Jazzmatazz Volume: 1
by Guru
- Type: Album
- Released: 18 May 1993
- Label: Chrysalis
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:15
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Guru's visionary solo project, 'Jazzmatazz Volume: 1', fundamentally legitimized the fusion of live acoustic jazz and boom-bap hip-hop. Featuring contributions from legends like Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers, the album is incredibly warm and mellow, matching conscious, urban rhymes with a highly rhythmic, nocturnal calm.
Genres
Descriptors: conscious, rhythmic, rap, soulful, saxophone, fusion
Tracklist
- Introduction (1:20)
- Loungin' (4:39)
- When You're Near (4:03)
- Transit Ride (3:58)
- No Time To Play (4:54)
- Down The Backstreets (4:48)
- Respectful Dedications (0:54)
- Take A Look (At Yourself) (3:59)
- Trust Me (4:27)
- Slicker Than Most (2:37)
- Le Bien, Le Mal (3:22)
- Sights In The City (5:10)
Credits
- Guru - primary artist, producer, mixed by, arranged by, lyrics by, music by [tracks], vocals
- Courtney Pine - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, saxophone, co-producer, written-by [co-written by]
- Henry Marquez - art direction
- Diane Cuddy - design
- Tony Dawsey - direct metal mastering by, mastered by
- Craig Marcus - engineer
- James Mansfield - engineer
- Jason Ball - engineer
- Joe Quinde - engineer
- Kieran Walsh - engineer
- Philippe Cerboneschi - engineer
- David Carpenter - engineer [assistant]
- Doug Boehm - engineer [assistant]
- Luke Allen - engineer [assistant]
- Philippe Zdar - engineer [assistant]
- Tracii D. Sherman - engineer [assistant]
- Duff Marlowe - executive-producer
- Keith Elam - executive-producer, concept by [concept development]
- Patrick Moxey - executive-producer, concept by [concept development]
- Gary Barnacle - flute, saxophone
- Ronny Jordan - guitar, co-producer, guitar
- Zachary Breaux - guitar
- Simon Law - keyboards
- Empire Artist Management - management
- Humphrey Studio - photography by
- Lonnie Liston Smith - piano, electric piano, co-producer, piano
- Donald Byrd - piano, trumpet, co-producer, trumpet
- Navia Nguyen - stylist [styling]
- Roy Ayers - vibraphone [vibes], co-producer, featuring
- Carleen Anderson - vocals, co-producer, vocals
- Dee C. Lee - vocals
- MC Solaar - vocals, co-producer, featuring
- N'Dea Davenport - vocals, written-by [co-written by], co-producer, vocals
- Branford Marsalis - co-producer, saxophone