Acid Jazz
Various Artists
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- The Basics
For most of its early years, jazz was dance music, focused as much on the groove as the melodic improvisations floating over it. It took some time, but artists like Horace Silver, "Groove" Holmes and Herbie Mann were able to reclaim the funk. Here are the 15 grooves that inspired the Acid Jazz movement.
£20.96 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria 3:14 £0.59 View In iTunes 2 Memphis Underground Herbie Mann 7:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Us3 4:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson 6:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 The Windjammer Grant Green 5:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 People Get Ready The Brand New Heavies 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 This Here Richard Groove Holmes 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Spanish Grease Willie Bobo 2:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Creation (Fanfare for a 3rd Millennium) James Taylor Quartet 4:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Soul Motion Cal Tjader 3:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Tenth Avenue Tango The Headhunters 6:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Listen Here Eddie Harris 3:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Sunshine of Your Love Ella Fitzgerald 3:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Black and Blues Bobbi Humphrey 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Apparently Nothin' (Circa Mix) Carleen Anderson 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 102% The New Mastersounds 3:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Thousand Finger Man Candido 6:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Riot On 103rd Street Mother Earth 2:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Little Sunflower Johnny Lytle 8:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Power of Soul Idris Muhammad 7:04 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Riot Herbie Hancock 4:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 The Black Cat Gene Ammons 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Why Am I Treated So Bad Gene Harris & The Three Sounds 2:59 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
Now that you get what the groove is all about, take 15 steps deeper into the world of acid jazz, guided by the most soulful players in the game.
£21.95 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 The Jody Grind Horace Silver 5:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Always There (David Morales Remix) Incognito 6:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Blue Juice Jimmy McGriff 5:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Hammond Eggs The Past Present Organisation 2:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 La Brea Les McCann 3:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Stone Soul Picnic Stanley Turrentine 3:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell 4:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Psychedelic Pi Dr. Lonnie Smith 6:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 California Soul Marlena Shaw 2:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Prince of Peace Galliano 5:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Black Egypt (Intro) Bukky Leo & Black Egypt 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Get Yourself Together, Pts. 1 & 2 Young Disciples 6:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Big Mama Cass The Buddy Rich Big Band 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Tears Inside Emperors New Clothes 3:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Let Me Show Ya (feat. Paul Randolph) Jazzanova 6:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Roaring Fast The Quiet Boys 4:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Everything Is Good 2Nite (Ski Oakenful Dance Mix) Kloud 9 7:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle) Donald Byrd 5:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Acid Jazz Tony Pastrana 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Kudu (Re-Work) Kyoto Jazz Massive 6:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Taste of Bitter Love D-Influence 5:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Green Screen New Jersey Kings 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Feels Like Home (Vocal Mix) MdCL 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Carga Tu Bateria Snowboy & The Latin Section 5:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Downtown Lounge (Acid Jazz Mix) Johan Brunkvist 5:00 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
Keep sweatin' to the sound of tripped-out jazz played hard and funky. Here are 15 deep cuts from the crates.
£21.15 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 After Hours Ronnie Jordan 5:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 La Malanga The Beaujolais Band 5:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 The Thumb Wes Montgomery 4:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Come Together The Apostles 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Everybody Loves the Sunshine Roy Ayers 3:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Holdin' On (To Your Love) Terry Callier 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 3:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Lucky Fellow Noel McKoy 6:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Friendly Pressure (Into the Sunshine Mix) Sunship & Jhelisa 5:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Space Cowboy Jamiroquai 6:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Soul-Kissing DJ Logic 5:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Delhi News (Deep Dive Version) Deep-Dive-Corp. 6:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Jazz In The Present Tense The Solsonics 4:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Change In Your Heart Christine Capdeville 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Big Mac Attack The Blue Notes 9:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Digable Planets 4:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Magrouni (Imhotep Remix) Erik Truffaz 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Okulolo !Akimbo 5:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 C'Mon C'Mon Varela 4:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Devastated (Mr Comic Store Remix) Andy Lewis 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 The Revolution Will Be Televised Smoove 5:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Concentration Parlour Talk 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Left, Right & Centre (Smoove's Back Room Remix) Lord Large 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 It All Started With Us Benjamin Zephaniah, David Lowe's Dreamcatcher & Mieko Shimizu 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Love Bizarre Mica Paris 5:51 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
For most of its early years, jazz was dance music, focused as much on the groove as the melodic improvisations floating over it. It took some time, but artists like Horace Silver, "Groove" Holmes and Herbie Mann were able to reclaim the funk. Here are the 45 grooves that define the Acid Jazz movement from the players that invented the game.
£64.06 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria 3:14 £0.59 View In iTunes 2 Memphis Underground Herbie Mann 7:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Us3 4:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Alligator Bogaloo Lou Donaldson 6:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 The Windjammer Grant Green 5:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 People Get Ready The Brand New Heavies 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 This Here Richard Groove Holmes 4:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Spanish Grease Willie Bobo 2:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Creation (Fanfare for a 3rd Millennium) James Taylor Quartet 4:13 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Soul Motion Cal Tjader 3:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Wade in the Water Ramsey Lewis 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 Tenth Avenue Tango The Headhunters 6:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Listen Here Eddie Harris 3:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Sunshine of Your Love Ella Fitzgerald 3:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Black and Blues Bobbi Humphrey 4:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Apparently Nothin' (Circa Mix) Carleen Anderson 5:19 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 102% The New Mastersounds 3:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Thousand Finger Man Candido 6:53 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 Riot On 103rd Street Mother Earth 2:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Little Sunflower Johnny Lytle 8:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Power of Soul Idris Muhammad 7:04 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Riot Herbie Hancock 4:39 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 The Black Cat Gene Ammons 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Why Am I Treated So Bad Gene Harris & The Three Sounds 2:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 The Jody Grind Horace Silver 5:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 26 Always There (David Morales Remix) Incognito 6:36 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Blue Juice Jimmy McGriff 5:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 28 Hammond Eggs The Past Present Organisation 2:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 La Brea Les McCann 3:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 30 Stone Soul Picnic Stanley Turrentine 3:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 31 Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell 4:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 32 Psychedelic Pi Dr. Lonnie Smith 6:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 33 California Soul Marlena Shaw 2:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 Prince of Peace Galliano 5:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 35 Black Egypt (Intro) Bukky Leo & Black Egypt 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Get Yourself Together, Pts. 1 & 2 Young Disciples 6:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Big Mama Cass The Buddy Rich Big Band 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Tears Inside Emperors New Clothes 3:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Let Me Show Ya (feat. Paul Randolph) Jazzanova 6:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 40 Roaring Fast The Quiet Boys 4:26 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Everything Is Good 2Nite (Ski Oakenful Dance Mix) Kloud 9 7:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle) Donald Byrd 5:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 43 Acid Jazz Tony Pastrana 3:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Kudu (Re-Work) Kyoto Jazz Massive 6:03 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Taste of Bitter Love D-Influence 5:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 46 Green Screen New Jersey Kings 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 Feels Like Home (Vocal Mix) MdCL 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Carga Tu Bateria Snowboy & The Latin Section 5:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Downtown Lounge (Acid Jazz Mix) Johan Brunkvist 5:00 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 After Hours Ronnie Jordan 5:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 La Malanga The Beaujolais Band 5:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 The Thumb Wes Montgomery 4:47 £0.99 View In iTunes 53 Come Together The Apostles 5:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 Everybody Loves the Sunshine Roy Ayers 3:59 £0.99 View In iTunes 55 Holdin' On (To Your Love) Terry Callier 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 3:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 Lucky Fellow Noel McKoy 6:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Friendly Pressure (Into the Sunshine Mix) Sunship & Jhelisa 5:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Space Cowboy Jamiroquai 6:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 60 Soul-Kissing DJ Logic 5:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Delhi News (Deep Dive Version) Deep-Dive-Corp. 6:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 Jazz In The Present Tense The Solsonics 4:18 £0.99 View In iTunes 63 Change In Your Heart Christine Capdeville 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Big Mac Attack The Blue Notes 9:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Digable Planets 4:21 £0.99 View In iTunes 66 Magrouni (Imhotep Remix) Erik Truffaz 3:16 £0.99 View In iTunes 67 Okulolo !Akimbo 5:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 C'Mon C'Mon Varela 4:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Devastated (Mr Comic Store Remix) Andy Lewis 4:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 The Revolution Will Be Televised Smoove 5:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 71 Concentration Parlour Talk 3:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 72 Left, Right & Centre (Smoove's Back Room Remix) Lord Large 3:50 £0.79 View In iTunes 73 It All Started With Us Benjamin Zephaniah, David Lowe's Dreamcatcher & Mieko Shimizu 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 74 Love Bizarre Mica Paris 5:51 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 74 Songs
