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Neo-soul artist Jazmin Sky releases debut CD! |
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| Location: | OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Apr 21, 2008 (624 days back) |
About Me |
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Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Purple passion - Image Hosting Born into a family of academics in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Jazmín Sky was exposed mainly to classical music as a child. Jealous of her older brother’s piano lessons, she begged her mother to let her play an instrument and thus began studying the violin at age 6. In 5th grade she picked up the flute and joined the school chorus, where she was forced to sing such drivel as To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before as well as the insufferable You Light Up My Life.Jazmín’s destiny as a typical middle-class hick-town white girl thus appeared inevitable (as further evidenced by her inexplicable fondness for Farrah Fawcett hair). That is, until she heard her first taste of Prince's "Purple Rain" album on a friend’s stereo. Something immediately stirred within Jazmin’s malnourished musical soul, and the experience sparked what would become a life-long love affair with soul and funk music. Jazmín’s Olivia Newton John albums and her soundtrack to Cats quickly found themselves relegated to the dust bin, to be replaced by the likes of James Brown, Chaka Khan, and of course, Prince.Following her escape from Johnstown, Jazmín Sky has graced some of the world’s most exciting cities with her soulful 3-octave voice. She’s lived in Paris, NYC, Montreal, Madrid, and Rome and speaks fluent French, Spanish, Italian and even a smidgen of Portuguese in addition to her native English. (Suffice it to say, she can fairly be characterized as “language geek” in addition to “soul diva”.) She has participated in a variety of live and recording projects in both Europe and North America, including a collaboration with Grammy award winning producer Narada Michael Walden.As a songwriter, Jazmín’s music reflects her various influences: old-school R&B and funk, certainly, but also traditional and acid jazz, blues, salsa, hip-hop, gospel and neo-soul. Besides the aforementioned R&B legends, other musical role models include Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, and Aretha Franklin as well as more recent artists like Ledisi, Lizz Wright, Erykah Badu, Rachelle Ferrell, D’Angelo, Maxwell and Me’shell N’dgeocello.Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin a Ph.D. program at the University of California, Berkeley, Jazmín paid her dues gigging locally for several years before embarking on her first full-length original recording project. Her resulting debut album, independently released, can be heard on this page. In addition to the 6 full-length songs above (2 of which can be downloaded free), check out clips of the rest of the album and buy it right here. You can also buy the CD at cdbaby.com/cd/jazminsky, or on iTunes.
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Music:Member Since: 4/20/2005Band Website: jazminsky.com Band Members: Jazmin Sky: All lead and backing vocals, flute, violin, songwriter, executive producer, co-producer; Production: Thomas "Tasche" Cryer, Jazmin Sky, Michael J. Witwer; Album Musicians: Thomas "Tasche" Cryer (keys), Jamie Brewer (bass), Elijah Greene (bass), Gary Brown (bass), Michael Alvarado (guitar), Cedricke Dennis (guitar), Michael J. Witwer (guitar), Joel Griffin (drums), Danilo Paiz (percussion), Charles MacNeal (tenor sax), Dave Scott (trumpet); Live Performance Musicians: (in CA:) Nelson Braxton (bass), Tommie Bradford (drums), Mike Blankenship (keys), Troy Lampkins (bass), Bill Norwood (drums), Richard Nelson Hall (keys), Frank Martin (keys), Steve Hogan (bass), Cliff Gamble (keys), Darian Gray (drums); (in Paris): Jerry Leonide (keys), Gino Chantoiseau (bass), Christophe Gourdin (keys) Influences: Rufus & Chaka Khan, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Me'shell Ndgeocello, D'Angelo, Maxwell, Erykah Badu, Lizz Wright, Ledisi, vintage Whitney Houston/Mariah Carey, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Amel Larrieux, Beyoncé, Bill Withers, Aaliyah, Dianne Reeves, Billie Holliday, las Orishas, Jill Scott, Julie London, Martin Luther, Miles Davis, Kim Burrell, Nikka Costa, Notorious B.I.G.... Sounds Like: Amel Larrieux, Erykah Badu, Mariah Carey, Joss Stone, Maxwell, Jill Scott Record Label: FunkFace Music Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Soul / Nu-Jazz / R&B) |
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Finally back in the Bay! |
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| After a crazy hectic stressful 8 months of the job market (I am finally finishing my Ph.D., gosh darn it!), I am finally back in the Bay Area and getting ready to inject some music in my life, after a... Posted by Jazmin Sky on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:04:00 PST |
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Played a fun show at the Matrix, pick-up joint extraordinaire... |
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| Played a fun show at the Matrix the other night. What a weird and wonderful spot that place is. I never make squat on the gig financially speaking and the people that go there are definitely more in... Posted by Jazmin Sky on Thu, 11 May 2006 03:49:00 PST |
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Off to Paris!!!! |
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| Wow, I can't believe it. I just found out I won a big fat fellowship to go to Paris for a year, starting in the fall! (In my other life I am a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley.) I am thrilled and psy... Posted by Jazmin Sky on Thu, 11 May 2006 03:44:00 PST |
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Jazmin, Chaka Khan, Ledisi, THE MARTIN LUTHER EXPERIENCE, Amel Larrieux, Tasche, The Roots Tickets, Quincy Jones, Art Mapa, Luke Thomas, LAMINE K. SENE, Victor Fields, Hemley, Jeffrey Chin - jazz, music and..., Ashling Cole, Boombatcha, breitbeat Berlin. Music. Production., Darryl Anders, MR. MARVIN, Kim Kehl & Os Kurandeiros, DYOBA, Anthony Reed, Shelley J-Vocalist-/Songwriter, Mokuzo, Pink Turtle, MaraxCruz, PROWLER, Mugician, E R I C D A N I E L S, Dame Béatrice, PATRICK...Music & Romance, Schlicht, Kati, Da Ole Man, RICARDO CLARKE, Ble’z, Femmes d’Europe, sandy, Mike Blankenship, randy, Tom Douvan, Lee Bob, Driftkikker, Ricomiguel Colon’, MaryJayne -- *New Song Up*
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