Acid Jazz · GenresWhat is acid jazz?
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 first developed in America in a simplistic form from artists such as Sonny Stitt who infused funk, gospel, jazz, and other popular genres with a recurring backbeat.
About acid jazz
In the UK it developed over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance/pop music for the UK.
From Last.fm, where 23,517 listeners have tagged music as acid jazz.
Artists to start with
Albums to hear first
Emergency On Planet Earth
Rock Dust Light Star
Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents
Doo-Bop
Positivity
Man With a Movie Camera
Remember Tomorrow
TouristAcid Jazz songs
- Space Cowboy by Jamiroquai
- Last Surprise by Lyn
- Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai
- Seven Days in Sunny June by Jamiroquai
- Too Young to Die by Jamiroquai
- Emergency on Planet Earth by Jamiroquai
- Blow Your Mind by Jamiroquai
- Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There by Lyn
- Canned Heat by Jamiroquai
- Talullah by Jamiroquai
Acid Jazz on Risocast
Breaking the Beats - Compiled By Dave Lee & Will FoxVarious Artists · 2020
MomentMusaria, Saturna · 2010
Dreamweavers IIMark de Clive-Lowe, Andrea Lombardini, Tommaso Cappellato · 2026
New Jazz GalaxyJive Ass Sleepers · 2009
Midnight Snacks, Vol. 1Mark de Clive-Lowe · 2021
past present (tone poems across time)Mark de Clive-Lowe · 2025
Funk FactorJive Ass Sleepers · 2011
You For MeKey Tronics Ensemble · 1990
Last SurpriseLyn, アトラスサウンドチーム, ATLUS GAME MUSIC · 2017
Zé e ParanáAzymuthGoodwillJive Ass Sleepers · 2017
Amaro JunoJive Ass Sleepers · 2017
Neighbouring genres
In the jazz & blues family. All genres
bluescool jazzbossa novablues rockbebopavant-garde jazzdelta blueschicago bluesdark jazzcountry bluesdesert bluesjazz punkQuestions
- What is acid jazz?
- 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 first developed in America in a simplistic form from artists such as Sonny Stitt who infused funk, gospel, jazz, and other popular genres with a recurring backbeat. In the UK it developed over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance/pop music for the UK.
- Who are the best-known acid jazz artists?
- By Last.fm listening: Jamiroquai, Jhelisa, St. Germain, MONDO GROSSO, Incognito and The Brand New Heavies.
- What genres are similar to acid jazz?
- On Risocast it sits with blues, cool jazz, bossa nova, blues rock, bebop and avant-garde jazz.
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Updated 6 October 2026
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