acid jazz

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EMERGED 1987 · WHAT IT GREW OUT OF JAZZ FUSION, FUNK, SOUL, HIP HOP · 5 TRACKS TO START WITH, 2 SOURCES

London club music that set jazz, funk and soul records against hip-hop and dance beats, rooted in the rare groove crowd. Gilles Peterson and Eddie Piller started the Acid Jazz label in East London in 1987, and Galliano's single was its first release. The Brand New Heavies signed after 1989 and Jamiroquai debuted on the label in 1992, while the sound spread to the US, Japan and Europe.

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