Jazzmatazz
Guru's Jazzmatazz Volume 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping.
Artist: Guru
Genre: US Hip Hop
Label: Chysalis
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Released in 1993, Guru’s Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 is a watershed record that pioneered the fusion of hip-hop and live jazz. Instead of just sampling jazz records like his contemporaries, Gang Starr MC Guru brought legendary jazz musicians into the studio to jam over hard boom-bap beats, creating an effortlessly smooth, sophisticated, and soulful sound
Featuring Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers and vocalists like Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport and French rapper MC Solaar have cooperated on this classic album.
About the artist
Keith Edward Elam, better known by his stage name Guru, was an American rapper and record producer. He was a member of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
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