Jazzy Jeff takes Defected to Soul Heaven

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  • Click to read more on Jazzy JeffHis initial fame came largely thanks to the early push which saw him work along side the Fresh Prince (of Bellair), aka Will Smith. But Jazzy Jeff has worked hard to be where he is today, in the limelight playing alongside artists as diverse as Shaggy and Laurent Garnier at recently European festivals, but this notorious Hip Hop, DJ from Philidelphia, who’s a 3 time Grammy Award winning producer is the latest draw card of the outstanding Defected Record Label. His friendship with Kenny Dope (of MAW) helped seal the deal with Defected in mixing their latest compilation. SoulHeaven presents Jazzy Jeff In The House is the long winded title for this latest release, which comes in the form of 3xCD (Limited bonus pack with multimedia CD), and 2 x double pack vinyl. In a brief comment about the CD, Jazzy said ‘I grew up playing pretty much all different kinds of music I wanted to show my version of where house music came from. I was inspired by the early Philly International sound, you’ll find funk, disco and soul all the way through my mix because that what I grew up on’.. Defected have cemented a November 1 release date but if you want to check out the man in action before then (for those of you in the UK) - Jazzy Jeff will be joining Kenny Dope Gonzalez playing at the Album Launch party on Saturday, October 2 at the monthly Defected In The House night at Ministry Of Sound, London.
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