Janis Siegel
Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American singer and is known as a member of the vocal quartet The Manhattan Transfer .
Live and act
Janis Siegel has been a member of The Manhattan Transfer since 1972. From the beginning of the 1980s she built up a successful solo career at the same time. Her first solo album, Experiment in White , was released in 1981 and her second album, At Home , was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Jazz .
In 1985 Siegel was a member of a group called Sing, Sing, Sing along with Jon Hendricks , Bobby McFerrin, and Dianne Reeves . At the end of the 1980s Siegel began a cooperation with the pianist and composer Fred Hersch , with whom she recorded modern songs by songwriters such as Joni Mitchell , Marvin Gaye and others. This was followed by Slow Hot Wind in 1994 and The Tender Trap in 1999 , which she recorded with well-known jazz musicians such as Michael Brecker and Hank Crawford . The following year she moved to Telarc, where she released I Wish You Love and Friday Night Special in 2003.
On the album Sketches of Broadway , she recorded her interpretations of lesser-known Broadway melodies. In addition to The Manhattan Transfer, Siegel is a member of Bobby McFerrin's group Voicestra . She is also on the album Transit of Addison free to hear.
Discography
- Experiment in White (Atlantic, 1981)
- At Home (Atlantic, 1986)
- Short Stories (Atlantic, 1989)
- Slow Hot Wind (Varese / Sarabande, 1995)
- The Tender Trap (Monarch, 1999) - with Russell Malone , Matt Wilson , Victor Lewis , Michael Brecker, and Hank Crawford
- I Wish You Love (Telarc, 2002)
- Friday Night Special (Telarc, 2003) - with Joey DeFrancesco and Houston Person
- Sketches of Broadway (Telarc, 2004)
- Night Songs: A Late Night Interlude (2013), with Dominick Farinacci, John Di Martino and Martin Wind
- Some Other Time (Act, 2016) with Nils Landgren and the Bochumer Symphoniker
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| SURNAME | Siegel, Janis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |