Indie Music Women’s Featured Artist of the Day is…
Jeanie Barton (@jeaniebartonmusic)
Jeanie Barton is a renowned Jazz singer/songwriter from Nottingham in England voted Best Newcomer at the Marlborough Jazz Festival. She has rapidly built up a highly respectable reputation from within the Jazz quarters and has an array of highly credible performance credits having supported the likes of icon Georgie Fame, sung BVs for Luddy Samms (The Drifters) and performed for British legends Shirley Bassey and Pierce Brosnan.
Her performances have taken her all over the world with her song showcased at the Cannes International Film Festival and a cruise on the Seine in Paris. Over the years Jeanie has become a favourite in reputable venues such as The Jazz Cafe, The 606 club, Ronnie Scott’s and even made an appearance in the highly prestigious National Theatre.
As well as her performance at the Pheasantry, 2020 also sees Jeanie celebrating her penned release, ‘SOON’, an emotive song about the coming of Spring and the hope that it brings. It is the first cut and lead track taken from Jeanie’s latest album entitled ‘Moments of Clarity’; this third album is an electro-orchestral feast, featuring Jeanie on vocals and keys alongside the much-heralded Simon Paterson (Professor of Music Technology at Nottingham University) on bass, synths, percussion, and production. This album also features colossus Tony Kofi on alto sax and Scott Philbrick Jazz Prize Winner Hugh Pascall on trumpet.
Jeanie shared with me what it means to her to be an indie music woman artist:
“I think female musicians, songwriters, and bandleaders are underrepresented in the industry; I try my best to put out unique emotive music, to get it heard and enjoyed, not only to raise my own profile but to fly the flag of women in music today whose focus is not celebrity or fame or sex appeal, but the communication of vital ideas and observations. I want to move people and affect the world in a positive way.”.
You can hear Jeanie’s single, “Soon” on her website, www.jeaniebarton.com