Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist Jenni Alpert was born in Los Angeles and adopted at the age of four. She started to sing and play piano while staying in various foster homes, and later learned to play the guitar as well, and began writing songs early. As familiar with jazz as she is pop, Alpert graduated from UCLA's Ethnomusicology Department after completing a four-year jazz program headed by Kenny Burrell. No stranger to the recording studio, Alpert released Pieces in 2005, A Stroll in the Park (solo instrumental piano compositions) in 2006, 27 Minutes in Bolgna (a live vocal and piano set recorded in Italy) in 2007, No Second Guesses in 2008, and Underneath the Surface in 2010. ~ Steve Leggett