Guru returns to the UK in November with his live version of his groundbreaking hip hop/jazz series entitled Jazzmatazz.
On Jazzmatazz Guru has collaborated with everyone from Jazz greats such as Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers, David Sanborn, Ramsey Lewis, Bob James, Ronny Jordan, Courtney Pine etc, to world renown soul vocalists such as Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Jamiriquai, Caron Wheeler, Omar, Macy Gray etc, to well known Hip Hop and Reggae artists such as Common, Damian Marley and many more.
Guru has always been a classic innovator as when he founded the group GangStarr, and now the Hip Hop Icon has partnered with NYC's brightest producer Solar to form the successful boutique label 7 Grand Records.
Through these well respected classic musical projects and a critically acclaimed live show, Guru and Solar have developed 7 Grand Records not only to be a successful boutique label but also now a movement which has hundreds of thousands of members around the globe.
The 5 man live show, produced and arranged by Solar, features Guru and Solar on vocals and the 7 Grand Players which include the mixtape legend Dj Doo Wop, as well as an accomplished Jazz trumpeter and a talented multiinstrumentalist.
This is a captivating musical journey through all of Guru's classics old and new. This is the purest Hip Hop and Hip Hop/Jazz on the planet and it’s a live show that leaves its audience both euphoric and inspired.
UK Dates:
5th November - Jazz Cafe, London
6th November - Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
7th November - Southport Weekender
http://www.myspace.com/guru7grand http://www.myspace.com/solar7grand Guru's Jazzmatazz vol.4 - Back To the Future
On Jazzmatazz Guru has collaborated with everyone from Jazz greats such as Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers, David Sanborn, Ramsey Lewis, Bob James, Ronny Jordan, Courtney Pine etc, to world renown soul vocalists such as Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Jamiriquai, Caron Wheeler, Omar, Macy Gray etc, to well known Hip Hop and Reggae artists such as Common, Damian Marley and many more.
Guru has always been a classic innovator as when he founded the group GangStarr, and now the Hip Hop Icon has partnered with NYC's brightest producer Solar to form the successful boutique label 7 Grand Records.
Through these well respected classic musical projects and a critically acclaimed live show, Guru and Solar have developed 7 Grand Records not only to be a successful boutique label but also now a movement which has hundreds of thousands of members around the globe.
The 5 man live show, produced and arranged by Solar, features Guru and Solar on vocals and the 7 Grand Players which include the mixtape legend Dj Doo Wop, as well as an accomplished Jazz trumpeter and a talented multiinstrumentalist.
This is a captivating musical journey through all of Guru's classics old and new. This is the purest Hip Hop and Hip Hop/Jazz on the planet and it’s a live show that leaves its audience both euphoric and inspired.
UK Dates:
5th November - Jazz Cafe, London
6th November - Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
7th November - Southport Weekender
http://www.myspace.com/guru7grand http://www.myspace.com/solar7grand Guru's Jazzmatazz vol.4 - Back To the Future
