Biography
With Jennifer Hill and Co. currently winners of Best Female vocalist in 2009's Hartford Advocate Grand Band Slam, and nominated in 5 other categories including best Indie and best Pop band, it's hard to believe this band has only hit the scene a few years ago.
Coming together as a group of strangers from both coasts and from different musical backgrounds Jennifer Hill and Co have a distinct vibe that is all their own.Often described as a "piano soul collective" the sound is a musical martini of pop, rock,punk,jazz, soul, and funk shaken together with a piano pounding beat.
Jen is a little off her rocker. She likes to dress for the part and be a bit cheeky with the audience.The audience is a key part of the show after all... and Jen's comedic interaction and life stories are a valued part of the performance.
One reader of the Hartford Advocate described her "like a twisted Fiona Apple with a little more spunk"...the Advocate's remark was "Now, Fiona's pretty twisted already,(this is the girl who said she's "break a boy just because she can,")..."So it's easy to see why Jennifer Hill and Co. stick in people's minds" Dan Barry (Hartford Advocate 2009)
The band's influences range from The Beatles, Massive Attack, Bjork, Ben Folds, Pink Floyd, Fiona Apple, Blondie, Madonna,Sarah Vaughn, Esthero, Led Zeppelin to...everything you can possibly think of. These music geeks have been doing it all their lives and classical music is just as relevant to their music as is B.B King's Watermelon Album.
To describe the sound would be like describing a painting full of different layers. Each one of them representing a different place in time, a different emotion and a different feel.On the song "Breath Easy" It's Blondie with Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, and Chrissie Hynde in the mix."Tough Year" is old school soul mixed with pop, and the song "Down Low" is a brooding tale of lust and love finally merging with the climax of the song squealing out in porn star perfection. "Pull off your Wings" is White Stripes mixed with a bit of jazz and a bit of Fiona Apple.
