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Jennine Bailey is a name synonymous with style and individuality in the New Zealand jazz and adult contemporary music worlds. Singer, performer and recording artist, Jennine Bailey puts her own soulful and unique stamp on every song she sings and she refuses to be defined or limited by one genre.
This Christchurch chanteuse seems to be going from strength to strength, having recently headlined the 2013 Nelson Woollaston Jazz and Blues Festival with her sold-out Ella Fitzgerald Tribute show. Last year Jennine headlined the Taste Jazz and Blues Festival in Christchurch with a sold-out Ella Fitzgerald Tribute show and performed with Ray Wolf, Roger Fox and Midge Marsden in the Wellington Town Hall for a Christchurch earthquake appeal concert. Later that year saw Jennine performing at Nelson Opera in the Park to sixteen thousand people with the Wellington Vector Orchestra alongside such luminaries as Whirimako Black, Hollie Smith, Stu Buchanan, Tom Rainey and Doug Caldwell. Her Eva Cassidy Tribute show headlined in the 2011 Woollaston Nelson Jazz Festival, the 2010 Christchurch International Jazz and Blues Festival, and the 2010 Southland Arts Festival. These sold out shows saw the enthusiastic audiences respond with standing ovations.
Jennine released her debut album ‘You go to my head’ in 2003, and in the same year was one of the three winners in an international jazz competition voted for by over 30,000 people world-wide. A versatile performer, Jennine gave a critically acclaimed performance in her first musical as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar and has performed solos for Classical Sparks, Xmas in the Park and Starry Nights concerts across the country. Her next recording project is underway; a little delayed due to the Christchurch February 22nd earthquake but expected to be released in April 2013.
Jennine has been very busy with her two darling girls, teaching jazz vocals at CPIT Jazz School and studying towards a Master of Arts in Music at Canterbury University. Jennine has a first-class Bachelor of Music with Honours, a post-graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning and is the proud recipient of the 2012 Malcom Tait Scholarship in Music Education.
Up-coming Events:
*Jennine Bailey and Tom Rainey, 1pm Sunday 13th January, Mudhouse Winery
*Ella Fitzgerald Tribute featuring Jennine Bailey headlining 2013 Tauranga Jazz Festival Sunday 31st March, Baycourt Theatre
*Women in Jazz Concert with Mary Coughlan and Naomi van den Broek at 2013 New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival Saturday 6th April, Hagley Geodome
*Jennine Bailey and Tom Rainey, date TBC, Chch Jazz School
*Jennine Bailey and Tom Rainey in concert, 10th May, The Salvation Army Citadel |
|  | Jan 13 - | | ‘Lovely long pure notes blossoming from her mouth, held beautifully and growing in power yet absolutely controlled, had us enchanted. From then on, we were hers .’ The Nelson Mail | | | Feb 11 - | | ‘This rare treat of a performance was a tribute to the huge talent of Bailey. While occasional echoes of Peggy Lee, Norah Jones and even Mahalia Jackson could be detected, Bailey’s pure wide-ranging voice stands tall on its own. She and her band received a standing ovation before their thrilled audience grooved on out.’ The Nelson Mail | | | Oct 10 - | | "Jennine Bailey shone, delivering the gem of the night in a wonderfully soulful Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered." The Christchurch Press | | | Nov 09 - | | "Jennine Bailey sang like a dream. I’ve long admired her work and she just seems to be getting better and better." The Christchurch Press | | | Aug 08 - | | "Jennine nails every song with her sultry, smooth voice- reminiscent of Norah Jones and Eva Cassidy. All is given the immaculate Jennine Bailey treatment. I’m sorry but Norah Jones doesn’t stand a chance anymore!" NZ Musician Magazine | | | March 07 - | | "Bailey certainly knows how to simmer her way through the ‘early hours’ repertoire". The Christchurch Press | | | March 06 - | | "Jennine Bailey was superb". The Christchurch Star | | |
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