Jennine Bailey

Jennine Bailey and her band which is Tom Rainey on piano, Michael Story on double bass, and Joe McCullum on drums.

Jennine and friends will be playing their favourite songs from the Great American Songbook. Jennine Bailey jazz and blues songstress. Singer, performer and recording artist Jennine Bailey “puts her own soulful and unique stamp on everything she sings” She regularly headlines at festivals all over New Zealand, playing to sell out crowds and getting standing ovations.

Born in 1970, she has been singing professionally since 1996 and studying music since 1994, starting with Hagley Community College (1994-99), the Diploma in Jazz Performance from Christchurch Polytechnic & Institute of Technology (CPIT) Jazz School followed, then a Bachelor of Music (Hons) from University of Canterbury and a post-graduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching from The Christchurch College of Education. She is currently studying for a MA in music at the University of Canterbury.

She has been a vocal tutor at the CPIT Jazz School since 2000. Her debut CD You go to my head was released in 2003 and she is hoping to release a second one soon called ‘In The Mood for Love’. She describes herself as a Jazz and blues singer and can be found through her website.