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Part of the RYM Ultimate Box Set "Acid Jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto modern dance/pop music. Acid jazz has also experienced minor influences from soul music, house music, and disco. While acid jazz often contains various types of electronic composition (sometimes including sampling or DJ scratching), it is just as likely to be played live by musicians, who often showcase jazz interpretation as part of their performance. The compositions of groups such as The Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, and Incognito often feature chord structures usually associated with jazz music.  The acid jazz "movement" is also seen as a "revival" of jazz-funk or jazz fusion or soul jazz by leading DJs such as Norman Jay, Gilles Peterson, and Patrick Forge.