Jazzonia is a cover album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on August 25, 1998 by Douglas Music.

Jazzonia
Studio album of cover songs by Bill Laswell
Released	August 25, 1998 (1998-08-25)
Recorded	Orange Music, West Orange, NJ
Genre	Jazz, hip hop
Length	54:09
Label	Douglas
Producer	Alan Douglas, Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Oscillations 2 (1997) Jazzonia (1998) Nagual Site (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the Jazzonia liner notes.[3]

Musicians

• Asante – vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
• Karl Berger – vibraphone (1, 2, 3, 7), piano (3, 5), synthesizer and keyboard bass (5, 7), musical arrangements (1, 2, 5, 7)
• Dana Bryant – vocals (1, 4)
• Bootsy Collins – vocals (6)
• Grand Mixer DXT – turntables (5, 6)
• Graham Haynes – cornet (4, 6), flugelhorn (7)
• Byard Lancaster – alto saxophone (1, 4), tenor saxophone (2, 8, 9), flute (8, 9)
• Bill Laswell – bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9), percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9), turntables (1, 2, 8, 9), effects (5), drum programming (5)
• Melle Mel – vocals (4, 8)
• Amina Claudine Myers – Hammond organ and electric piano (4, 6, 8, 9), voice (7)
• Roc Raida – turntables (3, 4)
• Alicia Renee – vocals (1, 3, 8)
• Brandon Ross – guitar (1, 2, 8, 9)
• Nicky Skopelitis – guitar (7)

Technical personnel

• Alan Douglas – producer
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Robert Musso – engineering

Release history

References

External links

• Jazzonia at Discogs (list of releases)