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Erik Truffaz

Erik Truffaz

Erik Truffaz (born 1960 in Switzerland) is a Swiss-born French contemporary jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into compositions. He is best known for his improvised style of playing, having signed with the French EMI label in 1996. Truffaz gained international attention for his second album on Blue Note, The Dawn, that had been produced together with Pat Muller, Marcello Giuliani and Mark Erbetta. Since then they produced many Blue Note albums together such as Bending New Corners, which became a Silver Album in France. The latest Truffaz release Arkhangelsk is a mixture between pop songs, french songs, and Jazz-groove. In 2007 he did together with Ed Harcourt a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon.
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Acid Jazz, Jazz Comments Off

Down To The Bone

Down To The Bone

Down to the Bone is an acid jazz group led by DJ Stuart Wade, who formed the band with Chris Morgans (who has now left) in 1996. The group is very popular in the UK, where they are “hailed as the kings of UK jazz groove.” Their music is a mix of funk and jazz.
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Acid Jazz, Jazz Comments Off

Count Basic

Count Basic

Count Basic (not to be confused with Count Basie) are an Austrian band who play a variety of R&B, trip-hop, acid jazz and smooth jazz. The band’s principal members were guitarist Peter Legat and the two vocalists Kelli Sae and Valerie Etienne but the band decided to go on only with Kelli Sae after the first album.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 Acid Jazz, Dance, Electronic, Jazz, Trip-Hop Comments Off

Brand New Heavies

Brand New Heavies

The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Acid Jazz, Dance, Electronic, Jazz, R&B Comments Off

Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell

William Richard “Bill” Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist and composer.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Acid Jazz, Avantgarde, Instrumental, Jazz, Other Comments Off

Amon Tobin

Amon_Tobin_2007_Budapest

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