Jazzmatazz, Volume 1

Jazzmatazz, Volume 1 is Guru's 1993 project that deliberately blends hip hop and jazz by pairing his cool, measured rap delivery with live jazz instrumentation and relaxed, jazz-inflected production. The record mixes programmed beats and samples with trumpet, saxophone, and keyboard textures to create a mellow, atmospheric sound that helped define the jazz rap approach of the early 1990s and demonstrated a direct collaboration between hip hop and working jazz musicians.