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Tine Bruhn moved to New York City in 2001 after having graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She quickly became part of New York’s jazz scene performing at some of the city’s best music venues including Smalls and Bar Next Door. She consistently plays with some of the top musicians in NYC and she has become a regular on the program at the well- known jazz club Zinc Bar. Ms. Bruhn performs weekly in duo setting with pianist Johnny O’Neal (Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Milt Jackson) at Robert on Columbus Circle.

The Danish-born singer grew up in Flensburg, Germany where she started her career at an early age. At 15 she founded the the vocal group "Kvart I Fire" which gained high recognition in the region, especially after the release of their CD "Go 4 it". Additionally Tine sang in the semi-professional classical choirs “Landes Jugend Chor Schleswig Holstein” and “Jugend Kammer Chor Flensburg/Kiel”. Around that time she discovered her passion for jazz and went to many of the live jazz concerts by visiting Danish musicians such as NHØP and Danish Radio Big Band. After performing with a jazz trio she decided to make the big move to the United States. In Boston she studied with Sheryl Bentyne (Manhattan Transfer), recording artist Walter Beasley, Grammy award winner Richard Evans and distinguished scat educator Bob Stoloff.

Her debut solo CD "Entranced" was released in 2009 and featured Greg Hutchinson on drums and Maurice Brown on trumpet. It received stellar reviews in both the US and Europe and is getting played on radio stations around the world.

In April 2009 the Tine Bruhn Quartet was on tour in Europe where they played at sold out venues including “B-Flat” in Berlin. In the spring of 2010, Ms Bruhn and her group performed in Philadelphia at the the city’s number one jazz club, Chris’ Jazz Cafe. In November 2011, she brought her quintet on another tour to Germany and Denmark. The third tour was scheduled for November 2012 but was unfortunately canceled as the quintet was scheduled to fly out of NYC the day “Sandy” hit and re-booking flights was impossible.

Tine Bruhn’s new release "Nearness" is a duo recording of standards with pianist Johnny O'Neal. Tine Bruhn and Johnny O’Neal started working together in the summer of 2011 when her regular pianist had to cancel on short notice and sent Johnny O’Neal as a sub! Since then they have been appearing almost weekly at Robert Restaurant in NYC.

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Tine Bruhn: Nearness

Read "Nearness" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


A curve ball can be the cause of consternation but it can also go the other way, ending up as a serendipitous game changer. Such was the case with the initial meeting between vocalist Tine Bruhn and pianist Johnny O'Neal. Both figures first encountered one another in the summer of 2011, when Bruhn's steady pianist backed out of a gig on short notice and sent O'Neal as his replacement; they've been working together ever since. Bruhn and ...

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Tine Bruhn: Nearness

Read "Nearness" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


With the rapid evolution of jazz in the past generation, a simple performance approach offers the benefit of showing from where we have come. Denmark-cum-New York City native vocalist Tine Bruhn joins pianist Johnny O'Neal (late of drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and vibraphonist Milt Jackson's band) and saxophonist Stacy Dillard for a collection of ten tried-and-true standards, simply and elegantly presented within the intimate confines of the duo-trio format. Part of understanding how jazz got where it is today ...

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Take Five With Tine Bruhn

Read "Take Five With Tine Bruhn" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Tine Bruhn:Tine Bruhn is a jazz vocalist with extensive solo and ensemble experience.

She lives in New York City, where she has put together a new group of excellent up and coming musicians. They perform jazz standards and R&B classics along with contemporary instrumental pieces to which Tine has written original lyrics. The focus is to combine elements of jazz and R&B through the scope of her own European style.

Tine moved to Boston in ...

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Tine Bruhn & Johnny O'Neal Release "nearness" On March 26 featuring Special Guest Stacy Dillard

Tine Bruhn & Johnny O'Neal Release "nearness" On March 26 featuring Special Guest Stacy Dillard

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations

Tine Bruhn (pronounced Tina Broohn) moved to New York City in 2001 after having graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She quickly became part of New York’s jazz scene performing at some of the city’s best music venues including Smalls and Bar Next Door. She consistently plays with some of the top musicians in NYC and she has become a regular at the well-known jazz club Zinc Bar. Ms. Bruhn performs weekly in duo setting with pianist Johnny ...

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Vocalist Tine Bruhn's "Entranced" out on June 2

Vocalist Tine Bruhn's "Entranced" out on June 2

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz vocalist Tine Bruhn's debut solo album “Entranced" consists of a welcoming blend of mellow, yet groove-based originals, contemporary pieces by Joshua Redman with Tine's lyrics, songs by McCoy Tyner and Djavan, and a Swedish folk song arranged as a jazz waltz. There’s the ear-catching “Miles Away” with Maurice Brown’s beautiful trumpet solo, Tine Bruhn’s own “Tears” goes straight to one’s heart, as does McCoy Tyner’s “Search For Peace” which is not often performed by vocalists. R&B elements are introduced ...

"Mesmerizing, moving music for mellow moods.. Tine Bruhn explores the softer sides of jazz with a highly supportive band.. Comfortable and confident.. shaping her phrases into fine work of vocal art.. joyous scat solo.. Bruhn and Schaechter sound terrific.. Tine Bruhn leaves 'em wanting more!" (JazzImprovNY - June 09)

"Tine Bruhn reveals a vocal texture suggesting a cross between a soprano sax and a flugelhorn with a technique that utilizes uncanny space, economy and dynamics. Nice interplay between Bruhn and the trio. Bruhn's phrasing is nothing short of hypnotic. The tune Har Du Visor Min Vän is the perfect vehicle for Bruhn's unique voice: "Don't talk about music with me. Let the song speak for you". Through Tine Bruhn's crystal clear vocal timbre, they do." (Jazz.com - Bill Barnes, July 09)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Nearness

Self Produced
2013

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