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Jen de Ness
Singer, Songwriter and recording artist Jen de Ness, is a vivacious entertainer and delights audiences worldwide with her ability to sing everything from beautiful blues to sultry Latin, slick swing to fun jazz cabaret. Jen’s smooth, soulful and velvety jazz vocals are well loved alongside Jen’s ability to entertain and connect with you.
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Jen has been singing professionally and songwriting for over 20 years. Jen’s varied taste in music is shown in her songwriting ability, and Jen has penned over 60 original tunes in various genre from Jazz to French Cabaret to blues, soul, folk, country and jazz chillout where she at times also joins songwriting forces with her partner and ex ABC Radio producer, Bill Atkinson. Jen has the pleasure of playing with some of the world’s finest musicians to inspire an array of original songs alongside arrangements of jazz standards for your listening pleasure. Jen gives joy playing in various bands from duo through to Septet with an amazing array of Jazz, Blues and Classical musicians throughout Australia.
Her recent tour to London in 2014, was an important musical networking trip for Jen to meet and work with London musos for the first time. It culminated in Jen staging her own original jazz cabaret show at The Pheasantry Pizza Express Club in Chelsea and with appearances at Crazy Coqs & Vortex Jazz Club along with many other clubs and pubs and plenty of jazz jams with London musicians.
Jen performs performs regularly closer to home in pubs and clubs including The Ellington Jazz Club, Subiaco Theatre, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Kulcha Club, Perth Concert Hall, Fly by night Club, various fesitvals and Paris Cat Jazz Club in Melbourne. Jen had very early training in singing and dancing and has loved performing with ease and grace from a very early age. Jen’s later training is in Theatre, classical and jazz singing and alternative vocal theatre production. Jen’s musical influences are constantly expanding and have been everyone from Bacharach, Porter, Gershwin (early age), to Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Carol King, Armatrading, Van Morrison through to Fitzgerald, Lee, London, Holiday & Vaughan and Keith Jarrett, Beethoven to Aarvo Paart.
Currently playing in Jen de Ness Jazz (from duo to Septet with Saxophone) and de Ness Sextet (Violin & Cello) , Jen is also very popular in either piano duo or guitar duo and had held various Jazz Duo residencies including Vic Hotel, Albion, Fig restaurants, Mojos, Little Creatures Loft & The Boat.
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“If you like Jazz, Easy Listening, Bossa nova and Blues you'll love Jen de Ness Music. Based in Australia, the band will be touring soon. "Cry Me a River" is my new favorite. Take a listen..” — Best of Summer Listening 2016
“...a stunning version of Cry Me a River which is worth buying the album for. Hopefully this accomplished performer will return to Adelaide soon. 4.5 STARS” — SEE THINGS LIKE YOU ALBUM SHOW REVIEW GLAM ADELAIDE 18, June 2016
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