So, she started treating her cello as if it was a guitar, a drum set, an electric bass, and (in her biggest strength) to play the cello emulating some of the great rock and jazz soloists that she looked up to; the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Miles Davis, and Jean-Luc Ponty; shredding on her solos and improvising jazz riffs. Bringing effects, looping, and the world renowned Turkish percussionist/drummer Emrah Kotan into the mix, Jenn Cornell's sound became instantly recognizable as her own and her music's genre sitting at the cross roads of Classical Fusion and Crossover Jazz.
Jenn Cornell’s cello stylings have also lent themself well to other artist’s including: double platinum bill-board artist B.o.B.; Michael Malarkey of the hit TV series “Vampire Diaries”; and to filmmaker Chris Anthony Hamilton in the music she composed for “Body and Son”.