It Ain't Necessarily So - Musik

Fini Bearman Is A London Based Singer Songwriter And Composer And Her Music Melds Influences As Diverse As Jazz Folk And Contemporary Music Into An Arresting And Uniquely Personal Sound. Sometimes Dealing With Settings Of Poetry And Other Pre-Existing Texts Other Times With Original Lyrics Or Open Wordless Evocations This Music Is Honest Yet Witty Mixing Lush Harmony And Orchestration With Contemporary Grooves. Fini Released Her Latest Album Porgy & Bess On F-IRE Records In November 2014 And Has Received Much Praise Both On The UK Scene And From The National Press. .. Fini Has An Irresistible Voice... She Is An Expressive Singer And An Intriguing Composer And Lyricist... A Fine Addition To The Exciting New Generation Of Jazz Singers Emerging From The UK.' Bruce Lindsay Allaboutjazz.Com Since Graduating With An MMus In Composition And Performance Fini Has Built Up An Impressive Profile Performing Across The UK And Europe. In 2010 She Was A Nominee For London Jazz Vocalist By The Global Music Foundation And In 2011 Was A Runner Up At The 'Jazz Voices' Competition In Klaipeda Lithuania As Well As A Runner Up At The 'Voicingers' Jazz Singing Competition In Zory Poland. Fini Has Performed At Prestigious Venues Across The UK Including Ronnie Scotts The Sage Gateshead Kings Place The 606 Jazz Club Pizza Express Dean Street And The Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank As Well As European Venues Including The A-Trane Schlott Cafe Mercedes Jazz And New York Venues Dizzys And Smalls. She Has Also Performed At Numerous Festivals Including The London Jazz Festival City Of London Festival Southport Jazz Festival And Howden Jazz Singers Festival. Radio Performances Include 'In Spirit' With Jumoke Fashola On BBC London 'In Tune' On BBC 3 Radio 2 With Aled Jones And BBC Kent With Roger Day And Trudy Kerr. Fini Has Played With World Class Musicians Including Guillermo Klein John Hollenbeck Jim Black Bobby McFerrin Roger Treece Cleo Laine Jon Hendricks John Taylor Christine Tobin Norma Winstone Kenny Wheeler Albert Hera Ian Shaw Liane Carroll Nikki Iles Liam Noble Bobby Wellins... Fini Studied Voice Both Classical And Jazz At The Guildhall School Of Music And Drama London Where She Spent 4 Years On The BMus Programme Under The Tutelage Of Anita Wardell Lee Gibson Martin Hathaway Martin Speake And Pete Churchill. Fini Became The First Vocalist/composer To Be Accepted Onto The Masters Course At The Jazz Institute Berlin Germany Where She Studied Composition With US Guitarist And Composer Kurt Rosenwinkel And Singing With US Vocalist And Improvisor Judy Niemack. read less