As soon as I started writing for The Syncopated Times fans of Sinne Eeg began sending me emails to insist I needed to cover her. I'm glad to finally have the opportunity with her new album, We've Just Begun. Her ever growing fan base is certainly on to something. Someone who at first blush might seem to be just another beautifully voice with a love of the American Songbook on deeper inspection proves herself to be a true jazz presence.
She had a musical childhood and received conservatory training in her native Denmark. She studied all the normal lodestars like Billie and Ella, but also observed how later vocalists were carrying that legacy forward. Cassandra Wilson and Dianne Reeves were particularly influential in her finding her own contemporary voice.
Her early career as part of big bands included a three month six nights a week residency in Shanghai. The experience honed her live performance skills and she continues to enjoy an enthusiastic fan base in China and Japan.
In 2007, still in her twenties, she had a breakout album under her own name, Waiting For Dawn. A number of other releases have followed and her most adoring fans are earned in person on extensive touring to wherever classic jazz is appreciated. When in the US she is frequently backed by musicians familiar to TST readers including Ken Peplowski.
Like many musicians facing lock downs earlier this year,
