Jazz Raycole
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Born in Stockton California, Jazz began performing at just two years old. Her mother owned a
dance studio where she developed her onstage skills, studying an array of dance styles from
salsa to ballroom, and modern to African. She booked her first commercial at just six years old,
and landed her feature film debut appearing as Angela Basset's daughter in the classic "Waiting
to Exhale." As she started her career in film and television, Jazz's talents in dance were also
accelerating as she joined the prestigious Joe Tremaine dance company at eight years old. She
went on to dance with the Boston Ballet and the School of American Ballet before landing a full
scholarship to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Jazz continued balancing her dance career
with her education, graduating two years early in the top 5% of the country's high school
students. Just ahead of her 18th birthday while a soloist and the face of Columbia City Ballet,
Jazz sustained an injury that would change the course of her career and future. She pivoted to
her love of bringing characters to life on screen, and she has been working steadily ever since.
As an actor Jazz has trained with The Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles and New York,
Stella Adler in New York, Janet Alhanti, Lesly Kahn, and John Rosenfeld Studios in Los Angeles
just to name a few.
dance studio where she developed her onstage skills, studying an array of dance styles from
salsa to ballroom, and modern to African. She booked her first commercial at just six years old,
and landed her feature film debut appearing as Angela Basset's daughter in the classic "Waiting
to Exhale." As she started her career in film and television, Jazz's talents in dance were also
accelerating as she joined the prestigious Joe Tremaine dance company at eight years old. She
went on to dance with the Boston Ballet and the School of American Ballet before landing a full
scholarship to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Jazz continued balancing her dance career
with her education, graduating two years early in the top 5% of the country's high school
students. Just ahead of her 18th birthday while a soloist and the face of Columbia City Ballet,
Jazz sustained an injury that would change the course of her career and future. She pivoted to
her love of bringing characters to life on screen, and she has been working steadily ever since.
As an actor Jazz has trained with The Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles and New York,
Stella Adler in New York, Janet Alhanti, Lesly Kahn, and John Rosenfeld Studios in Los Angeles
just to name a few.