Angelamia
Bachemin pioneered the style of Jazz Hip-Hop, blending the
two most uniquely African-American developments in music into
one phat sound. It was a natural outgrowth for Bachemin, whose
upbringing was split between New Orleans and the urban music
of inner-city Oakland, California. She began developing the
synthesis of sounds while working on her Master's Degree at
Wesleyan University in 1997, where her first jazz hip-hop class
rocked the Crowell Concert Hall standing-room-only crowd with
the Renaissance Soul Revival. The tradition continued at Berklee
College, where Bachemin's classes and performances were so
popular that listeners were often found crowding outside the
doors.
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JHO at Lincoln Center New York
JHO
at Columbus Park Boston
JJ
Dance troupe
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"Profilin':
The Jazz Hip-Hop Orchestra"
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