“I love words. I love space….space where the melody breathes and you can feel the invisible pulse, space that allows me to think about - and mean - every word."
London-based, Tina is a relative newcomer to the scene, but not to the music – jazz was her first language. A few years ago, she walked away from a professional life working with freelance journalists and threw herself into the music she had been making all her life. First, she began listening again. “I listened at work, at home, in the car, in the street, at concerts, gigs, jams, opening my ears to music across every genre. It took me over. And I began to sing again. A riper voice maybe – but a true one.”
With a love of great women singers, from Carmen Macrae, to Annie Ross, Sheila Jordan to Jessye Norman, Tina has her own take, telling stories through songs old, new and unusual and - increasingly - writing her own lyrics. With her torchy voice, Tina sings from experience, reaching out to audiences with a warm, authentic jazz vibe that is unique and moving.
She has played at London venues including Green Note, Karamel N22, Toulouse Lautrec, Vortex, Piano Smithfield, and at Max Klub in Slovenia and Jazz Café Alto in Amsterdam. With her band she has performed two years of sell-out shows in the EFG London Jazz Festival at the Actors Church in Covent Garden (2023) and at Hoxton Hall (2024).
Tina has played with British jazz musicians, Conor Chaplin, Jay Davis, Miguel Gorodi, Dave Hamblett, Oli Hayhurst, Max Luthert, Billy Marrows, Kieran McLeod, Sam Newbould, Tom Ollendorff, Rod Oughton, and has also sung with international musicians Danny Grisett, Miha Koren, Jure Pukl, Joe Sanders. With her quartet, she performs her show “A Little Bit of Monk and Others”, and plays duo gigs with long-time collaborator, pianist, composer Matt Robinson.
Tina’s debut album ‘Songs for Curly’ came out in 2023. Her second album, “Moon Over Mildmay” is being released in 2025, and features Matt Robinson, Miguel Gorodi , Oli Hayhurst, Kieran McLeod,Sam Newbould, Tom Ollendorff, Rod Oughton, Aanu Sodipe.
Photo by Tatiana Gorilovsky
A Phil Cox Film