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Herbie Hancock

During the 60’s a number of jazz rock artists such as Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, and Jimmy Smith gave bith to acid jazz by fusioning bebop, jazz rock, funk, soul, grooves and occasionally disco and latin rhytnms. One of the most pioneering acid jazz works was Hervie Hancock’s music to Michelangelo Antonioni’s pop culture classic film “Blow Up” in 1966.

During the 70’s acid jazz became very popular by its use in TV films and movie soundtracks, usually to accompany action scenes. One of the most common and typical sounds from the acid jazz is the Hammond organ’s Leslie rotation, which was popularized by Jimmy Smith, and Lonnie Smith.

During the late 80’s acid jazz was recovered in the UK clubs and Gilles Peterson created the Acid Jazz label in 1988 to to make it poupular with artists like Jamiroquay, Incognito, Galliano, Brand New Heavies, James Taylor Quartet, Courduroy, and Young Disciples. The US scene, also called groove jazz, is leaded by artists like Mother Earth, Solsonics, Groove Collective, Down to the Bone, Visit Venus, Praful, and Mr. Scruff. Some of the electronic artists who have been highly influenced by this genre are Dj Krush, Jimi Tenor, and DJ Takemura.

Acid jazz has also influenced many electronic artists and has been fusioned with different forms of electronic music, including artcore, nu-jazz, mushroom jazz, and drum ‘n’ bass.