Jazz (born Larry Eugene Anthony, Jr. on April 23, 1977 in Baltimore,
Maryland) is an African-American R&B singer. He is best known as a
member of the successful R&B group Dru Hill, serving as second lead
singer for the group.
During Dru Hill's 1999 - 2002 hiatus, Jazz recorded a traditional R&B
solo album. However, Def Jam never released the album, although at
least three of its songs, "Damn", "War", and "Housewife", turned up on
Def Jam promotional mixtapes. Two more surfaced on Def Jam soundtrack
LPs: a ballad entitled "Here With Me" was featured on the 2000
soundtrack to Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, and the Jill
Scott-guested neo soul track "Love Again" was included on the Rush Hour
2 soundtrack. Jazz also made a number of guest appearances on tracks by
artists such as R&B vocalist Miss Jones and jazz saxophonist Kim
Waters, and joins Case, Musiq, Montell Jordan, R.L. from Next, and
Stevie J. on "Sweet November", a song from the soundtrack to the
soundtrack of the Soul Food television series, based on the 1997 film
which also included Dru Hill's "We're Not Making Love No More" on its
soundtrack.