acid jazz
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Review: Supercharged from Down to the Bone
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Down to the Bone has the perfect summer soundtrack with their fun and funky new release Supercharged. True to the title, this release is a pumped-up, constant jam that won’t let your body remain idle. It needs a warning label – “Product contains powerful horns (props to Shilts and the D.C. Horns), percolating bass, mean…
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Induce – Coltrane’s Brain
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I just happened across the track “Coltrane’s Brain (The Rebirth)” by Induce. It has my attention. It’s a nu-jazz/acid jazz/whatever jazzy label you want to apply piano/contemporary sound with dialogue about jazz. It’s memorable. It comes from his album Cycle. Regrettably, a Google search doesn’t provide much more information about the man or the album….
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News Bits: Jazzanova, Hargrove and DeFrancesco Go Def, Steve Khan
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Jazzanova is the latest to be granted access to the Blue Note vaults. They’ve mixed 26 songs from the esteemed label’s catalog for Blue Note Trip v.4. The selections are excellent. I don’t know if it’s been released here in the U.S. but it is available . Roy Hargrove and Joey DeFrancesco collaborate on a…
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Two Good Compilations: Acid Jazz The Essential Album and Chillout Jazz
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Two good compilations were released domestically in the last few weeks. Chillout Jazz comes from the Benz-Street. I’m listening to this in the middle of the night (love those three-day weekends) and I can attest that it sets a good late-night vibe. It pulls the majority of the artists from the Good Looking label so…
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Nu Jazz Sessions and Groove Gravy
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I love new discoveries. My interest in jazz remixes recently led me to a compilation called Nu Jazz Sessions. This twelve-track compilation features a mix of original jazztronica/soul/funk tunes as well as remixes of music from Sarah Vaughan and McCoy Tyner by Jazzelicious. The CD, which is also a non-stop mix by Jazzelicious, immediately grabbed…