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Celebrating Black History: The women who shaped dance music
From r'n'b to disco, funk and house
Kym Mazelle
After attending the arts school at Columbia College Chicago, Kym Mazelle maintained a steady output of popular tracks throughout the era of Chicago house music, starting with a collaboration with Marshall Jefferson called 'Taste My Love' and a debut album two years later. Her house cover of 'Young Hearts Run Free', recorded for the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet, received widespread attention as well. She remains an active vocalist today, releasing a single with Crookers on Defected called 'A Place in My Heart' just last year.
