LIKE IT? TRY THESE… Jazzmatazz

Guru

If you’re talking Jazz and Hip-Hop you have to mention 1993’s Jazzmatazz. Guru [of Gang Starr] rhyming over live Jazz greats? Sold! add these to your playlist: Loungin’, Take a Look (At Yourself), Slicker| Than Most|

Brand New Heavies Heavy Rhyme Experience

More UK players recruiting dope US rappers to bless their live playing. A slept on classic, and perfect Funk partner to Us3’s Jazz. add these to your playlist: Bonafied Funk, State of Yo, Soul Flower|

Us3 Broadway & 52nd

Follow-up album that, while not as commercially successful as the debut, still developed Us3’s winning Rap/ Jazz formula further. add these to your playlist: Come on Everybody (Get Down), True To The| Game, Soul Brother|

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Live In Stockholm 1959

Catch one of Geoff Wilkinson’s favourite Jazz outfits in their stride on this live recording from 1959. Worth it for A Night In Tunisia alone. add these to your playlist: Close Your Eyes, Lester Left Town, A Night| In Tunisia|

Various Artists Blue Break Beats

Thanks to Us3 there was a renewed interest in all things Blue Note. In response the label starts this wicked comp, collecting its biggest sampled beats. add these to your playlist: Grooving With Mr G, Sookie Sookie, Your| Love Is Too Much|