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Seconded on Wilkins and Ross, good players, ambitious writers. I sometimes feel they're ploughing a narrow furrow but they're both relatively young still and have bags of potential. If you approach without thinking you're going to hear Jackie Mac or Bobby H but a very contemporary, as it should be, take on the music then there's lots to like. Hard bop heaven it ain't... When it comes to Wilkins maybe start with 'The 7th Hand' rather than the more recent 'Blues Blood's which is more vocal heavy, very good notwithstanding that

Such a band. Chico's groups were just so consistently good in that period

That's a very good album

£45 to import one, ouch!

Listening to 'Warm Wisdom' now, right up my street. Sadly no copies seem to have crossed the Atlantic.

Bingo! Check the album https://www.discogs.com/release/27677148-Aja-Monet-When-The-Poems-Do-What-They-Do Very strong, I think

You heard Aja Monet?

Broken Beat, Drum and Bass come later, 90s maybe very late 80s. Definite morphing/evolving/influencing from the previous scenes, as much about organisation, places and spaces as anything else. Personalities too. We mustn't forget the massive influence on all of this of the Pirate Radio scene, a running thread Loved Ursula back then, good to hear again

Good live band too but I've not listened to them in decades

Jazz Dance and Acid Jazz had a crossover but didn't map exactly onto eachother. Jazz Dance was about dancing to Jazz, rediscovered BNs etc and some Rare Groove. Acid Jazz was about music with a hint of Jazz or a hat tip or knowing wink to Jazz, often a hint to add enough hipness. The most Jazz Acid Jazz band was probably James Taylor Quartet.

Cleo Soul is Neo Soul Yes, but I'd Acid Jazz wasn't only party music, s lot was but not exclusivly It was also a record label (Gilles P) which helped define the term in real time. Acid Jazz came from the Rare Groove and older well established Soul scene when that came up against a Jazz Dance scene focussed on Dingwalls where all of a sudden we were dancing to Blakey and others. Younger musicians blended the influences to varying degrees. Acid Jazz then spread out definitely to Japan, see UFO as early adaptors And the Jazz Cafe evolved from a predominantly Jazz venue to one that presented all of the music we're talking about and as @Rabshakeh says, in his youth, not mine the Jazz acts were a lot less common. I don't see Acid Jazz morphing into Neo Soul, Acid Jazz largely faded whilst Neo Soul emerged in parallel, we haven't mentioned Maxwell have we?

...you have Sault

Madison McFerrin - I Hope You Can Forgive Me That's one of the few Wares I don't have, not sure why as I hoovered up the Blue Series in real time

Thank you (again) I do trust Peterson as a source, he was quite close with Bey I think, but as @jazzbo points out there's nothing much online so best safe in the circumstances

Thanks

I didn't make the connection first time but watching again now, it's got to be. Looks a lot like his Dad Just watched it through again, really enjoyable especially that final tune

Very happy for mod, calling @JSngry, to change thread title to "Reports Of..." until confirmed elsewhere

I thought you might

Checked, yeah only the studio session was reissued. Maybe it didn't sell so haven't bothered with the live These are additional to those previously released on Leo, different cities on the tour Here's the details https://anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com/album/quartet-england-1985

He's very big in the younger scene that crosses over to other genres of R'n'B, Neo Soul, hip hop etc And in a way it doesn't surprise me that Bartz hired him as he's always been open to similar crossover. (cue the "but he's not Jazz" protests from the Jazz Police)

Gilles Peterson is reporting that Andy Bey has died https://www.instagram.com/p/DI-CaPzhdCa/?igsh=MWRvYmNsZDM1NWlmdw== What a voice, what a career

I thought Hat Art reissued it, going to check Checked, yeah only the studio session was reissued. Maybe it didn't sell so haven't bothered with the live

Noah Davis at the Barbican Art Gallery My introduction to Davis although I feel I may have seen his work in group shows. Very thoughtfully curated, some outstanding paintings and a very sad story. https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/noah-davis

When I asked about a CD edition I was told that that's what AB would like and "wait and see". I've had the London Leo since the late 80s I think and saw the quartet in '91 at the Jazz Cafe, very memorable