All That Jazz: How Yankees’ Chisholm is making noise on and off the field in New York

NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm has no problem briefly stepping away from a conversation to play a song in his new clubhouse. Four times while being interviewed at Yankee Stadium on Sunday morning, Chisholm's voice trailed off as one song finished, after which he stopped talking, looked at his phone, and jogged across the clubhouse to manage the sound system. 

​​"Damn, I forgot how quick that song is," Chisholm muttered as his thumb scrolled through his phone. "Sorry, one more."

Some baseball players take the responsibility of clubhouse DJ seriously, but this was a level of dedication I hadn't seen before. So, after Chisholm apologized a third time for pausing our conversation to play another hip-hop song, it piqued my interest. 

What's the deal?

"These are songs I like," Chisholm said. "This is me."

Are they on your personal playlist? Songs you've saved over the years?

"No, this is me! This is me singing!" Chisholm said incredulously, because I was still astonished that the rapper's smooth voice booming through the clubhouse speakers belonged to the Yankees starting third baseman. "All of these songs, the artist is me! This is me. This isn't a playlist. These are from my notes."

Jazz … is a singer?

"A rapper … ish," Chisholm said. He showed me the long list of songs on his phone saved as personal files, insisting he wasn't kidding. As a rapper, he goes by Prince Jazz.  

Are his Yankees teammates, who were starting to trickle into the clubhouse while his voice continued rapping over yet another catchy beat on the speakers, aware that he moonlights as an artist?

"They don't know. Nope," Chisholm said, mischievously smiling and shaking his head. "Nobody in here knows they're listening to me — except the clubbies."

He pointed