Ayanna Jacobs-El (Pronounced: I-ya-na Jay-cobs-el) is a Los Angeles based music producer, composer, singer-songwriter, arranger, alto/baritone saxophonist, DJ, music instructor , and social worker. She writes, teaches, and performs in a wide range of genres including classical, jazz, pop, funk, electronic, blues, and R&B.

 

Ayanna began her musical journey at age five when her mother enrolled her in classical piano lessons, and at age nine she began honing her vocal talent. Throughout the years, she gained confidence as a jazz singer and improviser while singing with her Grandfather Benjamin's jazz trio at jam sessions and gigs. She began playing the alto saxophone in her middle school’s concert band. In the 9th grade, she began studying classical and jazz saxophone performance at the Alabama School of Fine Arts (ASFA), in Birmingham, AL.

 

Ayanna is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, with majors in Contemporary Writing and Production and Professional Music and minors in Writing for TV & New Media, Video Game Scoring, and Music Technology. In 2016, Ayanna founded her music production company, Ayanna Jacobs-El Productions, which provides music for films, games, recording artists, shows, and advertising.

 

In addition to releasing music as Ayanna Jacobs-El, she creates an eclectic fusion of alternative R&B, jazz, and electronic elements under the pseudonym El Ayzah Moon (Pronounced Eliza Moon) elayzahmoon.com. In 2025, she launched Nuvirae, an experimental, genre-bending music project blending electronic, trap, orchestral, classical, and other musical influences. Learn more youtube.com/@nuviraemusic.

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In addition to music, she is a mental health advocate, nature lover, and dog Mom.