Guru Jazzmatazz Volume 1
Down Beat: 3.5 Stars - Good Plus
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Vinyl LP Details
- Number of Records: 3
- Released: May 18, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Virgin Records Us
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 6/24/93, p.83
3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...JAZZMATAZZ dishes up a pottage of fat jazz rhythms set off by message-oriented lyrics...proves that given the proper chemistry, a marriage of opposites can create a new union that stands independent and proud in a league of its own..."Spin - 6/93, p.82
Highly Recommended - "...The album slides along as if it's on ball bearings...a noble and successful effort, an album that, like the sexy-sweet relationship jazz and hip hop enjoy, is easy to get into, and hard to pull yourself away from..."Q - 8/93, p.92
4 Stars - Excellent - "...Guru may be heavily steeped in the jazz tradition but his roots are in hip hop, with the result that...JAZZMATAZZ delivers on the rap front..."Down Beat - 6/93, p.38
3.5 Stars - Good PlusThe Source - 5/93, p.72
"...solid, innovative and relaxed variations on jazz and hip-hop. This should also silence those who mistakenly believe that rap is not musical..."Musician - 6/93, p.89
"...offers his audience a chance to hear some talented players as artists in their own right, not just fodder for somebody else's samples..."Tracks on Disc 1:
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Loungin'
- 3.Loungin' (Jazz Not Jazz Mix)
- 4.No Time To Play (Instrumental)
- 5.Down The Backstreets (Instrumental)
- 6.Down The Backstreets
Tracks on Disc 2:
- 1.Respectful Dedications
- 2.Season For Change
- 3.Season For Change (Dawn Of The Season Mix)
- 4.Le Bien, Le Mal (Instrumental)
- 5.Le Bien, Le Mal
- 6.Sights In The City
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 107,458
- UPC: 600753820254
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