The new album from Abbie Finn launching January 15th 2024 at Pizza Express! Tickets here

The ‘Abbie Finn Trio’ are based in the North-East and we are made-up of Harry Keeble on Tenor Sax, Paul Grainger on Double Bass and myself on Drums. We play contemporary, original jazz music focusing on varied rhythmic concepts and heavy improvisation, whilst also nodding to more traditional jazz taking inspiration from artists such as Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Tubby Hayes, Joe Henderson, Max Roach and many more.

Our new album Stotties For Three is an album that for me, highlights the best in life. Friends/family, good music, following your passions and the most basic things, like good bread. Of course, I chose to highlight a traditional northern bread – the stottie. It’s not flashy, it’s not fancy, it’s bread in its most basic form. I know I speak for the trio when I say we love the North-East and we love the food here. The group often share lunch together after a rehearsal and this is a popular choice from local bakeries. For me, good food is what life is all about… as you might have guessed from some of my previous trio tune names! I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished thus far and I’m excited to see what the future brings for the band.

This year I had a feature in the Jazzwise April edition and was dubbed the ‘one to watch this month’ and a ‘crucial member of the thriving North-East scene.’

 We have released 3 albums, the 4th is to be released next year and was funded by the Ronnie Scott’s charitable foundation. This year we focused on our release ‘On Pink Lane’. This iconic street in Newcastle housed the old Jazz Café and the renowned jam session where the band first played together. In 2020 we released our debut album ‘Northern Perspective’ which received rave reviews and radio plays across the UK and beyond. The album was dubbed ‘Exceptional British Jazz’ by Chris Philips of Jazz FM and ‘An album I come back to time and again.’ It featured a mix of original music and my arrangements of some favourite tunes. In 2022 we released our 2nd album ‘Live at the 2021 Newcastle Jazz Festival’. This featured a notable performance of Mingus’ ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ amongst others. The band have performed across the UK at many venues and festivals including Manchester Jazz Festival, Hexham Jazz Festival, The Cockpit in London, Band on the Wall, Jazz at the Lescar in Sheffield, Durham Jazz Festival and more.

Abbie Finn website here