Motivation and Competitiveness:
When the girls were 10, they were well-versed in the piano. It was time to start thinking about college and music scholarships. They needed to master an instrument and participate in middle and high school band activities. Their grandfather loved the saxophone and played in his youth. Their brother, Carl, played saxophone in the marching band. We purchased two used saxophones. Jazmin was determined to play better than her brother and was motivated to be the best amongst her peers.

When your name aligns with the genre of music you perform, perhaps a successful music career is meant to be.

Florida-based musician and NAACP Image Award winner Jazmin Ghent, who will play back-to-back jazz saxophone shows at Blues Alley in D.C. on June 4, said her parents discovered how much they adored the music early on.
“On their first date, they talked about their love for Jazz,” Ghent laughs. They said if they had children, they’d want to name one of them Jazmin. Ghent recalls the pair also had a plethora of jazz CDs that were part of her childhood soundtrack. “So I kind of feel destined to play Jazz,” Ghent said.

The October Artist Line-Up announcement for the 33rd Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival featuring the saxophonist/vocalist Jazmin Ghent. Closing Weekend. Hear her ' gospel-ee, vocal-ee, smooth jazz-ee, and saxophone-ee' style. Not just a break-out artist any longer - Jazmin is there and already three albums deep!

This Smooth Jazz Rising Star has one of the most compelling stories of Jazz that you will ever hear.  A young woman with an old soul…raised by music lovers who introduced her to the legends before she could walk!

BARTOW – “The Story of Jaz” is the latest album written and performed by Bartow resident Jazmin Ghent — and Ghent, who has earned numerous awards and recognitions and played in venues around the world, has quite a story to tell.

The album is the third release for Ghent, who is 28. In March, “The Story of Jaz” was named the 2019 NAACP Image Award winner for Outstanding Jazz Album. In 2017, she was selected by the NAACP Image Awards as Jazz Artist of the Year, as well.

On top of all that, when Ghent returns to town from one of her shows, she is also the music teacher at Lakeland’s Crystal Lake Elementary School.

A musical delight on the seven seas docked in Burnie on Tuesday morning.

The Dave Koz and Friends at Sea is a seven-day cruise from California which is a floating home to 60 musicians and hundreds of guests. Cruise guests and their entertainment took over Burnie's West Beach on Tuesday, treating residents and visitors alike to a fanfare of jazz and soul. 

Cruise guest Drexel Smiley said this was the second jazz cruise she and her husband had been on, but their first time in Tasmania.

The name of TSU alum and musician Jazmin Ghent continues to resound. The jazz phenom recently received an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Jazz Album category for “The Story of Jaz.” In 2017, she was voted Best New Artist by the Smooth Jazz Network. Ghent earned a master’s degree in music from Tennessee State University in 2014. She said music has always been a part of her life.