I'm looking for some great Jazz-house or Deep house albums...

Rough Guide To Jazz House

not available in the shops, alas - but if you can download do!

In 'Deep House' there are literally thousands of compilations beginning in the early 90s. Labels, artists, DJs styles etc etc.

Something excellent and representative of the sort of "height" of "deepness" if you will, is something like Naked Music's 'Nude Dimensions' mixes. You really can't go wrong with 1 or 2.

Another great label is BBE. They have a lot of DJ compiled releases; some mixed, some not. My favorite release on BBE is the two disc Stop and Listen 5, Compiled by Masters at Work. It's a great cross-section of deep house, (paradise) garage, soul, salsa and more. It's unmixed, but works really well as a whole anyway.

More random suggestions:
va - Excursions mixed by Ian Pooley
va - Mad Styles and Crazy Visions mixed by Little Louie Vega (also on BBE)
va - Roy Davis Jr. in the Mix
va - The Nu Jazz Generation 2 (BBE again)

and I'll second the Jazzanova remixes double disc which is really amazing.

For something new, Tim Finney turned me onto Mei Lwun presents Uno Records which combines deep house with current electro-house sounds.

also, some of the Guidance comps. Midnight Express Vol 1, Hi-Fidelity House, etc.

Also, Murk sort of went off the rails for me a bit, but their early singles are fantastic (and "DEEP")

Deep South - "Believe"
Liberty City - "Some Lovin'"
Funky Green Dogs - "Reach for Me"
The Fog - "Been a Long Time"
Mission Control - "In Your Soul"
Bobby Pruitt - "Tried So Hard"
Coral Way Chiefs - "Release Myself"
Liberty City - "If You Really Want Someone"
etc etc

Also, a rare but excellent random track:
Chez Damier and Ron Trent - "54" sometimes "untitled"

I second Moodymann BM

3 Chairs, S/T
Theo Parrish, Parallel Dimensions

its a must.

Ha ha although I shouldn't speak too soon because I bought and sold Ima in '96, at which point I most certainly did not "get" dance music. I can't even remember why I bought it.

this is about deep house tho so never mind...

This is a fascinating revelation!

House Not House-A Groove Anthology
Ame-Ame
Jazzanova-Mixing

from other years
Glenn Underground-The SJU Project

and probably lots more I am too ignorant to know of.

while good records these are not jazz house albums.

I was 14, admittedly. Actually if I recall I really wanted to get into dance so I bought the year end copy of Mixmag and bought its no. 1 choice for the year. I also got into The Prodigy and Chemical Bros etc etc but it was only a couple of years later that I got into honest to goodness club music - going to my first rave was a huge part of that.

Re Junk Science: what I always find interesting about that album is how it really stretches and strains towards innovative, interesting grooves - you can hear hints of Herbert, Isolee, Swayzak etc in there but it's all filtered through that more American understanding of deep house. That second half of "The Future of the Future" is amazing - the rhythm that sounds like coins skipping down a drain!

x-post Ronan I think Jed means there's nothing "house" about those.

"looking for good liquid for showering, drinking etc"

huh?!

It's so sad that "Flashdance" is the best Deep Dish can manage these days. I mean COME ON.

Also, my first rave sped things up for me too, but I was always getting Latin Freestyle on L.A. urban radio - and my parents had the Saturday Night Fever 8-track, so I guess I was predisposed!

If they're not jazz house albums, they are __________ albums.

Stockholm Mix Sessions mixed by Jesper Dahlbäck
Helsinki Mix Sessions mixed by Jori Hulkonnen
Stockholm Mix Sessions 2 mixed by Jesper Dahlbäck
Sheffield Mix Sessoins mixed by Chris Duckenfield

xpost, those "mix sessions" series are way good, too.

what do people think of hulkkonen's proper albums?

Im quite surprised to hear Nouvelle Vague is selling so well.

Can we call Domestic Science a hybrid? I mean, if Mr. Jones was looking for a purist's perspective for an end-to-end homogenous jazz-house or deep house album, it wouldn't qualify, as it stradles both sought-after styles.

Maybe Domestic Science would serve as solid intro to both?

"37,000 Ft.," typical of [Jimpster's] strategy, combines the arpeggiated fireworks of Madonna's "Lucky Star" with the lazy flange of George Benson, even though at heart it's a house track.

"...its appeal lies in the way it traverses different styles – soulful electronica, jazz funk, deep house – within a very consistent mood and feel..."

"...house styles with a distinct smooth jazz feel..."

"... the deep house trips of [Domestic Science's] Deep Down and Knuckle Shuffle..."

Smooth, soulful, jazz/house hybrid

This is not my area, but I think you would like this Moodyman record:
https://moodymann.bandcamp.com/album/sinner-kdj-48-2

I'm not a big one for the albums but lets slide this one in from the eastern shores of Lake Erie

DaRand Land ‎– Calming Effect

there is no thread for norma jean bell so i'm just going to say that she has a 12" out this month, her first in .. 12 years?

and it's hotttttt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=16VZJin5-9w&feature=emb_title

The Callisto compilation too, Guidance Is Internal

The Lady Blacktronika album on Skylax from a couple years ago is sweet: https://www.discogs.com/Lady-Blacktronika-A-Lonely-Space-Program-/release/10012330

oh nice!

fuuu i would order that in a heartbeat but no us stores have it

eej have you heard Norma Jean Bell’s ‘Come Into My Room’?

― Tim F, Monday, July 20, 2020 5:21 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

The Lady Blacktronika album on Skylax from a couple years ago is sweet: https://www.discogs.com/Lady-Blacktronika-A-Lonely-Space-Program-/release/10012330

― brimstead, Monday, July 20, 2020 10:47 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

maybe deej had already heard both of these but these suggestions sure improved my night

Come Into My Room strikes me as the most on-point answer to this thread but also one of the best house albums ever.

Should check the Lady Blacktronica.

all of Andres' albums

the latest Black Jazz Consortium definitely too

Come Into My Room is so good

Haha I was about to recommend the first Andres album. Shamefully I haven't heard the subsequent albums except for some of the singles.

II is my fave

the Linkwood & Foat album from this year is p good deep house with noodly jazz synth stuff

The Dave & Sam album that came out on Classic earlier in the year is well worth a listen: https://classicmusiccompany.bandcamp.com/album/no-shade

I never thanked you guys for these recommendations ... but thank you.

Have you heard the new Charles Webster album yet, deej?

I have! Obsessed w it (also checking out his older stuff I was unfamiliar with)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tqErnknRsE

heard this one the other day -> jazz guitar + 303 bass from 1983. the original acid jazz?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V6L7YcTWu0
Ryo Kawasaki - Lucky Lady

not sure if it qualifies as deep house exactly, but Motorbass's Pansoul is magnificent...

qualifies as my fav house rec of the 90's, that's for sure

I now own a copy of the norma jean bell on vinyl. Salute

you’re the baddest bitch

I think the Norma Jean Bell album is possibly the best of all the 'detroit house' albums, which is not a slight on moodymann or theo (or andres for that matter)

baddest bitch is an all-time heater

Do you mean the original version, the moodymann remix or the album version?

("all three" is an allowable response)

Shame people defiled the greatest thread title/opening post ever by posting on it.

Possible tattoo

With apologies for further defilement, it’s interesting for me to think about how I would otherwise answer this question some twenty years later.

The Detroit house axis is so obvious an answer really, and I wonder if there is a better answer to the question “which (sub)genre of music has simply never been uncool at any stage since it first emerged”. But albums like Black Mahogani and Parallel Dimensions simply are that good.

Beyond that?

Motorbass - Pansoul
Black Science Orchestra - “Walter’s Room”
Herbert - Around the House
Faze Action - Moving Cities
Hawke - Namaquadisco
Deep Dish - Junk Science
Mr Fingers - Introduction
Lil Louis & the World - From the Mind of Lil Louis
Dubtribe Sound System - Baggage
Powder Productions - Cuban Fire
Bobby Konders - A Lost Era in NYC
Trus’me - Working Nights
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues

(Mentally excluding mixes, more post-Metro Area or Lindstrom nu-disco and German stuff)

Looking at that list I feel like there must be several obvious things missing.

16B - Sounds from Another Room

is an overlooked deep house LP, solid from front to back

Maybe that Detroit Experiment record. Would Henrik Schwarz be controversial here? More Songs About Food And Revolutionary Art? I suppose that's considered techno but it is jazzy.

If we picked a mix CD for this thread what would it be?

High in a Basement, perhaps?

Ron Trent’s Musical Reflections?

Do you mean the original version, the moodymann remix or the album version?

― Tim F, Friday, October 10, 2025 2:09 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

("all three" is an allowable response)

― Tim F, Friday, October 10, 2025 2:09 AM (fourteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

a few minutes of the vocal dropped at the right time

Schatrax - Schatrax
Theo Parrish - First Floor
Luomo - Vocalcity
David Alvarado - Mayasongs
STL - Night Grooves
Newworldaquarium - The Dead Bears

And for a mix CD, Cassy's Panorama Bar 01 is an evergreen classic, if not strictly deep house.

thinking back on this, chez damier is kinda my gold standard for deep house. the tracks he did with ron trent and quite a bit of his own output. a house dj / party thrower brought chez to salt lake city one time. there were issues with the cdjs or something. they were not the models he expected. once he got going it was nice. i went up to say hi afterward, he gave me a hug, i was super drunk 🥴

definitely larry heard too, though like everyone in this realm he can be a little hit or miss for me. i feel like dj sneak is underrated. i heard some newer dj sneak joint a few years back that i adored but i cannot for the life of me find it...

i'm gonna be ilm-contrarian and say that dj sprinkles is just not that good, there is no funk in that queer's fingers, sorry. love her outside the music ofc. also feel like some of the newer detroit guys could get a little stagnant sometimes, i love a few mike huckaby tracks (rip) but some were a titch boring, also delano smith. i'm a big fan of theo though. you know who i think is underrated as a producer and though he's classified more as techno he's definitely deep house compatible - kenny larkin.

Fred P is sick, great stuff.

Kareem Ali is both prolific and exceptionally high quality imo.

I’ve always been a Glenn Underground fan also.

love glenn underground

Space Ghost, Soshi Takeda, Ron Trent

glenn underground is the shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JiKi7VKjfg

dude has such an elegant funky touch on the keys

"elegant" is a good word for him, yeah, and funky too. beautiful stuff. he kinda has like a joyful d-train vibe for me.

He has one of the best reinterpretations of an old-school track that I’ve ever heard, Jaz Love #2 being his take on Goody Goody’s It Looks Like Love. Absolutely kills me every time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVnmLbqJeGo

that's gorgeous

awesome

any boo williams fans here