Somewhere between funk, rock, and R&B, acid jazz is a one-of-a-kind genre that can transport any listener within sound itself. It’s an intoxicating groove, an entangling world that honors and uplifts the complexity of music when it’s allowed to be undefined. Artists from The Brand New Heavies to Thundercat have served as major forward thinkers within the acid jazz realm, though there is one particular group that has been credited with planting the seed and bringing it to the mainstream forefront.

One of the most influential acts of the ‘90s, it was Jamiroquai ’s boundless integration of genre that completely expanded the sonic landscape and introduced acid jazz to the entire globe .

Fronted by big hat enthusiast Jay Kay , the London-based group experimented with funk in a way t

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