“Exceptional British Jazz”
- Chris Philips - Jazz FM
Hit Like A Girl 2023 UK winner
The one to watch - April 2023 Jazzwise Magazine
Abbie Finn is a drummer from the North-East of England. She was dubbed ‘the one to watch’ in the April 2023 edition of Jazzwise Magazine. Abbie is also the 2023 Hit Like A Girl UK winner in the 18+ category.
Currently based in Durham, her current projects are the Finn-Keeble Group, co-led alongside Harry Keeble, featuring Dean Stockdale and John Pope. The Abbie Finn Trio with Harry Keeble on tenor saxophone and Paul Grainger on double bass and the Finntet featuring Graham Hardy, Harry Keeble, Dean Stockdale and Paul Grainger.
Abbie Studied at Leeds College of Music and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.
In 2020, she released her debut album Northern Perspective with the trio, and in 2023 On Pink Lane. Her most recent release was in 2024 with Stotties For Three. All of which received sterling reviews from British jazz blogs and magazines, and radio plays including BBC Radio Newcastle and Jazz FM.
'Her crisply, energetically accurate drumming drives each track forward with irresistible momentum.' _ Eddie Myer - Jazzwise
VIDEOS
Upcoming Shows
18th January - Michael Young Trio + Guest - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
8th February - Alexia Gardner Quintet - Jazz Leeds - 1:30pm
15th Feb - Michael Young Trio + Jason Holcomb - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2.30pm
20th Feb - Alex Clarke with the Dean Stockdale Trio - Lit & Phil, Newcastle - 1pm
20th Feb - Alex Clarke with the Dean Stockdale Trio - Sunderland Minster - 7.30pm
24th Feb - Finn-Keeble Group Feat Ben Lawrence - Coquetdale Jazz, Rothbury - 7:30pm
15th March - Michael Young Trio + Guest - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
19th April - Michael Young Trio + Lara Hopper - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
8th May - Finn-Keeble Group - Wakefield Jazz Club
15th May - Conor Emery Quartet - Lit & Phil, Newcastle - 1pm
23rd May - Alexia Gardner Quintet - Hexham Jazz Weekender - 7pm
23rd May - Celebrating Wes Montgomery - Hexham Jazz Weekender - 8:15pm
24th May - Finn-Keeble Group Feat Jamil Sheriff - Hexham Jazz Weekender - 8:15pm
31st May - Finn - Keeble Group - Whighams, Edinburgh - 7pm
26th June - Finn-Keeble Group - Gala Theatre, Durham - 1pm
17th July - Abbie Finn Trio - Opus 4, Darlington - 8pm
19th Oct - Finn-Keeble Group - Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean St Soho, London
25th Oct - Finn-Keeble Group - Northern venue to be announced
