Jaie Miller
I split Jazz atoms! Funk that, I am Jazz! Super Imposed onto corperate windows. My soul extends to vast empty spaces where wind blows Sending signals across oceans to try and tame this quiet fire. I get a rush when the reed makes the sound bleed through me & ends up dancing staccato in my blood stream. My finger tips turn electric when they trade eights from five corners. Now me bieng that I am how so you see something different? I mean jazz is what is jazz is, what?! Cannot be held steady long enough to be broken and something spoken isnt worth its weight in silence so divide that by sun ra and you've got yourself a deal! Hey yo my man Do that thing how you shapeshift the shape of that eight riff how you missed that kick and hit me with that bass lift Oh Sh*t!! I've bin knowing that space is the place I just aint bin goin till yesterday I guess you could say it's one of my favourite things now I guess somehow i've trancended from taking these giant steps Sure enough i'll end up where I left staring straight at that clef trying to find where i placed my breath! Jazz atoms Jaie Miller (",) Thanks benji.

Pikey
I think its great some modern jazz has actually coming through. I play in a swing band at school, on trumpet. I listen to rock, bu i really need some more jazz to inspire me. I think its great that you did this documentary because its got me some artist to get on my ipod! Thanks!

Sam
Tribe Called Quest - jazz thing, and Funky DL who is a UK artist who moved to new york years ago, he's got an album called blackcurrent jazz with is amazing. More Jazz In Hip-Hop!!!!

alejandro sosa
Big up u guyz for educating the people. i guess doop bop is the best example yet of a fusion between hip hop and jazz. i agree wit da zimbabwean jazz cat to say that headhunter's on da top list. good documentary

That Zimbabwean Jazz Cat
Jazz- Lets be honest, its the best thing that ever happened to anyones ears. Never has the musical world seen such freedom as that blazed out of a saxaphonists solo....no rules apply! Not even the rule that only certain instruments should have solos- i mean who ever heard of 10 minute long drum solos or groups where the double bassist is the king and the other instruments merely provide the backing.

Jazz knows no confinements, Jazz doesn´t care. Jazz doesn´t care about making the top ten, it cares only to provide that unbeatable high that comes from the souls of musicians who know there is more to life.

As for Hip hop´s relation to Jazz, you don´t have to look deep. Herbie Hancock´s "Chameleon" and "Watermelon man" practically are Hip Hop! Buy youreself a copy of Herbie Hancock´s "Head Hunters" and tell me those two tracks aren´t the freshest tracks you´ve ever heard. You´d be lying.

Now Jazz is taking new turns, no longer is Jazz only an American music of the past. Artists from the UK, as they did in hip hop, are taking Jazz to a new level.

Will we see a 1xtra Jazz show one day? If not, the worlds gonna be missing out. Peace to all the Jazz and Hip Hop Headz and to 1xtra for giving modern Jazz a little light.

Ray Philips
One of my favourite tracks and arguably one of the best ever jazz compositions is 'Mountainn dance' by Dave Grusin

kenny
Great documentary! Both jazz and hip hop are essential forms of music which have made an informed social commentary on the lives of black people in America and all over the world. I think at the time when these music forms were created, there was no stronger a tool for communicating both the joys and sorrows of living under a oppressive system.

Jazz is not a dirty word, but I think it is widely misunderstood. I think the reason for people's negative view on the music form stems from misunderstanding its ethos. It is not simply about 3 verses and 3 choruses, or sticking to any 16-bar rules. It is music of freedom, and like most things that people cannot immediately grasp, it gets misunderstood. I can’t count the amount of times I have played jazz to people and they have said "this is actually quite good"

About my favorite artists today? Well the jazz mantel has been passed down and I think we in Europe are the trend setters, I am feeling the whole schema - Nicola conte/ gerrado frisina stuff. Scandinavia are doing their thing too - with the 5 corners and jukko eskola ! Japan is making some noise (but they always were) and last but not least us in the UK - big up all the co-op / bugz in the attic crew , 4hero , NSM , the whole west London thing. RSL - you’re large!

Shupac
There are many similarities between jazz and hip hop but one is the most biggest of them all that jazz has influenced hip hop greatly throughout its entire history. Jazz was a dirty word but it is not any more. My favorite jazz artist is John Mclaughlin I have visited his concerts few times and it was amazing!