To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The variety of guest artists adds diversity and originality to each track, and gives the album a distinct jazz feel. In the liner notes for Jazzamatazz, Guru explained, "jazz's mellow tracks, along with the haerd rap beat, go hand-in-glove with my voice.

Guru's Jazzmatazz 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping. is the debut solo studio album by American hip hop recording artist Guru, released on May 18, 1993 on Chrysalis Records. I didn't care much for the tracks where he takes a back seat, but overall it was a good listen, even the track with the French rapping sounded good.brought together a diverse group of jazz cats both old-school and new, including Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronny Jordan, and Courtney Pine. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Guru’s certified classic album Jazzmatazz embodies the marriage of hip-hop and jazz, originally released in 1993. Guru's Jazzmatazz 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip-hop production and rapping.

Guru's Jazzmatazz 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping.Continuing with its Respect The Classics campaign, UMe will be reissuing this classic album back on standard weigh vinyl. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The link between hip-hop and jazz was already in the air, but Guru crystalised it in no uncertain terms, pulling in a heavyweight list of singers and players like N'Dea Davenport, Donald Byrd, Courtney Pine, Lonnie Liston Smith and more besides to realise his vision.

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. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of this classic album UMe/Urban Legends will be releasing a 3LP deluxe edition which includes the original album, the instrumentals and a third bonus LP of rare remixes. We also run our own record label, we host a show on Solar radio and produce mixes of our favourite sounds on Mixcloud.The album also features vocal collaborations with Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport (of the Brand New Heavies) Dee C Lee and French rapper MC Solaar. I was 17 at the time, in a pre-internet world, where all my friends were listening to hard rock/pop/heavy metal. Guru's voice is so easy to listen to, and the music is pleasant and relaxing enough that it fits him well. The album also features vocal collaborations with Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport (of the Brand New Heavies) Dee C Lee and French rapper MC Solaar.

Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Guru's Jazzmatazz originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping. Guru had a vision and brought together a diverse group of jazz cats both old and new school; Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers and vocalists like Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and French rapper MC Solaar have cooperated on this classic album. This is the first hip hop album, to my mind, which features live guest appearences of legendary Jazz-Funk or Soul-Jazz musicians like Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith.originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping.