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Acid jazz


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    • Club jazz
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    • found: The best of acid jazz, 2002.
    • found: The history of acid jazz, 2001(acid jazz album)
    • found: Cambridge dictionary online, Dec. 10, 2019(acid jazz: a style of popular dance music that is a mix of funk, soul, and jazz)
    • found: Collins English dictionary online, Dec. 10, 2019(acid jazz: a type of music, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, that combines jazz with genres such as funk, hip-hop, and electronic dance music)
    • found: Macmillan dictionary online, Dec. 10, 2019(acid jazz: a type of music that mixes various styles such as funk, disco, and latin, and combines electronic production with acoustic instruments and sometimes singing)
    • found: Grove music online, Dec. 10, 2019(Acid jazz. Hybrid genre with origins in London's acid house scene of the late 1980s; During the music's heyday in the 1990s, groups fused improvised live jazz with soul-jazz beats and elements of hip hop, including lyrics by established rappers like Guru and MC Solaar. The dance-oriented music tapped into the era's fascination with jazz history, DJ culture, and retro kitsch)
    • found: AllMusic website, Dec. 10, 2019:Jazzhole (acid jazz duo) Electronic subgenres and styles > Jungle/Drum'n'Bass > Acid Jazz (Acid Jazz used elements of jazz as well as funk and hip-hop; its existence as a percussion-heavy, primarily live music placed it closer to jazz and Afro-Cuban than any other dance style, but its insistence on keeping the groove allied it with funk, hip-hop, and dance music)
    • found: Acid jazz music, via Discogs website, Dec. 10, 2019(Acid Jazz music tends to be generally upbeat, "jazzy" pop-funk dance music played by traditional bands, and sometimes by artists who make heavy use of sampling. Often, acid jazz songs consist largely of funky basslines and upbeat hip-hop breaks, with the only improvised element being a melodic solo performance by a single instrument or vocalist)
    • found: Acid jazz music, via last.fm website, Dec. 10, 2019(Acid jazz (also known as club jazz); genre that combines elements of soul music, funk, disco, particularly looping beats and modal harmony)
    • found: rateyourmusic.com website, Dec. 10, 2019:Genres > Jazz > Acid jazz (Acid jazz is a genre that uses elements of Jazz, Funk, Hip Hop and to a lesser degree Soul and House. It was a movement in the UK, in the early 90s)
    • found: Wikipedia, Dec. 10, 2019(Acid jazz, also known as club jazz; music genre that combines elements of jazz, soul, funk, and disco)
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    • 2019-12-10: new
    • 2020-04-16: revised
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