Tine Bruhn moved to New York City in 2001 after having graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. She quickly became part of New York’s jazz scene as she started singing at “Kavehaz” and has since performed at some of the city’s best music venues including “The Jazz Standard” and “The Cutting Room”. Tine Bruhn consistently plays with some of the top musicians in NYC and she has become a regular on the program at the well-known jazz club “Zinc Bar” in downtown Manhattan.
Born in 1978, Tine grew up belonging to the Danish minority in Flensburg, Germany. At the age of 15 she founded the the cappella group "Kvart I Fire" which gained high recognition in Denmark and Germany, especially after its release of the CD "Go 4 it" in 1996. The group kept an average of 3 performances a week during their high school years and they were requested at endless official functions as well as private parties. Additionally Tine sang in classical choirs including the highly renowned semi-professional youth choir “Landes Jugend Chor Schleswig Holstein” and “Jugend Kammer Chor Flensburg/Kiel”. Around that time she discovered her passion for jazz and started doing concerts with a jazz trio. In Boston she continued performing in a cappella settings, one of them being the "Vocal Jazz Ensemble" under the direction of Sharon Broadley-Martin, a Vox One member. She studied with Sheryl Bentyne (Manhattan Transfer), recording artist Walter Beasley, Grammy award winner Richard Evans and distinguished scat educator Bob Stoloff.
In April 2009 the Tine Bruhn Quartet was on tour in Europe where they played at sold out venues including “B-Flat” in Berlin, and in June 09 Ms. Bruhn celebrated the release of her debut album “Entranced” with a stunning concert at Zinc Bar in New York. In July she and her band mates entranced the audience at Scandinavia House in NYC as they ended the annual Summer Jazz Series on a high note and the group represented Denmark at Greenwood Lakes' Scandinavia month in January 2010.
In the spring of 2010, Tine Bruhn expanded the group to a quintet and included alto and soprano saxophonist Lars Haake. In August 2010, the newly founded quintet went to Philadelphia to perform at the highly renowned Chris Jazz Cafe, the city’s number one jazz bar. Back in New York City, the quintet hits the stages of legendary Smalls Jazz Club, Zinc Bar, Bar Next Door, Cutting Room and Miles’ Jazz Cafe (sister cafe to “Miles’” in Tokyo).
The second tour to Europe is being planned for the Spring of 2011 with stops in Germany, Sweden and Denmark.
"Tine Bruhn's elegant soprano certainly has a touch of the ethereal, but she brings the equivalent of a roaring fireplace with the smoky traces in her voice and its light funk grooves.Bruhn sings with a mellow and graceful sophistication.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
"Tine Bruhn is a fantastic discovery and her debut Entranced is simply an exquisite and elegant album highlighting the talents of this singer/composer and her band. She possesses a divine soprano voice, both light and deep, sweet and serious, with great subtlety, restraint and control."
(WithMusicInMyMind, Belgium)
"An auspicious debut - there’s a new gun-slinger in town and this is only the beginning."
(ejazznews.com)
“Bruhn shows great promise as a singer, especially in exploring unconventional material.”
(Cadence Magazine)
"Mesmerizing, moving music. Tine Bruhn sounds terrific and leaves 'em wanting more. "
(Jazz Improv NY)
"Bruhn is a romantic leaving listeners "Entranced"
(O's Place Jazz Magazine, North Carolina)
"A wonderful recording, and listeners especially dig 'Tears' and 'Baby, Let Me Love You' "
(Rob Hoff, Radio Host, Jazz Flight WQLN)
“Tine has a beautiful voice that moves so softly with the music; making you feel all the emotions that the song was meant to deliver. And her delivery, is like the feeling you have right before a first kiss. The anticipation of her next note is chilling. One of her songs on her new album is titled “Close To Nothing” and if you listen to any of Tine's music, you must listen to that song. Tine Bruhn's debut album "Entranced" by Inenomis Records is now available on CD Baby. I must get it.” (thebestindiemusic.com)
“Tine Bruhn is raw, elegant, ethereal.” (The Copenhagen Voice)
"A solid and throughout beautiful debut album." (Gaffa Music Magazine, Denmark)
"Tine Bruhn reveals a vocal texture suggesting a cross between a soprano sax and a flugelhorn with a technique that utilizes uncanny space, economy and dynamics. Her phrasing is nothing short of hypnotic."
(Jazz.com)
"Tine Bruhn came, saw and conquered with her eminent NYC band."
(Jazzin' Ribe, Denmark)
“This beautiful collection of self-penned material and carefully chosen classics by Joshua Redman, McCoy Tyner and Djavan presents Tine Bruhn in perfect light of music. Fine production and excellent backing band add strong value to Tine’s performance, never less than excellent.”
(Vasja Ivanovski, Jazz Spaces 94.1 FM, Macedonia)
"Tine Bruhn jazz singer extraordinaire Her delivery of Search For Peace is stunning! Tine brings the song to the forefront with a cogent performance. Her sidemen provide a nice Miles Davis-esque platform for Tine to ply her talents"
(cabaretexchange.com)
"A Beautiful Jazz-night with the Tine Bruhn Quartet"
(Erlebe Flensburg, Germany)
