BLAQUE/OUT FEATURE ARTIST: JAZMINA

THE SULTRY VOCALIST KNOWN AS JAZMINA GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF PREACHERS AND MUSICIANS, AND HONED HER SKILLS AT NEWARK'S ARTS HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER BEING DISCOVERED AS A VOCALIST WHILE A DRUMMER IN RUTGERS UNIVERSITY'S LIBERATED GOSPEL CHOIR, SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO HOUSE MUSIC BY ACE MUNGIN (ACEBEAT RECORDS) AND THE LEGENDARY CLUB ZANZIBAR. HER FIRST SHOW AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP INTENSE WAS AN OPENER FOR THE LEGENDARY CECE ROGERS, WHERE HER GROUP’S HIT "LET THE RAIN COME DOWN" WAS A LOCAL CLASSIC ON THE TRI-STATE AIRWAVES. THE CLASSIC HOUSE TUNE STILL ENJOYS REGULAR ROTATION TO THIS DAY.

HER PASSION AND JAZZ-INFLUENCED STYLE HAS BEEN EVIDENT IN ALL HER RECORDED WORKS FROM HER BREAKOUT SINGLE “LET THE RAIN COME DOWN” WITH THE GROUP INTENSE IN 1990, TO HER SINGLES "RESCUE ME (WHY DON'T U)" AND "IT AIN'T EASY" WITH PRODUCER WILLY WASHINGTON, HER GOSPELTRAINED VOICE HAS ALWAYS STOOD OUT AMONG HER PEERS SHE BELIEVES HER VOICE TO BE A BLESSING FROM GOD AND THAT SHARING THAT GIFT WITH OTHERS IS THE BEST WAY TO BE THANKFUL RECORDINGS SUCH AS THE UNDERGROUND CLASSIC "I SEE YOU"(ACE BEAT), THE SMOOTH AND MELODIC “HIGH ON HOPE"(SHELTER), THE FUNK-FILLED "GOOD TIME"(KULT) SOLIDIFIED JAZMINA AS A HOUSE MUSIC PRINCESS. SHE HAS APPEARED ON COUNTLESS COMPILATIONS, AND HAS HAS WORKED WITH HOUSE MUSIC’S MOST NOTABLE VOCALISTS AND PRODUCERS, INCLUDING KENNY BOBIEN, BARBARA TUCKER, KERRY CHANDLER, JOEY NEGRO AND TONY HUMPHRIES. HER VOCALS ARE REGARDED AS LEGENDARY AND PRISTINE AMONG HOUSE MUSIC DIVAS.

JAZMINA'S MOST RECENT PROJECT, " IN OUT TIME" WAS PRODUCED BY WILLY WASHINGTON FOR KNOZIZ RECORDINGS.

JAZMINA ( NOW KNOWN AS "PASTOR ISAI" CURRENTLY RESIDES IN CHARLOTTE, NC, WHERE SHE IS PASTOR OF SANCTUARY OUTREACH MINISTRIES. A CREATIVE INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR MARGINALIZED CITIZENS. SHE IS ALSO A VISUAL ARTS EDUCATOR AND PSALMIST WITH THE NC POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN.