Talk:Acid jazz/Archives/2021

List of musicians

There are two unsourced sections that list musicians associated with acid jazz. Where did these names come from? There need to be sources. Also, given that it's debatable and subjective who is more "key" to acid jazz, it would be better to merge the two sections to eliminate any conflict. My preference, though, would be to eliminate the sections all together. There are enough lists on Wikipedia and the "key" names should be mentioned in the article. New Grove handles it by naming people who were involved from the beginning: Disc jockey Gilles Peterson and "his collaborators" disc jockeys "Simon Booth, Jez Nelson, and Paul Bradshaw...New musicians, such as the James Taylor Quartet, Snowboy, Galliano, and Booth's Working Week, and several young black musicians pioneering the renaissance of black jazz in Britain, notably Steve Williamson, the flutist Phillip Bent, and the singer Cleveland Watkiss, then began to compose and perform new acid-jazz tracks...Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai achieved considerable fame..."
–Vmavanti (talk) 00:58, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Added to which, many of the artists listed as being associated with acid jazz aren't considered to be "acid jazz" on their own Wikipedia page. I deleted Funki Porcini from the list as he is trip hop according to his own page.82.45.66.11 (talk) 14:20, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

I agree with the above and question the inclusion of Buckshot LaFonque and Digable Planets as examples of Acid Jazz bands. Neither's music contains the defining underlying disco-esque grooves needed to qualify for the genre.Bkhouser (talk) 21:11, 25 May 2021 (UTC)