Jenny Scheinman

Jenny Scheinman is a violinist, fiddler, singer, and writer of songs with and without words. She grew up on a secluded rural homestead in Northern California and has been performing since she was a teenager. She has worked extensively with some of the most innovative jazz artists in the world such as Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Jason Moran, Brian Blade, Allison Miller, Nels Cline and Marc Ribot. She has also toured and recorded with numerous American songwriting legends such as Lucinda Williams, Bruce Cockburn, Rodney Crowell, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Fulks and Ani Difranco. She is featured on the original cast recording of Anais Mitchell's hit musical Hadestown. In March of 2015, she premiered a multi-media performance at Duke University entitled Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait, which she continues to present in theaters around the country. She has released eleven albums of original music: All Species Parade, Parlour Game, Here On Earth, The Littlest Prisoner, Mischief & Mayhem, Jenny Scheinman, Crossing The Field, 12 Songs, Shalagaster, The Rabbi's Lover, and Live At Yoshi's.   

Many of her albums have earned their place on "best-of" lists, including All Species Parade which was named one of the best albums of 2025 in the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll. In the same poll, Scheinman was listed in second place, just under Regina Carter, in the best overall Violinist category. Scheinman has taught masterclasses and workshops all over the world. She has been on faculty at many camps including Stanford Jazz Workshop and Blue Ridge Fiddle Camp. She founded the string program at Jazz Camp West.   

Her current touring band All Species Parade features the distinguished jazz artists Carmen Staaf, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen and the guitar trio of Julian Lage, Bill Frisell and Nels Cline.