Whenever a jazz artist turns to rock, R&B or pop, jazz's hardcore purists are bound to cry "sellout." In the 1970s, a number of talented jazz improvisers increased their sales considerably by embracing R&B, including George Benson, George Duke, Patrice Rushen, Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd. Those artists experienced scathing attacks by jazz critics when, in the mid-1970s, they moved to jazz-funk, which was basically soul, funk and disco with jazz overtones.
Pharoah Sanders "For at least the last decade and a half, Pharoah Sanders has produced some of the most significant and moving, beautiful music identified by the name Jazz"
Fela Kuti king of Afrobeat, cannot be overlooked if you are interested in jazz music
Strata East records known for releasing "The Bottle" but some really nice cosmic jazz too.
The first recorded use of 'marihuana' in the United States, in 1909, was in Storyville, the red light district of the port of New Orleans that is universally regarded as the birthplace of Jazz. According to Ernest L.Abel: 'It was in these bordellos, where music provided the background and not the primary focus of attention, that marihuana became an integral part of the jazz era. Unlike booze, which dulled and incapacitated, marihuana enabled musicians whose job required them to play long into the night to forget their exhaustion. Moreover, the drug seemed to make their music sound more imaginative and unique, at least to those who played and listened while under its sensorial influence.'
http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz/Etc The Acid Jazz Archive, a 'good music' guide by Erik.Boralv@cmd.uu.se
This is a maling list and a website. On the mailing list people generally talk about good, under-, overground, black, jazzy music
http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com Soul Jazz, Universal Sounds, ... under construction great Strata East compilations albums, they recently restyled their site, I used to like it more, coz it had pictures of their great compilations
Space is the Place - Sun Ra[Amazon US] There is more to Jazz than Sun Ra, but everyone should have his/her copy of Space is the Place. Contains the magical mystical 20 minutes+ jazz track 'Space is the Place'. [more on Sun Ra]
Nathan Haines - Sound Travels [1CD, Amazon US]
Self confessed "jazz punk", Nathan Haines has contributed to recordings of Francois K., Ron Trent and Little Louie Vega. This album is a mixture of jazz, dub, funk and latin.
