Acid Jazz - CD Reviews (80)
This collection of ten songs, all minimal grooves, is all organized around the bass playing of Satiesh Mathoera. Two turntablists, DJ Eniless and DJ Git Hyper, cooperate in…
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Lomo’s debut album has a very unique sound to it, however it wasn’t enough to keep me listening past two maybe three tracks. The sound was unique but all of the tracks were…
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Suggesting a mild mix, the name of this album: Eclectic, is understated. The songs on this CD express an extreme range of sounds the best of all of them.Hearin…
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The Strike Boys’ (Tommy Yamaha and Martin Kaisa) website simply shows a pre-New Years Day type counter, presumably indicating the time remaining till this release is…
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Okay. I demand to know why the producers of the remake of the movie "Shaft" did not use Eleven Eyes to do the majority of their soundtrack. This album is so funky that othe…
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Bedroom Communities 02. Relounge’ is a compilation presented by Kriztal Entertainment and compiled and mixed by Torsten Martens aka Monophonic. The literature describes th…
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Agent K aka Kaidi Tatham did a good job on his new CD "Feed The Cat", however it just wasn’t good enough to make me want to listen to it repetitively. I do have to say a co…
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Infused with vocal clips and political intrigue, Depth Perception by Eleven Eyes is a voyage of acid discovery. This is music for now with rhythms of the streets, melodies …
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The Bird Up CD is credited to a collective entity known as "The Charlie Parker Remix Project.... " Well, how provocative is that? The answer, I suppose, depends on h…
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Ever since their first release From Manhattan to Staten, the group Down to the Bone has been the innovator in mixing urban grooves with smooth jazz. Their newest rel…
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Otis Jackson Jr. (aka "Madlib") has concocted an intoxicating mix of classic Blue Note material and truly put his own stamp on it. Just like the title suggests, Madlib has …
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If anything is evident in each Charlie Hunter album, it’s that this guy listens to a lot of music. I’d pay good money to not only get in his mind (of which he appears to ha…
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If Bump was the ride in the new Volkswagen bug and Uberjam was the red carpet, Up All Night is definitely the main event. Sco’s second album with this lineup …
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G.B.: alto & soprano saxophones, vocals; Hubert Eaves: piano; Stafford James: bass; Howard King: drums.review: Looking back, were the early 1970s really all that bad…
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Every once in a while, I come across a piece of music that defies my ability to classify in the purest sense of jazz. 'Circle of the Sun' on the Beave Music Label is…
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Monolith by Enders Room is the brainchild of German tenor saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Johannes Enders. An ambitious mix of jazz, electronica and spoken word, "Mon…
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WARNING: the following review may rile jazz purists. This compilation consists of some jazz classics from the vast Verve catalog remixed by some electronically oriented ups…
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Synths gurgle, the bass drones, electric trumpet floats over the mix of drum loops and rhythmic pulses. Welcome to Bill Laswell’s world. The sound is thick and steamy, prop…
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In the 60s, tenor saxophonist and multi-instrument wiz Roland Kirk was an anomaly in a decade of anomalies. In an era where Jazz Musicians were supposed to be Serious Artis…
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In 1968, with this French-ly titled platter, The Prince of Darkness was saying goodbye to one era and ushering in another. The early-to-mid-60s Quintet is here, and …
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