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If you could recommend five Acid Jazz CDs, what would they be?


Date:  26-Jan-1999 10:59:54
From:  Brandon Judd
 Galactic--good ol' fashion cajun funk.


 
Date:  09-Feb-1999 19:15:39
From:  Gary Berman (djgaryb11@aol.com)
 INCOGNITO
RONNEY JORDAN
INSTINCT ACID JAZZ SERIES- ANY
JK
GREYBOY ALLSTARS


 
Date:  16-Apr-1999 10:15:27
From:  Rob (RobArtJaz@citcom.net)
 These are my Top 5 A-Jazz Cd's

1.InnerShade: FourCorners
2.QuiteBoys: Bosh
3.Instinct: Best Of Vol.2
4.Goin' Public: Goin'Public
5.JK : What's The Word


 
Date:  17-Apr-1999 20:43:40
From:  Asaph Engel (a.engel@bigfoot.com)
 Ben Sidran - Don't Let Go
Billy Cobham - A Funky Thide Of Sings
Introducing The Eleventh House Featuring Larry Coryell
Ronnie Foster - On the Avenue
Jan Hammer - Oh Yeah?


 
Date:  07-May-1999 18:01:43
From:  Auric
 Mother Earth "Stoned Woman"
Guru "Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1"
Wonderful World of Acid Jazz (compilation on AJ label)
Anything by Jimmie Smith
Any of the Totally Wired Samplers


 
Date:  23-May-1999 05:56:34
From:  Mattias Martinson (mattmart@hotmail.com)
 Wes Montgomery compilations
Anders Widmark Soul Quartet (Swedish Pianist)
Courduroy - High Havoc
Anything with Maceo Parker
Herbie Hancock - Sunlight


 
Date:  30-May-1999 21:15:51
From:  Mikesvibe (mikesvibe1@hotmail.com)
 Acid Jazz Picks:
Soundscape UK
Exodus Quartet
Chris Strandring
Duboniks

Of course, just about anything on the Instinct label.


 
Date:  02-Jun-1999 00:14:19
From:  Miriam L. Hilton (mlhilton@aol.com)
 Anything by Incognito. I do not feel like listing the albums, because I am very sleepy as I type the response to this e-mail...smiles.


 
Date:  24-Jun-1999 11:48:33
From:  Kev (Big_Guava@hotmail.com)
 I'd say go with anything by Us3 or Digable Planets.


 
Date:  29-Jun-1999 18:06:22
From:  Renz (lobee@ibm.net)
 Jamiroquai's 1996 release Travelling Without Moving. And if you don't know by now then you better ask somebody!!!


 
Date:  07-Jul-1999 07:29:00
From:  P. Hall
 Solsonics -- Jazz in the Present Tense
Groove Collective -- We the People
Brooklyn Funk Essentials -- Cool and Steady and Easy
Nuyorican Soul -- Nuyorican Soul
The New Groove The Blue Note Remix Project vol 1


 
Date:  08-Jul-1999 13:30:21
From:  vivek savant (savantv@bcc.orst.edu)
 The top 5 acid-jazz CDs would be....
1. Creation - James Taylor Quartet
2. Liquid Soul - Make some noise
3. MEdeski MArtin Woood - ALL of their albums
4. M-base Collective
5. Groove Collective - All 3 albums, esp. Dance of the Drunken master


 
Date:  16-Jul-1999 21:50:54
From:  Bucky Morgan (modaji@bellsouth.net)
 My choice of the 5 best acid jazz recordings are:
1.Klaus Dollinger's Passport(Cross Collateral)
2.The Mahavishnu Orchestra (Birds Of Fire)
3.Weather Report's (Sweet Nighter)
4.Lenny White's(Venusian Summer)
5.Billy Cobham's(Simplicity Of Expression,Depth Of Thought)


 
Date:  27-Sep-1999 09:23:50
From:  Arnie de Lusong (arnied@pacific.net.ph)
 The Best of the Acid Jazz years - Brand New Heavies (AJ label)
The Best of the Acid Jazz Years -Mother Earth (AJ label)
Anything by Incognito
any Jamiroquai album
anything by United Future Organization


 
Date:  21-Oct-1999 18:11:14
From:  RTMS
 1)Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
2)Greyboy, Freestylin' & Land of the Lost
3)GrandMother's Funck
4)Maceo Parker, Funk Overload
5)M.M.& W.


 
Date:  30-Dec-1999 16:53:26
From:  roark (WRoark62@aol.com)
 AcidJazz stranded on a desert island collection?

Anything Incognito
Anything Outside (matt cooper)
maybe throw in some Rick Braun
add a little Slide Five
some Greyboys allstars would be cool
"8:30" Weather Report

one solar AA battery converter with 12 hour charge station...

one Sport discman by sony...anything that will take a licking and still keep ticking

One village of amazon women looking for a man to populate a new civilization (this was a "wish list" right?)


 
Date:  27-Jan-2000 01:21:12
From:  redi (redi.prio@mailcity.com)
 I recommend:
1. George Benson
2. Jamiroquai
3. James Taylor Quartet
4. Corduroy
5. Donald Byrd


 
Date:  29-Jan-2000 02:00:39
From:  Brett Borba (Flammchopp@aol)
 5 of my Funky Jazz Faves:

1) Herbie Hancock-- Man-Child, Thrust w/ drummer Mike Clark
2) Dave Holland-- Points of View w/ drummer Billy Kilson
3) John Scofield-- Pick Hits w/ drummer Dennis Chambers
4) Dave Weckl Band-- Master Plan w/ drummer Dave Weckl


 
Date:  29-Jan-2000 02:04:12
From:  Brett Borba (Flammchopp@aol)
 Wooopsy Daisy.... forgot one...

5) Pat Martino-- Stone Blue w/ drummer Kenwood Dennard

That's all.....


 
Date:  07-Mar-2000 07:18:00
From:  djphil (wickedjazzsounds@hotmail.com)
 1. Ronny Jordan - The Antidote
2. Jamiroquai - Emergency on planet earth
3. United Future Organization - (anything)
4. D'Angelo - Brown sugar/Voodoo
5. Wizard of Ooze
Send us your favourite acid jazz information/requests
and we'll broadcast it on local radio in Holland.(lokaal.demon.nl)


 
Date:  22-Apr-2000 11:03:30
From:  kaz from Osaka Japan (kazzmi@pop06.odn.ne.jp)
 Anything by Mother Earth.

To Acid Jazz freaks!

Please let me know if you know any info about
Mother Earth.


 
Date:  08-May-2000 00:36:26
From:  Andy (clapcity@aol.com)
 Miles Davis- any after 1968
John Scofield w/ MM&W- "A GO GO"
Return To Forever- "Romantic Warrior"
Mahavishnu Orchestra- any
Tony Williams Lifetime- "EGO"


 
Date:  08-May-2000 05:52:12
From:  iman (imelnyaiman@hotmail.com)
 INCOGNITO-anything!
CORDUROY-anything!
JAMIROQUAI-yeah!
THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES
MOTHER EARTH
go crazy on 'em!!!!


 
Date:  22-Jun-2000 23:27:44
From:  Larry (lfitzgerald@dealervisit.com)
 1. Anything by Groove Collective
2. Anything by Incognito
3. Inner Shade 4 Corners
4. Maysa - Maysa
5. Anything by Count Basic


 
Date:  03-Jul-2000 11:12:01
From:  john d from south london
 1.Grant Green - Best of Volume 2
2.James Taylor Quartet - In the hands of the Inevitable
3.Greyboy Allstars - A Town Called Earth
4.Outside - Almost In
5.Jimmy Mc Griff - Electric Funk


 
Date:  12-Jul-2000 00:59:50
From:  dan l (indusfan@hotmail.com)
 1. Herbie Hancock- Thrust
2. Furthur Adventures of Jimmy and Wes
3. Headhunters
4. Lenny White- Venusian Summer
5. Medeski Martin & Wood anything

dropping luv for the real funk


 
Date:  24-Jul-2000 00:36:11
From:  melloW yelloW (brownia@mailbox.orst.edu)
 !.__MMW
@.__Herbie
#.____Miles Davis Dark Magus
$.______Melodious Funk
%._______!.


 
Date:  30-Aug-2000 10:20:08
From:  Dolly Pasaribu (dolly.pasaribu@gurlmail.com)
 1. Jamiroquai
2. The Brand New Heavies
3. Incognito
4. The James Taylor Quartet
5. Gregory Issacs (Private Lesson Acid Jazz Roots?)


 
Date:  30-Aug-2000 16:44:18
From:  roberto fiorentini (robif59@libero.it)
 1.brooklin funk essentials last album
2.US3 first album
3.spearhead home
4.nuyorican soul nuyorican soul
5.gil scott-heron all but the best is REFLECTIONS (?)


 
Date:  01-Nov-2000 18:52:34
From:  SC
 1) Brooklyn Funk Essentials any album
2) Medeski, Martin & Wood Shack Man
3) Maceo Parker Live on Planet Groove
4) John Scofield A go go
5) Jazzmatazz


 
Date:  01-Nov-2000 22:27:50
From:  optik (optik1@email.uc.edu)
 1. Funk, Inc. self titled
2. Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - "Live Oblivion" Vol. 1 & 2 (they're both equally good)
3. Jimmy Smith - "Root Down"
4. Jimmy McGriff - "If you're ready, come go with me"
5. Blackbyrds - s/t


 
Date:  08-Feb-2001 18:55:40
From:  Jay
 An introduction to the phunk would have to include:
Groove Collective(Dance of Drunken Master)
Liquid Soul (Make some noise)
Charlie Hunter(any or all)
Galactic (a must see live)
Karl Denson (My first live show with KD changed my life)

A little Miles Davis wouldnt hurt either...

Welcome one and all to the lifestyle and phunk we all luv
!!!


 
Date:  16-Feb-2001 15:56:51
From:  Rinaldo Bergamni (rinberg@libero.it)
 1.Jamiroquai - Some rare live versions( first of all:sunny)
2.The Brand New Heavies - The best of the acid-jazz years
3.The Solsonics - Jazz in present Tense
4.Maceo Parker - Life on planet groove (not exactly acid but the best funky live performance ever heard)
5.Incognito - Positivity

Handle the groove! If you wanna talk about this kind of stuff,feel free to send me an e-mail


 
Date:  24-Feb-2001 10:08:03
From:  Vikki (nowima ruff ryda@aol.com)
 Definitive Acid Jazz & Jazz Funk & Jazz Rock list includes:

1. Outside - "The Rough and the Smooth"
2. Herbie Hancock - "Man-Child"
3. Return to Forever - "Romantic Warrior" (saw concert!!)
4. Wayne Shorter - "High Life"
5. Steps Ahead - "Vibe"
6. Quiet Boyz - "Bosh!" and "Dazzle"
7. David Sancious - "Forest of Feelings"
8. Groove Collective - Every CD they've made!
9. Weather Report - "Black Market"
10. Better Daze - Remix Project
* Bonus: Steve Williamson's "Journey to Truth"


 
Date:  02-Mar-2001 16:16:43
From:  Adolfo Alonso (tutaniel@navegalia.com)
 My 5 favorites albums of funk are: Barcelona (Spain)

Jamiroquai: Emergency on planet earth
Brand New Heavies: Brother Sister
Incognito: Positivity
Eryka Badu: Baduizm
Brooklyn Funk Essentials; Make them like it


 
Date:  05-Mar-2001 10:53:33
From:  soo huck park (park_01@hanmail.net)
 1....incognito----all~

2....brand new heavies---all~

3....liquid soul.....make some noise

4....nils landgren funk unit....live in stockholm

i like it..funky


 
Date:  11-Mar-2001 22:55:31
From:  Alex Seeskin (a-seeskin@northwestern.edu)
 1.Miles Davis - Live-Evil
2.Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
3.Herbie Hancock- Headhunters
4.MMW - Last Chance to Dance Trance
5.Greyboy Allstars - A Town Called Earth


 
Date:  08-Apr-2001 03:58:39
From:  kakemers (mpkammer@syr.edi)
 Bomb ass albums:

Miles Davis - Black Beauty
Milt Jackson - Sunflower - track 3 (the best tune ever)
Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life
CTI All-Stars - California Concert


 
Date:  04-May-2001 18:33:00
From:  CHARLES DEMETRI (CHAZMON@WEBTV.NET)
 HERE'S MY 5
IDRIS MUMAHHAD-TURN THIS MUTHA OUT
DEODATO-PRELUDE/2001
GEORGE BENSON-GOOD KING BAD
BOB JAMES-4
ALPHONSE MOUZON-MIND TRANPLANT


 
Date:  07-May-2001 08:45:32
From:  Yulé (yulé4@caramail.com)
 1. Wizards of ooze
2. Liquid soul
3. Tower of power
4. Maceo parker
5. Snowboy and the latin section
6. Gnappy
7. Nozmo king
8. Bernard Purdie
9. Incognito
10. Jamiroquai


 
Date:  03-Aug-2001 12:32:40
From:  Dewa (lugas@satumail.com)
 some of my favorite's

1. Marcus Miller. "M2"
2. Michael White Project. "Take That"
3. Maceo Parker. "Life on planet Groove"
4. Brecker Brothers. "Return of the Brecker Brothers"
5. Fourplay
6. Kirwan Brown. "Cool grooves"
7. Dean Peer. "Travelogue"
8. Victor Wooten. "Show of hands"
9. Steve Bailey - Victor Wooten. "Bass extremes-Cookbook.


 
Date:  08-Sep-2001 06:16:22
From:  jazzdoctor (jazzdoctor2001@yahoo.com)
 Without a doubt

SOUL MANIFESTO by Rodney Jones. - The BEST with Maceo and Dr. Lonnie Smith.
Life On Planet Groove - with Maceo Parker
Anything by Dr. Lonnie Smith
Lou Donaldson - Alligator Boogaloo
Grant Green - Green Street


 
Date:  05-Oct-2001 19:54:51
From:  Mike McDorman (mcdmw@rhodes.edu)
 Anything by
Soulive
Robert Walter's 20th Congress
Greyboy Allstars
Galactic (particularly Coolin'Off)


 
Date:  07-Oct-2001 19:12:51
From:  mocho chicho (chichan@cannabismail.com)
 Good to know music spreadin round the globe
i cant afford or find acid jazz cd's in mexico,but im lucky


any GREYBOY
SOULIVE
MMW
GALACTIC

(NO MORE VIOLENCE IN MOTHER EARTH)


 
Date:  08-Oct-2001 05:56:21
From:  Matt Gumz (Berlin Germany)
 Here's my personal list of funky groove jazz faves:

1. Donald Byrd - Street Lady
2. Jimmy McGriff - Electric Funk
3. Herbie Hancock - Headhunter
4. Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination + Brass - Hip Walk
5. Richard 'Groove' Holmes - Six Million Dollar Man

(no particular order)


 
Date:  16-Oct-2001 07:29:07
From:  Rilz (rilz_is_here@hotmail.com)
 Ok yes i agree with
Jamirquier (however you spell it)
brand new heavies - any of there stuff
Dave wekyl band - exo!
Tower of Power - go man go
Incognito - as always

And did everyone forget
Harry Conick Junior! now you have to call him great! heheh i luv him!


 


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