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BIO

Tine Bruhn moved to New York City in 2001 after having graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. In NYC she performs at some of the city’s best music venues including Smalls, Kitano and Bar Next Door. She consistently plays with top musicians and has become a regular on the program at the well-known jazz club Zinc Bar. Her latest release "Nearness" (2013), a duo recording of standards with pianist Johnny O'Neal (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Milt Jackson), has received stellar reviews along with national and international airplay. JazzTimes wrote:
“It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to suggest that their [Bruhn and O’Neal] natural rapport is as affecting as Evans’ with Tony Bennett in the late 1970's.”

Ms Bruhn grew up in Flensburg, Germany, where she started her career at an early age. In high school, she started the vocal group "Kvart I Fire", recorded her first CD with the group and sang in two semi-professional classical choirs. Around that time, she discovered her passion for jazz and went to many jazz concerts by visiting Danish musicians such as NHØP and Danish Radio Big Band. After performing with a jazz trio of Berklee alumni, she decided to make the big move to the United States and Berklee College of Music. In Boston, she studied with Sheryl Bentyne (Manhattan Transfer), recording artist Walter Beasley, Grammy award winner Richard Evans and distinguished scat educator Bob Stoloff. 

Tine Bruhn holds a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from City University of New York where she studied with big band arrangers Dennis Mackrel and Michael Mossman, jazz pianists David Berkman and Jeb Patton, saxophonist Antonio Hart and vocalist Charenee Wade.

Tine Bruhn has performed across Europe at festivals including “New York City in Paris” at Duc des Lombards and Roots & Jazz (Copenhagen Jazz Festival). She has performed many times in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Copenhagen and Aarhus. In the USA, she has performed in NYC, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington DC.

Her debut CD "Entranced" was released in 2009 and featured Greg Hutchinson on drums and Maurice Brown on trumpet. 

Her second album “Nearness” (2012) is a natural ‘documentation’ of the musical relationship between Tine Bruhn and Johnny O’Neal: two very different musicians and different in the sense of background, age, ethnicity and gender. But musicially, they complement each other highly and the listener will hear a relaxedness and comfortness shining through. The music was recorded in only one day with just two takes per song. Johnny O’Neal states “We just went in there and laid it down! It just felt right!” Tenor saxophonist Stacy Dillard is featured on four tracks.

The Danish-born singer explores contemporary jazz as well as the tradition and she always puts together a band consisting of some of the finest musicians. They include Benito Gonzalez, Essiet Essiet, Antony Wonsey, George Burton, Corcoran Holt, Joe Blaxx, Joel Holmes, Johnny O'Neal, Stacy Dillard, Lars Haake, Magnus Hjorth, Jesper Bodilsen, Snorre Kirk, Claus Waidtløw, Kjeld Lauritsen, Per Gade, Jesper Løvdal, Bjarne Roupe, Bo Stief, Alex Riel, Jakob Park, Morten Ankarfeldt, Janus Templeton, Jesper Hindø, Marco Panascia, Rob Duguay and many more. 

TRACKS FROM ALBUMS

Maurice Brown (trumpet), Daniela Schächter (piano), Marco Panascia (bass), Greg Hutchinson (drums). Composed by Tine Bruhn

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