Self-proclaimed "bugs in the system," the duo of Andrew Jervis and Dave "Skyjuice" Biegel came together in 1996 after Jervis spent time as a DJ, while Biegel played bass in hip-hop, reggae and jazz groups. The music they've made together as Bugs is similarly eclectic, cross-cutting jazz-funk, drum'n'bass, and rare-groove with the overall vibes... [+] Read More

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Far from your run-of-the-mill contemporary jazz chart-toppers, the duo of Stuart Wade and Chris Morgans come from a long line of British advocates of jazz including Brand New Heavies and US3. Their first album as Down to the Bone, 1997's From Manhattan to Staten, did predictably well around their base in Chobham, Surrey, but also transferred to... [+] Read More

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Reportedly the band whose music coined the term acid jazz (when a British journalist struggled to describe it), the James Taylor Quartet has explored spy-soundtrack soul-jazz and funk since the group's beginnings in the mid-'80s. Originally playing the Hammond B-3 organ in the U.K. mod revival band the Prisoners, James Taylor formed his own jazz... [+] Read More

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Nu / Acid Jazz combo formed in 2007

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Snowboy is a British-based Latin artist who blends dance-club rhythms with acid jazz, hip-hop and pop. Beginning with 1988's Ritmo Snowbo, he released a series of independent records on Acid Jazz -- one of which, the 1994 album Something's Coming, reached the Top Ten on the U.K. independent charts -- before signing to Hollywood Records in 1995.... [+] Read More

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