Opinion: In recognition of the 30th anniversary of Guru’s solo debut, “Jazzmatazz Volume 1,” theGrio examines its affect on hip-hop and so-called jazz’s on-going alliance. Editor’s note: The following ...

The Beast plays Casbah Thursday, July 14, at 8 p.m. LiLa, Aden, Carlitta Durand and Jocelyn Ellis open, and tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. The Beast emcee Pierce Freelon remembers a ...

Rich Henderson with his friend Wynton Marsalis at saxophonist Todd Williams’ nuptials at The Sheldon in St. Louis in 1989. Richard Rogers Henderson – longtime St. Louis jazz promoter, educator and ...

From A Tribe Called Quest to The Roots, De La Soul to Nas, by the early 90s, it was clear to see that hip hop had a thing for jazz. In 1993, US rapper Guru took it one step further, making the love ...

Sampling has been a longstanding practice in rap music, with producers delving into various genres in search of the perfect groove or break-beat to pair with an emcee's lyrics. One of the most ...

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Twenty-five years after its release, hindsight reveals one now-dated aspect of Guru's Jazzmatazz, Volume 1: The front cover refers to its fusion of hip-hop and jazz as "experimental." In 1993, the ...

Last Friday, Len Pace’s Evenin’ Jazz grooved smoothly along as it has for the last 30 years. The gravely-voiced DJ played some Lonnie Smith, as he invariably does at the end of every week, and he ...

Keith Elam (July 17, 1966[1] ” April 19, 2010) Better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, ...

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