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<title>Jamiroquai</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Along with many other soul-jazz bands coming out of London in the '90s, Jamiroquai (and groups like The James Taylor Quartet) gave critics a good reason to come up with a new genre for the burgeoning electronic sound in jazz. The result was "Acid Jazz" and Jamiroquai's 1993 debut "Emergency on Planet Earth" became a key album for the style and led the band to quickly sign an outstanding eight album deal with Sony. The "Stevie Wonder sounding" lead vocalist and bandleader Jason "Jay" Kay sports a trendy earth conscious lifestyle and has an addiction for fast cars, space traveling and funked-out space disco.
- Peter Gavin]]></description>
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<title>Bebel Gilberto</title>
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<category>Bossa Nova</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The daughter of innovative Bossa Nova guitarist Joao Gilberto and Brazilian singer Miucha, Bebel Gilberto definitely has strong musical genes. Graced with a clean, throaty voice that exudes a relaxed sexiness, she is equally comfortable singing in Portuguese and English. Early in her career, she worked with Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque (her uncle), David Byrne and Arto Lindsay. Lately, techno-sophisticated producer Suba has helped her develop an unpretentious modern sound based around Bossa Nova. Maintaining the primacy of the acoustic guitar in a jazz/bossa style, Gilberto and Suba add cool organ sounds, tight kit drumming, Brazilian percussion, funky basslines, and tasteful Soul horn hooks. Unobtrusive electronic treatments wander in and out, marking Gilberto's recordings with a hip, modern sensibility. Exquisitely warm sensuality well-suited for dance, romance, or ambiance.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Koop</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:21 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Swedish electronic duo Koop create flowing and romantic music that is so dense and layered it sounds like a full orchestra of session players. But, in fact, they rely solely on samples, a process that often takes months to complete. Magnus Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson first began making music together in the mid-1990s after meeting in Uppsala, Sweden. After a move to Stockholm in 1997, the duo released their debut album, <i>Sons Of Koop</i>. In 2002, their second album, <i>Waltz For Koop</i>, catapulted them into the forefront of the "nu-jazz" scene. The group subsequently released <i>Koop Islands</i> in 2007, an album that transported its listeners back to the dinner jazz sound of the 1930s and '40s.
- Jamie Sanchez]]></description>
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<title>Roy Ayers</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This superb vibraphonist crafted a winning mix of soul, world music and jazz that rode high on the jazz and R&B charts throughout the 1970s and '80s. Roy Ayers started out as a solid hard bop musician, but he quickly upped the soul and disco elements of his sound, and his sophisticated music became an uptown pop staple of disco-era black America. Even while Ayers was gaining attention for such R&B hits as "Running Away," "Hot" and "In the Dark," his overall reputation kept growing, particularly in the U.K., and he's now considered a pioneer of Britain's acid jazz movement. His work is also widely sampled by American hip-hop producers, and his juicy crossover albums are now as widely available as his soul jazz efforts should be. Ayers has earned his place in pop history as one of the few modern jazz musicians who blueprinted a pop sound with his band, not with his instrument.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Cinematic Orchestra</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:43:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Treading on the most chilled-out territory and taking it a few degrees cooler, Cinematic Orchestra sample classic jazz and slowly build upon it with live instruments and samples. The effect is mind-blowing: deep, melodic music that sounds like jazz but is subject to the profound control of a DJ with a vision.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Galactic</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Of all the young Acid Jazz groups out there, Galactic may be the only one you could unashamedly mention in the same sentence as the Meters, Maceo Parker and Jimmy McGriff. This New Orleans band owes everything to 1970s Jazz-Funk -- a fact they embrace rather than run from. Masters of laying down solid grooves and working them over, these instrumentals and vocal tracks will get your whole body moving faster than a swarm of radioactive bees. Galactic are good enough to be put alongside Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco on the homage to the Hammond B-3 called <i>Organ-ized</i>.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Swoop Unit</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:33:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Incognito</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Under the guise of Acid Jazz, Incognito deliver a polished blend of electronic grooves, Neo-Soul vocals, and elaborate studio orchestration. They fuse harmonies often recalling the jazzy soul of Stevie Wonder (whose "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" was a hit for them in 1992) with a mix of hip-hop, Funk, Electro, and Latin rhythms. Sax and trumpet work can tend toward pedestrian Smooth Jazz, but the rare instrumental can find them stretching out. Ultimately, though, this is party music, and is equally appropriate for the dance floor or the bedroom.
- Will York]]></description>
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<title>Jazzanova</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:42:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Berlin's Jazzanova are standard bearers for the jazzier, more soulful side of electronic music. The group formed in 1995, bringing together six musicians -- Alexander Barck, Claas Brieler, Jurgen von Knoblauch, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering and Axel Reinemer -- who shared deep backgrounds in soul, jazz, funk and boogie. Whereas early releases tended towards downtempo and broken beat, fusing live and sampled instruments with meticulously programmed grooves, Jazzanova have steadily moved towards a live band feel; 2008's <I>Of All the Things</I> was their most old-school record yet. But Jazzanova have kept pushing dance music forward via their record labels Jazzanova Compost Records (JCR, a collaboration with Munich's Compost label) and Sonar Kollektiv. The latter label has hosted many of the most acclaimed underground artists of the '00s, including Recloose, Roland Appel, Soulphiction, Ame and Robag Wruhme.
- Philip Sherburne]]></description>
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<title>Brand New Heavies</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Live instruments may not have seemed like the cutting edge of Acid Jazz at the time, but the Brand New Heavies' combination of 1970s-style Funk grooves and catchy urban melodies had a huge influence on the London scene of the late 1980s and beyond. Soulful singing from N'Dea Davenport led the band's organic sound for their first few albums, earning the band major success on both sides of the Atlantic. On their second album <I>Heavy Rhyme Experience</I>, the band took a different approach by backing a selection of hip-hop's finest emcees (including Pharcyde, Guru and Main Source), foreshadowing the sparkling live rap of bands such as the Roots who would arrive later in the decade. More recently, the band has tightened their sound considerably with crisper dance tracks and poppier melodies led by singer Seidah Garrett.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Soulive</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Soulive are the heirs to the organ trio tradition of Jimmy Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes, and Reuben Wilson. Eric Krasno's contemplative guitar figures set up washes of blissful organ, which descend from the heavens through the supple fingers of Neal Evans, easing your mind with earth-bound transmissions of pure soul as Alan Evans keeps the groove going on drums. Compositions progress through multiple sections, each with its own simple, catchy melody or break, sometimes repeated until it becomes a ritual; you're satisfied in knowing exactly what's going to come next. The band's improvisations are firmly blues-rooted but branch out into some clever Bop alterations without losing their sense of melody. Krasno's soulful, fluid lines give way to funky, itchy figures well behind the beat, as Evans' organ drones its way deep into your subconscious or noisily states its purpose with Leslie-drenched squeals. These are some of the deepest soul jazz grooves going today.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Fila Brazillia</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:09:19 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the acclaimed underground label Pork Recordings, Fila Brazillia's innovative productions bring a warm, live feel to Downtempo electronic music, freely drawing from idioms of Funk, hip-hop, and jazz. Producers Steve Cobby and Dave McSherry happen to be ace instrumentalists, piecing together deceptively simple breakbeats, deep, sinuous basslines, and swirls of synths in several voices, from the watery sounds of a Fender Rhodes to the squirm of an abused oscillator. Many of their productions ooze futuristic Lounge kitsch, full of hip-wiggling bongo breaks, lush keyboards, snippets of flute, and electronically doctored horn blasts. Others are pure instrumental Funk, complete with clavinet lines straight from the Headhunters. And the occasional crunchy guitar riff reveals sympathy with the pleasure of rock 'n' roll, though always filtered through several layers of chorusing and flange effects.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Brian Tarquin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This "grab-the-groove" guitarist has been a staple on smooth jazz radio since his 1996 debut album, <I>Ghost Dance</I>. Tarquin's songwriting has also won him awards, and listeners used to his flowing solo work will be surprised to hear his much heavier, rock-oriented style with his experimental electronica group Asphalt Jungle.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Zuco 103</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ex-pat Brazilian singer Lilian Vieira met her fellow bandmates in the Netherlands in the late 1990s. Within a few years they were producing stylish, confident international pop that nods to Brazil and embraces European club sensibilities.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Ronny Jordan</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 09:05:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Down to the Bone</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:53:11 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Greyboy</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:09:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Greyboy is at the heart of the hip-hop meets Soul Jazz hybrid that falls under the umbrella term of Acid Jazz. This SoCal boy has a better handle on the style than many on the British label. Greyboy knows good funky and soulful grooves but doesn't allow them to imprison the horns. You try to figure out what is sampled and what isn't.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Gretchen Lieberum</title>
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<category>Adult Alternative</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you find the Brand New Heavies sound too retro and Portishead too frigid, check out Gretchen Lieberum. Her sultry '70s Soul-Jazz voice fronts subdued, moody jazz that forgoes both the frost and frivolity in favor of straight-ahead emotion. Lieberum comes across like Carmel fronting Morcheeba. Sade's continued silence has left a vacuum that this LA based singer could fill.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Us3</title>
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<category>International Hip-Hop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A nice loop of Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" took these artists up the charts with their hard-grooving blend of jazz and hip-hop. On more recent albums, Us3 have moved from sampling to including more live instruments on their recordings -- with laid-back rhymes still holding center stage.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Helena</title>
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<category>French Pop</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:07:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Helena Noguerra speaks five languages, sings in three, is a popular TV presenter in France, has worked as a radio DJ, has published a novel, and does more than her fair share of modeling. Belgian born, Helena is part of the French retro pop movement called "minimalist variety" (similar to the American and English indie baroque pop scene), she was a member of a number of musical groups, including the moody downtempo act Ollano, whose self-titled album enjoyed a Stateside release. Then, Helena went solo with the sly <I>Projet: Bikini</I> before putting out <I>Azul</I> under her first name. Perhaps spurred on by the international success of such sonically similar artists as Italy's Carla Bruni and Brazil's Bebel Gilberto, <I>Azul</I> was released in the U.S. and received a warm critical response. A lovely combination of 1960s Parisian pop, bossa nova and modern electronica, <I>Azul</I> was produced by chill crowd favorite Bertrand Burgalat and features Noguerra's breathy vocals and witty <I>faux naif</I> lyrics in Portuguese, French and English. Her subsequent album, <I>Nee Dans La Nature</I>, downplays the electronics and has an even more pastoral feel than her previous work. Philippe Katerine, Noguerra's musical collaborator, has released a number of worthy albums under the band name Katerine.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Groove Collective</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Groove Collective have become a signature sound of both Acid-Jazz and New York City with their funky instrumental tracks and hip hop inspired grooves. Their multi-faceted sound benefits from a wide variety of instruments, including horns, vibes and percussion. The amazing thing about this sprawling 14-piece ensemble is that each member is good enough to lead a group of their own, but somehow they find a way to lay back and chip in the perfect rhythmic part to fit the song. From Latin madness to Drum 'n' Bass, Groove Collective have found a new way to play danceable music, thick with intense jazz improvisation.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Critters Buggin</title>
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<category>Avant Garde Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:02:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Many artists have attempted jazz/electronica fusions; this Seattle quartet is part of the minority that gets it right. Travelling all over the stylistic map, their output varies from darkly oozing ambiance ("Space Muffla") to thundering percussion showcases ("Burundi"). Brad Houser's throbbing basslines reveal a heavy Dub influence, while saxophonist Skerik proves equally adept at honking Free Jazz licks and breathy, Cool-headed moodiness. The group's use of live electronic effects -- loops, delays, samples, etc. -- lends a spaced-out vibe to much of their work, often bending their instruments beyond recognition and making it tough to tell who's doing what. While the fully improvised performances can reach inevitable dead spots, Critters Buggin ultimately succeed in offering boundary-crossing music that's capable of reaching electronic listeners who dislike jazz, and vice/versa.
- Will York]]></description>
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<title>Sweetback</title>
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<category>Neo-Soul</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:54:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Count Basic</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:53:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Representing the smoother side of Acid Jazz, Count Basic are often heard in
the company of such like-minded artists as Galliano, Incognito and the Young
Disciples. Based in Austria (yet critically acclaimed worldwide), this act
unites the talents of guitarist Peter Legat and soul vocalist Kelli Sae.
Originally known for their jazz instrumentals, Count Basic began
incorporating a more distinctive pop flavor with a heavier R&B influence on
later albums such as <I>Bigger & Brighter</I>. In 2000, Downtempo heroes
Kruder & Dorfmeister injected a playful tone to some Count Basic songs with
<I>Count Basic: Peter Kruder & Richard Dorfmeister Remixes</I>.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>DJ Food</title>
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<category>West Coast Instrumental</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:55:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Coldcut's Matt Black started the "DJ Food" project as a resource for DJ's; however, the studio group's success led to touring and performance as a band. The group combines grimy, spliff-smoking breakbeats, club-friendly grooves, and electronic experimentation. Some tracks approach Soul Jazz, full of droning organs and soulful, blues-based guitar improvisation. Other tracks simply add some Dub and Funk inflections to a House beat with shrill diva vocals, bass-heavy rhythms, and slightly flanged keyboard sounds. But the eclecticism doesn't end here. House-ified Mambo grooves give way to surreal Ambient Breakbeat, Middle Eastern-tinged spy-soundtrack Acid Jazz, and jazz-inflected Drum 'n' Bass. Leave it to Ninja Tune Records to come up with this mix of influences.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Ursula 1000</title>
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<category>Beats &amp; Breaks</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:24 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the mainstays of the Thievery Corporation's Eighteenth Street Lounge label, the Miami-raised, Brooklyn-based Ursula 1000 (Alex Gimeno) comes off as something of a trickster amid his head-nodding labelmates: his '60s references are less <I>Kind of Blue</I> and more mambo, easy listening and even sleazy disco and softcore go-go. His 1999 debut <I>The Now Sound of Ursula 1000</I> was well schooled in hip-hop breaks, kitschy samples and acid-jazz affect, while the mix CD <I>All Systems Go-Go</I> had a similar whiff of basket-bottle chianti. With 2002's <I>Kinda Funky</I>, Gimeno began toughening up his collages with fatter production and bigger beats. <I>Mystics</I> found an Ursula 1000 updated, with the overtones of beatniks and <I>Breathless</I> giving way to heavy funk and a miasma of synth bass.
- Philip Sherburne]]></description>
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<title>SambaDa</title>
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<category>Samba</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:55:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Exodus Quartet</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This acid jazz outfit, formed in 1991, gets its name from a former weekly club night in Washington, DC. The brainchild of Eric Hilton, half of downtempo duo Thievery Corporation, Exodus Quartet serve up a relaxing blend of jazz, Latin, soul and salsa, mixed with plenty of funk.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Soundscape UK</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:26:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A side project of the acclaimed Acid Jazz outfit Galliano, Soundscape UK are
known for their radio-friendly fusion of Smooth and Acid Jazz. Keyboardist
Mick Talbot, a former member of eclectic New Wave band the Style Council, is
united with Chris Bands, a percussionist who boasts early recordings on
Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz label and Gilles Peter's Talkin' Loud imprint.
Their mild jazz tunes (injected with a minimal amount of funk) emphasize the
sax and guitars.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Four 80 East</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 10:09:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Gota</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An accomplished drummer with impressive credentials, Gota Yashiki is also a multifaceted producer and composer. He learned how to play (traditional Japanese) drums from his father in Kyoto, Japan, and as an adult went on to drum and sing in reggae-influenced bands like Rude Flower, Mute Beat and Melon. Collaborations with dance acts such as Soul II Soul  Yashiki played drums and bass on "Back to Life"  led to work with more mainstream artists, including Sinead O'Connor, Simply Red, Seal and Björk. As a solo artist, Yashiki gets much respect for his rich, contemporary jazz style.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>The Rh Factor</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:03:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The talented jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove is the mastermind behind the RH Factor, a loose-knit supergroup that includes stars (D'Angelo, Erykah Badu) from the R&B, hip-hop and jazz worlds. The project is Hargrove's successful attempt to show how modern pop and hip-hop are interconnected with jazz. The RH Factor's first album, <I>Hard Groove</I> hit the upper reaches of both the contemporary instrumental and R&B charts.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Wax Poetic</title>
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<category>Trip-Hop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Turkish saxophonist Ilhan Ersahin leads this innovative, variably sized ensemble through a variety of musical terrains, focusing on jazzy Trip-Hop and full-throttle live Drum 'n' Bass. He's got quite a roster of players, including rising stars such as drummer Kenny Wolleson and established veterans such as trumpeter Eddie Henderson. This diversity is characteristic of Wax Poetic: the songs combine Wolleson's avant New York jazz and Henderson's early Funk/Fusion with Herbie Hancock with hints of everyone from Kruder & Dorfmeister to Wu Tang's RZA. But the group has many other important facets, including Lisa Rudolph's stunning vocal work and slick DJ fills. The group can swell to sixteen constantly changing members, and their sound benefits from the mass of multicultural creative energy.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>The Greyboy Allstars</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:14:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>9 Lazy 9</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:38 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the soundtrack to an imaginary '70s spy movie, conceived by a bunch of British rare-groove DJs. It's a zany, addictive mixture of futuristic lounge Funk, psychedelic space jazz, slinky bedroom Fusion, fractured amalgams of Bebop, Mambo, Cocktail, Soul Jazz, North African traditional music, and whatever else happens to float through the time-warped brain cells of these shamelessly retro studio whiz kids. Wah-wah keyboards, vibraphones, brassy horn sections, slinky saxophone solos, and splashes of jazz guitar float through shuffling breakbeats spiced up with digitally altered samples. Some tracks bring together Afro-Cuban and Moroccan sounds, heavy on the hand percussion, blazing trumpet licks, and the shrill sounds of the raita, a North African reed instrument. Others make shameless use of cocktail piano riffs in the service of moody Ambient Breakbeat explorations chock-full of turntable scratches and subliminal, unsettling vocal samples.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>St. Germain</title>
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<category>Deep House</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:31:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Emphatically French, St. Germain's signature textured House stylings are filtered defiantly through the jazz realm in a manner akin to U.S. DJ/producer Kevin Yost. Undeniably more sophisticated (in the jazz sense) than any of Yost's work, St. Germain creates lush, drunken atmospheres that layer raw jazz instrumentals over slick electronic machinations and solid sound and vocal samples. A producer on the dance scene since the early '90s, St. Germain is Ludovic Navarre, the man who co-produced the classic tune "Acid Eiffel" with Laurent Garnier. Navarre's sophomore effort <I>Tourist</I> appeared in late 2000, a release that almost instantaneously gained the global ear and won him much-deserved respect on the international scene.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Waldeck</title>
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<category>Trip-Hop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:16:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Waldeck's downtempo club soul comes stomping out of the gates with a mixture of thick bass and crystalline vocals that will leave you wilted on the floor before it's finished. Alternating instrumental funk and jazz tracks with Hammond-assisted beats that recall Massive Attacks "Safe From Harm", you have no choice but to be led to the dancefloor like a puppet on their sampled strings.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Snowboy</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:42 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An excellent combination of funky Latin and Acid Jazz. Snowboy doesn't seem to care how he gets people on the dance floor. His music is nearly impossible to resist, as hot Salsa syncopation mixes with a deep electronic groove.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Nicola Conte</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Praful</title>
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<category>Acid Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:48:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Matthew Herbert</title>
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<category>Electronica/Dance</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[London's Matthew Herbert is an anomaly in electronic music: while he got his start crafting Chicago-inspired house tracks for the more discerning ravers of the '90s, the bulk of his career has been defined by his conceptual bent and political activism. Herbert's music was always unconventional, but his move away from the dance-floor status quo came with his Personal Contract for the Composition of Music, a manifesto dictating the hows and whys behind his use of samplers and synthesizers. At heart an ethical approach in defiance of the increasing ease of electronic-music production, the P.C.C.O.M. led Herbert in a more activist direction as he began to move from the sounds of the personal (a beating heart or clattering toothbrush) to the political (an oil tank being filled, or a Big Mac thrown against a wall). Still, deep house and downtempo fans won't be thrown off by the intimacy of albums like <I>Around the House</I> or <I>Bodily Functions</I>. In addition to the side projects Doctor Rockit and Radioboy, Herbert also conducts the Herbert Big Band Orchestra, a modern-day take on the classic big bands of the '30s and '40s.
- Philip Sherburne]]></description>
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<title>Marques Wyatt</title>
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<category>House</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:36:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A renowned jack-of-all-trades in clubland, Los Angeles native Marques Wyatt entered the music scene as a club promoter more than fifteen years ago. Known for injecting the Southern California party scene with a trendy New York flair, Wyatt has since mastered the decks, perfected his remixing skills and spread his name among House communities worldwide. His floor-sweeping releases can be found on respected labels such as Strictly Rhythm, Yoshitoshi, Nervous, and Suburban. His style carefully sways from a seductive Deep House sound to a funky, straight-ahead House vibe. Wise to the ways of both primetime and late night crowds, Wyatt turns out choice grooves that appeal to a wide range of clubbers of discriminating taste.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Nigel Wallace-Price</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The V.I.P. Club</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:59:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Naked Music NYC</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:16:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A project started by accomplished Deep House producer Jay Denes (of Blue Six
fame), Naked Music NYC first appeared in 1998 as a downbeat union of several
East Coast-based Neo-Soul authorities. Not to be confused with the
high-profile Naked Music imprint, this Om Records-endorsed collective is led
by Denes alongside solid vocalists Ada Dyer and Catherine Russell. Naked
Music NYC's steamy grooves present positive, relaxed atmospheres shaded with
the funkier tones of jazz. Utterly unconcerned with pop appeal, this stuff
is simply groovy.
- Melissa Piazza]]></description>
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<title>Karl Denson</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Karl Denson has proven his skills as a jazz-based saxophone player, on critically acclaimed Hard Bop sessions, as a crucial member of the Greyboy Allstars, and as an in-demand session player (with fantastic guest solos on Lenny Kravitz's first few albums). With his Tiny Universe band, he makes laying into a funky, James Brown-style groove the first order of business, while singing a bit and adding touches of Acid Jazz amidst unconventional guest appearances such as that by turntablist DJ Logic. Though he'll turn up a solo with his Bebop-based lines (he's extremely capable of playing straight-ahead music), Denson usually opts for more atmospheric effects and funky repeated notes in a similar vein to Maceo Parker. His style can get any crowd into the groove, and the crowds are consistently growing for Denson's often sold-out shows.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Duncan Millar</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Duncan Millar is equally skilled as a contemporary jazz pianist and electronica producer, and he's combined elements of these roles to become a leader of the British smooth jazz scene. His solo recordings feature an accessible combination of jazz from the 1960s and (especially) 1970s, mixed with a modern studio veneer, and his albums often sound more organic and natural than the work of his American contemporaries. Millar has also recorded more club-oriented acid jazz as A-One.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Camiel</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Tony Monaco</title>
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<category>Organ Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:07:14 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>James Taylor Quartet</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Smooth, hard driving grooves from the band that originated the term "Acid Jazz." Drawing on the crisp, danceable vibes of Soul Jazz and Jazz-Funk, the JTQ has gone through many variations, from laid-back organ driven Soul to peppy horn-inflected Funk -- always maintaining a thick backbeat to keep your feet moving.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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