The WA Youth Jazz Orchestra has teamed up with a hip hop artist to create a genre-blending performance for regional audiences. The show is inspiring a new generation of music fans and has left a lasting mark on the musicians involved.
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00:00For these young musicians, even seven hours on the road between Perth and Esperance is
00:08a lot of fun.
00:09When you're singing Life is a Highway at the top of your lungs with your best mate Julia
00:14next to you, who you like only just became best mates with in the seven hours, it's a
00:19fun time.
00:20It's a great time.
00:21After that epic curtain raiser, preparations for the Esperance show begin.
00:29The WA Youth Jazz Orchestra has teamed up with Noongar Jingalee hip-hop artist Jaden
00:35Armat, aka Zero MC.
00:39It's a stage name he's used since he was 13.
00:42You know, you've got zero sugar, you know, zero fat, there's zero everywhere, so I think
00:48for people it's just easier to remember zero.
00:51And what comes before one, zero.
00:58Now they're performing a bebop to hip-hop show across regional WA.
01:02I think a lot of people didn't know that jazz and hip-hop could go together.
01:08Jazz and hip-hop share a similar origin, both emerging in the United States to bring messages
01:13of resistance and self-expression.
01:16But merging the two genres has its challenges.
01:20The time feel is completely different and I think the main thing really is just bringing
01:24that energy for the hip-hop charts.
01:27It's challenging us because you have to be very precise.
01:31Excitement delivers in spades.
01:33I'm mind-blown, like the way they just fused it together, you know, the hip-hop and the
01:37jazz.
01:38Yeah, it was just, yeah, just too good, man.
01:41Zero was awesome and the young orchestra, that's really, yeah, killed it.
01:46The collaboration has also inspired these budding performers to pursue their dreams.
01:50It's very inspiring to see people at a higher stage of music, they've gone and done something
01:56in this.
01:57Like, I can go and do something too.
01:59Inspiration for all.
02:00Thank you for having me.