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Maxi Jazz: the calm eye in the centre of Faithless’s rave storm
Only Keith Flint and Maxim of the Prodigy rivalled Jazz in his command of the stage at the helm of a superstar 90s dance act – but there was more to him than his ability to energise a crowd
Of all the artists who commanded the stage as dance music became big business in the 1990s, Maxi Jazz was in a class of his own. It wasn’t just that the Faithless frontman was an imposing vocalist: his sonorous tone and steady enunciation made that a given. While the group’s first two albums, Reverence and Sunday 8PM, delivered award nominations and a parade of Top 20 singles, it was on stage where Faithless minted their reputation as an elite-level act.
