Biography

Born in London, Ruth started playing the piano at the age of 4, "My mother is a classical pianist and I grew up in a musical house", she says.

"I discovered jazz in my teens and would always listen to my dad's old records of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, among others. I played piano in the school jazz band and it was then that I also started to have singing lessons. I love the old jazz songs and it was always these that I wanted to sing."

After University, Ruth started gigging in restaurants and bars and then decided to attend the prestigious postgraduate jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London. She now gigs regularly in venues in London and surrounding areas.