[JPL] "Nu-Jazz" from All About Jazz & Wikipedia

[jturton at comcast.net]

Hope some have checked out the new US3. The tune If You Don't Know is all about understanding historical context. Nice groove with a great rap. My phones are also going crazy over I'll Be Right Back. A tune that definitely puts the fun back in the groove.

NuJazz, if that's what it's called these days (I guess it's appropriate since Geoff Wilkerson is one of the pioneers of Acid Jazz) from someone who understands where it all comes from. 

Jeff Turton
WFNX Jazz Brunch


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From: Jae Sinnett <jaejazz at yahoo.com>
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> "The melodies are fresh, and the rhythms new and alive. It makes Jazz fun again.  
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>   That's part of the problem....many don't know the history and what preceded 
> them and then they proclaim to be doing something new in jazz and worse 
> yet...have some in media buy into it. This is how much of this nonsense is 
> perpetuated. One day hopefully more will realize that this actually hurts jazz 
> music or any artists trying to play creative music and limit the options for 
> those wanting to embrace it....simply because it has "jazz" attached to it. When 
> you ask why is the jazz audience getting smaller.....this is why. It's part of a 
> bigger picture. That quote actually implies that jazz is some sort of bad 
> un-cool thing. Oh, it's not fun anymore so now we have something fresh 
> again...NU-JAZZ!!!! I'll say it again....this does nothing but work against 
> keeping jazz music vital and historically significant.  
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>   And speaking of fusion........highly recommended....Alex Argento's "Ego." He's 
> a keyboardist from Sicily. Burnin. Nothing Nu-Jazz here.
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>   Not directed at you David but the writer. 
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>   Jae Sinnett  
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> here are a couple of attempts at defining Nu-Jazz.
> -david
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> " Nu Jazz is to (traditional) Jazz what punk or grunge was to Rock. [...] 
> The songs are the focus, not the individual prowess of the musicians. Nu Jazz 
> instrumentation ranges from the traditional to the experimental, the melodies 
> are fresh, and the rhythms new and alive. It makes Jazz fun again. " -- Tony 
> Brewer, at All About Jazz 
> 
> 
> >From the Wikipedia:
> Nu jazz is an _umbrella term_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_term) 
> coined in the late 1990s to refer to music styles that blend jazz textures and 
> sometimes jazz instrumentation, _funk_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk) , 
> _electronic dance music_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music) , and free _improvisation_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisation) 
> _[1]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu_jazz#_note-0) . Also written nu-jazz or 
> NuJazz, it is sometimes called electronic jazz, electro-jazz, e-jazz, 
> jazztronica, jazz house, phusion, or future jazz.
> 
> Like the terms _electronica_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronica) and 
> _jazz_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz) , nu jazz is a loosely defined 
> umbrella _musical style_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_genre) . It 
> ranges 
> from combining live instrumentation with beats of jazz _house_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music) (exemplified by the _French_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) _St Germain_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Germain_(musician)) , the _German_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) 
> _Jazzanova_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazzanova) and _Fila Brazillia_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fila_Brazillia) from the UK) to more band-based 
> improvised 
> jazz with electronic elements (such as that of the _The Cinematic 
> Orchestra_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cinematic_Orchestra) from the UK, 
> the 
> Belgian _PhusionCulture_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title
> =PhusionCulture&action=edit) nu jazz improvisation collective, and the 
> _Norwegian_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway) "future jazz" style pioneered by _Bugge 
> Wesseltoft_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugge_Wesseltoft) , _Jaga Jazzist_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaga_Jazzist) , _Nils Petter Molvær_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Petter_Molvær) , and others). It is a term 
> sometimes 
> ascribed to _Squarepusher_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squarepusher) 's music. 
> Nu jazz typically ventures farther into the electronic territory than does 
> its close cousin, _acid jazz_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_jazz) (or 
> groove jazz), which is generally closer to earthier _funk_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk) , _soul_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music) , and 
> _rhythm and blues_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues) , although re
> leases from noted groove jazz artists such as the _Groove Collective_ 
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groove_Collective&action=edit) and 
> _Chris 
> Hale_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Hale&action=edit) blur 
> the distinction between the styles.
>