Jenny Scheinman Quintet
Sets at 6:00 and 7:30
Carmen Staaf | Piano
Matt Wrobel | Guitar
Matt Munz | Bass
Scott Amendola | Drums
Jenny Scheinman | Violin
Jenny Scheinman is the #2 Jazz Violinist in the world according to Downbeat Magazine. She has 11 albums of original music, and will be releasing her twelfth in the fall. In addition to her extensive work in jazz and improvised music with Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Brian Blade, Ron Miles and Allison Miller and many more, Jenny Scheinman has toured and recorded with songwriting legends such as Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Fulks, and Joni Mitchell. She is featured on the original cast recording of Anais Mitchell’s hit musical Hadestown, and has written several feature length movie scores. In March 2015 she premiered a multimedia performance at Duke University entitled Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, which she continues to present in theaters around the country.
Tonight’s performance will feature long time colleagues Carmen Staaf (piano), Matt Wrobel (guitar), Matt Munz (bass) and
Scott Amendola (drums).