All the great artists in this compilation are revered by DJs, musicians, dancers, and consumers of the Acid Jazz community. Why? Because they play exhilarating music filled with soulful grooves. All ...

In the first half of the ’90s, the Bay Area nurtured a burgeoning acid jazz scene, a creative cauldron fueled by vinylphiles rediscovering 1960s organ-driven jazz funk. One of its key players, ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — Before he opened what he called an “acid jazz mosh pit” at Saturday’s installment of the Newport Jazz Festival, Adrian Younge of the crate-digging collective Jazz Is Dead ...

It was spotlighted in the title of a 1999 Fantasy Records CD “Legends of Acid Jazz,” which compiled and repackaged two of Person’s early standout solo albums, 1968’s “Soul Dance” and 1 ...

Back in 1987, Piller and DJ Gilles Peterson had adopted the name Acid Jazz for their new record label as "a joke". "It was a term invented by the DJ Chris Bangs (to describe) the music we were ...

“I remember going to see his band in The Shelter. And I was like, ‘What the hell is this dude doing playing acid jazz?’ It wasn’t going with the grain at all,” recalls Morty ...

Ayers was a pioneer in the jazz scene, becoming one of the pioneers who created some of the first acid jazz tracks, and was a precursor to house music. His work continues to be sampled for hip hop ...

It feels like this should be suitable for the style of their football team — their attack is freeform, interchangeable, acid jazz. In the event, it is a little too imperial to sustain that fantasy.

Roy Ayers, the jazz vibraphonist whose smooth fusion planted the seeds of acid jazz and neo soul, died Wednesday at the age of 84. Ayers’ family confirmed his death on the musician’s Facebook ...

It was a Saturday full of delights at Fort Adams State Park with Johnathan Blake, Samara Joy, Elvis Costello, Dinner Party, and more. NEWPORT, R.I. — Before he opened what he called an “acid ...