Jeni Fleming: Vocals Jake Fleming: Acoustic Guitar, Sax Craig Hall: Guitar Adam Greenberg: Drums Kelly Roberti: Bass
Influences
Ralph Sappington
Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Jane Monheit,
Diana Krall,
Norah Jones,
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
James Taylor,
Lizz Wright,
Jackie Allen,
Johnny Hartman,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Sara Vaughn,
Alison Krauss,
Sting,
Fleetwood Mac,
Steeley Dan,
David Wilcox,
Bebel Gilberto,
Aaron Espe,
Chet baker,
Rosemary Clooney,
Madeline Peyroux,
Eva Cassidy,
Billy Joel,
Beatles,
Oleta Adams,
MJ Williams.
National touring/recording artist and Montana-based jazz singer Jeni Fleming and her 6-piece jazz combo are currently on tour. Backed by electric and acoustic guitars, upright bass, drums, and saxophone, Jeni creates an enchanting mix of classical and jazz dichotomies in one breath, breezy folk tunes with a modern twist, and vibrant original pop in another. Marked with her signature lush ballads, the songs and stories of Jeni Fleming are winning the hearts of audiences from coast to coast.
Jeni Fleming is a graduate of Montana State University, Bozeman, with a Bachelor of Music Performance. She has performed as a vocalist at many major festivals including the UNC Greeley Jazz Festival, (winning 2 Outstanding Soloist Awards), The Yellowstone Jazz Festival, the Powell Jazz Festival, The Juan de Fuca Festival, The Phillipsburg Jazz Festival, several performances at Jazz Montana (opening for Hilton Ruiz, Dave Valentine, Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, Cyrus Chestnut, Gary Bartz and Stefon Harris), and most recently at Jazz Fest International, Victoria, BC. Upcoming jazz festival appearances also include Jazz in the Canyon, and the Minot Jazz Festival.
The Jeni Fleming Trio was featured in the pilot episode of 11th and Grant with Eric Funk, which aired on Montana PBS in September of 2005, winning a regional Emmy. As well, Jeni and Jake were featured on a nationally televised program by the Odyssey Channel in 1998 for the supporting tour of their 1998 album, It Is Well. Jeni maintains a large private studio of piano and voice students, and with her husband Jake is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Hand Me Down Some Silver, Inc., a scholarship endowment created to help students pay for private music lessons, instruments, and CD projects.
With 5 titles in her discography, Jeni Fleming mainly tours a concert series with her Trio (upright bass/electric guitar, acoustic guitar/saxophone), and jazz/arts festivals with her jazz combo. The addition of her last album, “We’ll Be Together Again, The Jeni Fleming Trio with The String Orchestra of the Rockies,” has created a growing demand for her performances with symphony orchestras including The Black Hills Symphony, Rapid City, SD, and The Port Angeles High School Orchestra.
Michel Bedin of the Parisian magazine Jazz Hot calls the group, "a rare elegance...[revealing] a great sensitivity and a beautiful musicality."
The Big Sky Journal remarked that "[after] an evening of this, you're both whipped and exhilarated. You've wiped your eyes, yet your cheeks hurt from all the grinning."
You are wonderful. My good buddy Dylan from Rapid introduced me to your music years ago, and I was captivated. Thank you for sharing your gift and making the world a more beautiful place.
Hi you guys! I "cheak out your page" on a fairly regular basis from my personal page, but I'm glad to have you as friends of Earthshine, too! We finally have our new CD finished! We're hoping to play at the Leaf & Bean the first weekend in March - we'll let you know!
thanks so much, it will be great to finally meet you too after hearing so many great things about you:-) and yeah, i'm going with jake so it should be fun!
hi jeni! i'm back in bozo now and am looking forward to your concert up in big sky on saturday!!! i cant wait to hear you guys! also, was just wondering where the concert would be exactly:-) hope your having a good week!
You're more than welcome. I can't believe you guys are from Bozeman. I would have sworn you're from New York or somewhere. I guess I gotta get to MT more often lol.
You're welcome. Girl from Ipanema is still going through my head and it has been a week! Please be sure to send me a note the next time you are performing in the Black Hills area!
Hi! I really enjoyed talking with you too! thanks so much for taking time to talk with me and I'll definitely have to get Jake to take me over some time so I can meet you!
Haha, thanks for adding us. We really like your music, and are upset that you guys don't play in or around NYC. Come east some time, your sound is timeless.
Hey Jenii, I am not sure we have ever met, but of course I know your family...p.s. I have one of your CD's that Abby Cook let me listen to, and i love your version of Stars and Moon....take care
