials, DJ Smash, and Jerome Van Rossum. In San Francisco acid jazz was released by Ubiquity Records, [4] by Solsonics in Los Angeles, and The Greyboy Allstars in San Diego. [14] A Tribe Called Quest borrowed from jazz for their album The Low End Theory (1991). [8]
- Guru. Guru (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal) was the stage name of Massachusetts born rapper, Keith Edward Elam whose approach to his craft was revolutionary at the time; he got jazz musicians to come to the studio so he could combine their music with his rapping, providing the songs with real contrast.
- United Future Organisation. Jazz has infiltrated all four corners of the world and, back in 1990, this was none more evident than in Japan, where the group United Future Organization were formed.
- Brand New Heavies. The Brand New Heavies were formed in Ealing, West London in 1985 by musician/songwriters Andrew Levy and Simon Bartholomew. By the early ‘90s they were joined by lead vocalist N’Dea Davenport and are still active as a group, producing albums and touring heavily.
- Home Rulez. Home Rulez is a Korean trio made up of Seo Ro, Paco and Young Hyo whose music spans a broad range of styles mixing acid jazz with things like electronica and R&B.
The label rapidly began producing records that, although often containing very little 'jazz' and even less 'acid', became the ultimate symbol of 1990s chic. This became evident when the term 'acid jazz', rather than simply referring to the label, began being applied, both by the press and on the street, to any record that had an 'acid jazz' feel to it.
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