Acid jazz, also known as
club jazz, is a
musical genre that combines elements of
jazz,
soul,
funk and
disco. Acid jazz originated in the London club scene of the mid-1980s in the
rare groove movement and spread to the US, Japan, Eastern Europe and Brazil. Major acts included
Brand New Heavies,
Incognito,
Us3 and
Jamiroquai from the UK and
A Tribe Called Quest,
Buckshot LeFonque and
Digable Planets from the US. The rise of electronic club music in the mid to late 1990s led to a decline in interest, and in the twenty-first century, the movement became indistinct as a genre. Many acts that might have been defined as acid jazz are now seen as
jazz-funk,
neo soul or
jazz rap.