Acid jazz (also known as club jazz) is a musical genre that combines elements of soul music, funk, disco, particularly looping beats and modal harmony. It developed over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance/ pop music. The compositions of groups such as The Brand New Heavies and Incognito often feature chord structures usually associated with Jazz music. Download Visi 15 Free. The Heavies in particular were known in their early years for beginning their songs as catchy pop and rapidly steering them into jazz territory before 'resolving' the composition and thus not losing any pop listeners but successfully 'exposing' them to jazz elements in 'baby steps'.

Groove Collective was formed in 1990. The original members were keyboardist Itaal Shur (who later went on to co-write the #1 hit 'Smooth' for Carlos Santana), percussionist/MC Gordon 'Nappy G' Clay, flutist Richard Worth, drummer Genji Siraisi, bassist Jonathan Maron, saxophonist Jay Rodriguez, percussionist Chris Theberge, trumpeter Fabio.

The acid jazz 'movement' is also seen as a 'revival' of jazz-funk or jazz fusion or soul jazz by leading DJs such as Norman Jay or Gilles Peterson or Patrick Forge, also known as 'rare groove crate diggers'.