Jack Savoretti (born Giovanni, 10 October 1983, Westminster, London) carries within him a richly layered heritage. His father Guido, a maritime broker, left Genoa and settled in England to avoid retaliation after witnessing a robbery; in the mid-1970s he appeared in two films by Duccio Tessari, Zorro and La madama. His mother, Ingrid Hepner, a former model of German, Jewish, and Polish descent, was a fixture of the London jet set of the 1960s and 70s. On his father's side, Jack's grandfather — Dr. Giovanni Savoretti, after whom he is named — was one of the partisan signatories who took part in the liberation of Genoa from the Germans during World War II (a street in the municipality of Lavagna bears his name, and a plaque on Via XX Settembre in Genoa honours his memory).
Jack spent part of his adolescence in Carona, near Lugano, where he attended TASIS (The American School in Switzerland), before moving to the United States and eventually settling back in England. Despite what would become his most defining instrument, he never touched a guitar until the age of 16. Neil McCormick of the Daily Telegraph described his voice as "rough, deep, and nostalgic." His musical touchstones include Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Simon & Garfunkel, Serge Gainsbourg, Lucio Battisti, and Fabrizio De André.
His debut single, released in 2006, immediately caught the ear of Corinne Bailey Rae, who invited him to tour with her. His first album, Between the Minds, followed in 2007, and Harder Than Easy in 2009. After Before the Storm (2012), the pivotal moment came with Written in Scars (2015, BMG) — BBC Radio 2's Album of the Week, awarded four stars by both The Independent and Q, and propelled into the UK Top 10 over a year after its release by an emotionally charged performance of ''Catapult'' on The Graham Norton Show. Sleep No More (2016), described by Jack as ''a love letter to my wife,'' reinforced his reputation as one of Britain's most intimate and cinematic singer-songwriters.
In 2019, promoted by a second appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Singing to Strangers became his first UK number one album (24 March 2019). Europiana (June 2021), which merged nostalgic European pop soundscapes with modern production — including a collaboration with Nile Rodgers — debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart, his second consecutive number one. Throughout his career, his songs have featured in Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill, and he contributed to Kylie Minogue's 2018 album Golden.
In May 2024, at an emotional juncture following the passing of his father, Jack released Miss Italia — his eighth studio album and his first recorded primarily in Italian, a deeply personal tribute to his roots. The album featured collaborations with Zucchero on a new version of ''Senza una Donna'', with Natalie Imbruglia on ''Ultime Parole'', and with Miles Kane, Carla Morrison, and Delilah Montagu among others.
Twenty years after his debut, Jack marked the milestone with his ninth studio album, We Will Always Be The Way We Were, released on 10 April 2026. Recorded live over eight days at Eastcote Studios in West London with his long-standing band — Jesper Lind (drums), Sam Davies (bass), Sam Lewis (guitar), Nikolai Torp (keys and organ) and Shannon Harris (piano and Wurlitzer) — and produced by Tommaso Colliva (Muse, Damon Albarn), the album is a deliberate return to the raw storytelling and cinematic soul of his earliest work. Across its 13 tracks, Jack moves between smoky late-night ballads, widescreen pop and reflective soul-searching, with the title track — a love letter to his wife of 15 years — as its emotional heart. Singles include ''Do It For Love'' (co-written with Miles Kane) and ''Only Gonna Cry For You'' (featuring Steph Fraser), alongside a duet with KT Tunstall on ''Tempting Fate.'' To mark the release and his 20-year milestone, Jack performed a special one-off show at London's Royal Albert Hall on 23 April 2026, which sold out in under an hour. A 29-date UK and European tour — his largest to date — follows in the autumn, opening in Athens on 25 September and closing in Birmingham on 16 November, with a headline night at the London Palladium on 10 November 2026.
