“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
8th July - Abbie Finn Trio - Elder Beer. Newcastle
11th July - Abbie Finn Trio - Mouth of the Tyne Festival - 4pm (Jazz Stage)
11th July - Society Quartet - Hilton Garden Inn, Sunderland
July 19th - Michael Young Trio - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
29th July - Abbie Finn Trio - Durham Fringe - Durham Uni Music Dep 9:15pm
12th Aug - Abbie Finn Trio - Mackem Day @ Sheepfolds, Sunderland - 6:30pm
20th September - Michael Young Trio - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
2nd Oct - Abbie Finn Trio - Saltburn Arts
11th Oct -Michael Young Trio + Jack Courtney - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2.30pm
16th Oct - Will Barnes Quartet - Leyburn Jazz Festival - 4pm
19th Oct - Finn-Keeble Group - Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean St Soho, London
CANCELLED 25th Oct - Finn-Keeble Group - Durham Jazz Festival - 2pm
25th October - Marvin Muoneké Quartet - Durham Jazz Festival - 4pm
8th November - Greg Abate Quartet - Hexham Queen’s Hall - 3pm
8th November - Greg Abate Quartet - The Globe, Ncl - 8pm
15th November - Michael Young Trio - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
29th Nov - Harry Keeble Quartet - The Globe, Ncl
7th December - Michael Young Trio - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 7pm
2027
21st February - Michael Young Trio - Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
10th March - Alexia Gardner Quintet - Leicester Jazz House
21st March - Michael Young Trio - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
18th April - Michael Young Trio - The Engine Room, Sunderland - 2:30pm
23rd April - Andrea Vicari - Gala, Durham
25th April - Andrea Vicari - The Globe, Ncl
23rd May - Finn-Keeble Group - Kirkgate Arts, Cockermouth
