Guru’s Jazzmatazz
FRI 14 & SAT 15 MAR 2008
Guru’s Jazzmatazz
Feat. Superproducer Solar & The 7 Grand Players
Guru, the one-time Gang Starr wordsmith, brings his nu-jazz Jazzmatazz project to Edinburgh for two exclusive live Scottish dates. He will be joined by Solar – producer of last year’s ‘Jazzmatazz Volume 4’ – with backing from the 7 Grand Players.
Guru’s laid-back, syrupy delivery, combined with his intelligent, introspective rhymes have maintained his prominence as one of hip-hop’s top lyricists. Solar has created the soundscape for the new and improved Guru and challenged him to push himself to new heights of his lyrical abilities.
Together Guru and Solar have broken away from the big gun record labels that stifled their artistic progress and set up 7 Grand Records – the perfect platform to deliver the futuristic sound of ‘Jazzmatazz Volume 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger’: “Back To the Future.”
Note (Ewan): Renegade promoted shows in Scotland with Gang Starr (at The Garage in Glasgow) on 28th September, 1994, and Guru’s Jazzmatazz feat. Donald Byrd and Courtney Pine at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh on 2nd December, 1993. It was with great sadness that we learned that the genre-blending hip-hop innovator and stellar wordsmith Guru passed away, far too soon, in April 2010.
DETAILS
DATE: Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar 2008
VENUE: The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA
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