The project came to life in Quebec City in 2006. Philippe Cyr , jazz afficionado, wants to attain maximum groove and give jazz music a new image for today’s generation. The addition of Peter Tardif, an MC that Phil first met in the hip-hop formation known as Mindz, allows the group to fuse jazz and hip-hop together and thus extend their reach to those for whom jazz is unknown. The poets natural flows, instinct, and rhythm fit perfectly with the goal of the project and so the saga continues ; it’s jazz with an MC, thus standing for the JMC Project.