1. Christine Tobin has been influenced by a diverse range of singers and writers including Betty Carter, Bessie Smith, Leonard Cohen, Olivier Messiaen, Miles Davis and poets William Butler Yeats, Paul Muldoon and Eva Salzman.
11 Facts About Christine Tobin
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Christine Tobin discovered jazz through hearing the Joni Mitchell album Mingus, which led her to purchase the Charles Mingus album Mingus Ah Um and then other jazz albums.
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Christine Tobin moved to London in 1987 and sang in a band with Jean Toussaint, Jason Rebello, Alec Dankworth, and Mark Taylor before studying jazz at the Guildhall School of Music in 1988 and 1989.
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Purcell encouraged Tobin to write lyrics for his tunes and set her on the path to writing her own material.
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Christine Tobin took a break from singing in 1990 to study anthropology at Goldsmiths College for two years.
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Christine Tobin then met guitarist Phil Robson with whom she has formed a strong musical relationship.
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In 2010 Christine Tobin released the album Tapestry Unravelled, a duet with pianist Liam Noble.
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Christine Tobin was awarded a PRS commission to write new music.
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In 2014 Christine Tobin released A Thousand Kisses Deep, an album of Leonard Cohen songs.
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Christine Tobin was a director of the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston.
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Christine Tobin promotes Jazz at the Westcoast in Margate, Kent.