Jenny Scheinman

Violin icon Violin

51 age

May 17, 1973 Birthday

San Francisco, California, U.S. Birthplace

www.jennyscheinman.com Website

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Jenny Scheinman is an acclaimed jazz violinist, singer, and composer. After beginning her career in Northern California, she relocated to New York in 1999 where she made a significant impact on the New York jazz and creative music scenes. She has released ten studio albums many of which have garnered critical acclaim. Scheinman has collaborated extensively with renowned artists such as Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, and Jason Moran, contributing to numerous Grammy-winning recordings and performing at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall. Her musical style blends jazz, folk, country, and blues influences. In addition to her jazz work, Scheinman has toured and recorded with songwriting legends like Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn, and Rodney Crowell. She returned to her native Humboldt County in 2012, where she continues to evolve artistically, creating music that often pays homage to her roots and the natural world.

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Jenny Scheinman collaborated with filmmaker Ai Aiwane on a video installation about the Mattole River titled Cojo Come Home. In 2011 The Village Voice named Jenny Scheinman "the best fiddler in New York." Throughout much of the 2000s Jenny Scheinman had a weekly gig at the Brookly club, Barbès.

Early Life

Jenny Scheinman was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1973 but moved to the remote Northern California town of Petrolia as a young child. Growing up in a rural environment, she lived in a house without electricity or running water. Her parents were both folk musicians (her father, was also a physician) and Scheinman and her siblings grew up playing music around campfires while also studying piano and violin using the Suzuki method. As a teenager, she performed with various chamber music ensembles and attended Interlochen Summer Arts Camp. Scheinman studied at Oberlin Conservatory before graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in English in 1995. She was part of the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene for several years before relocating to New York in 1999.