Nina Simone once said, “Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.” And more than one person has said the same about hip-hop which is surely one of the primary reasons they go so well together.

Eddie Palmieri once said, “There are a lot of young musicians out there performing what they think is Latin jazz but instead is jazz Latin. And there's a difference... My mission is to keep [Latin jazz] alive.”