acid jazz
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genre of music, mixing elements of funk, soul, jazz and electronic music
Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Jazz fusion soul disco dance-rock hip hop funk psychedelia
- Cultural origins
- 1980s, London, United Kingdom
- Derivative forms
- Nu jazz jazz rap
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- inception
- 1987-01-01
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Acid jazz (also known as club jazz, psychedelic jazz, or groove jazz) is a music genre that combines elements of funk, soul, and hip hop. Acid jazz originated in clubs in London during the 1980s with the rare groove movement and spread to the United States, Western Europe, Latin America and Japan. Acts included The Brand New Heavies, Incognito, James Taylor Quartet, Us3, and Jamiroquai from the UK, and Guru, Buckshot LeFonque and Digable Planets from the U.S. The rise of electronic club music in the middle to late 1990s led to a decline in interest, and in the twenty-first century, acid jazz became indistinct as a genre. Many acts that might have been defined as acid jazz are seen as jazz-funk, or nu jazz.
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