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Check out some Hip-Hop / Jazz fusion stuff too, some of that is GREAT.. Diggable Planets, Jazzmatazz, JOI, Solsonics, to name a few are awesome, specially if you dig the hip-hop or Rap feeling.. It's NOT primarily instrumental though. Harry Connick Jr.'s always a good primer for stuff, but other than his "25" album, lots of vocals again there. I don't know how experimental or "out there" you want to get, or if you're really looking more for adult contemporary "dinner jazz"... Herie Hancock's got some of the best licks in the world if you want a kind of older sound... John McLaughlin's a hoot, if you can sit back and let his music drive the experience. Keiko Matsui or Larry Carlton will not offend anyone's ears for a glass of wine and lovely sensual chat... If you can find it (and call me if you do!) Madhouse was a band from the paisley park label that prince worked with, and it's the neatest combination of garage jazz and some kind of spaced out house groove kind of thing... 16 was my favorite album, but I had it on tape, and cannot seem to find it digital! Medeski, Martin, and Wood is just some really unusual avant-garde dancable jazz... probably most palatable with chemical intervention... Easy to fall into the groove and find yourself in another mind. I cannot drive with their music on the iPod. And just in case I haven't gone all over the page enough, never forget about Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons. ;-)
Peace to ya cats!
Hey Roachboy, wanna check out some music as a weapon, gotta get the Gil Scott-Heron, because the revolution will NOT be televised!! ;-)
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