Jazmin Sky

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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.