Janis Siegel
Janis Siegel | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 23, 1952 Brooklyn, New York |
| Genres | Vocal jazz, a cappella, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Labels | Atlantic, Varèse Sarabande, Monarch, Telarc, Palmetto, ACT |
| Website | www |
Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952) is an American jazz singer with the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.
Musical career
In 1965 Siegel recorded with a group called Young Generation on Red Bird Records. In 1972 the original Manhattan Transfer had disbanded, and founder Tim Hauser re-formed the group with different singers, including Siegel. This incarnation of the group has enjoyed international popularity, covering songs from the 1930s through the 1980s in a variety of genres including jazz fusion, R&B, pop, and doo wop. The group has received 10 Grammy Awards during Siegel's ongoing tenure, and was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.[1]
In 1985, Siegel joined Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin and Dianne Reeves in a group called Sing, Sing, Sing. In 2015, she released Honey & Air, a collaboration with John DiMartino and Nanny Assis as the Requinite Trio. She has also been a member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra.
Awards
She won ten Grammys as a member of the Manhattan Transfer. Her first solo album, Experiment in White, was released in 1981. Her second album, At Home, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
In 1993, Siegel was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.[2]
Discography
- Experiment in White (Atlantic, 1981)
- At Home (Atlantic, 1986)
- Short Stories (Atlantic, 1989) with Fred Hersch
- Slow Hot Wind (Varèse Sarabande, 1995) with Fred Hersch
- The Tender Trap (Monarch, 1999)
- I Wish You Love (Telarc, 2002)
- Friday Night Special (Telarc, 2003)
- Sketches of Broadway (Telarc, 2004)
- A Thousand Beautiful Things (Telarc, 2006)
- That Old Mercer Magic, Jalala with Laurel Massé, Lauren Kinhan (Dare, 2009)
- Night Songs: A Late Night Interlude (Palmetto, 2013)
- Honey and Air, as the Requinite Trio (ArtistShare, 2015)
- Some Other Time (ACT, 2016) with Nils Landgren
References
- ^ Warner, Jay. "The Manhattan Transfer (Inducted 1998)". The Manhattan Transfer (Inducted 1998). Vocal Group Hall of Fame Publications. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Janis Siegel". The Manhattan Transfer. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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