Iconic tunes reborn in high-end swing jazz.

Flashback: It’s Friday night. You and your friend have stocked up on pizza, cola, and an assortment of highly processed cheese-flavored snacks. You’ve just returned from the rental store with an armful of games. You dash down to the basement, set the TV to channel 3, and get ready for…an evening of jazz covers?

OK… OK… so maybe that’s not exactly how it went.. But as you probably know, at iam8bit we are experts at remixing & reviving nostalgic ephemera in new and unexpected ways. That’s why we’re so thrilled to present this compilation of toe-tappin’ jazz renditions from the uber-talented Blueshift Big Band.

Seriously, these musicians are smile-inducingly good, performing familiar tunes from Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more, with a decidedly magical moxie, as if from a bygone era, before video games even existed.

For the first time ever, you can hear these incredible jazz reimaginings on compact disc. We’re proud to present Joystick Jazz Volume 1: The Blueshift Big Band Plays Iconic Video Game Hits CD in all its Digipak-wrapped glory.

Check out the full Joystick Jazz collection here