Born: July 23, 1952
Age: 72
Janis Siegel
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Biography
Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952) is an American Jazz singer with the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer (1972-present). 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.
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Awards and nominations
Her first solo album, Experiment in White, was released in 1981, and her second album, At Home, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Jazz Vocalist. Siegel is a Grammy Award winner as a member of The Manhattan Transfer.
In 1985, Siegel joined Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin and Dianne Reeves in a group called Sing, Sing, Sing. In 2015, in collaboration with John DiMartino and Nanny Assis (Requinte Trio) Siegel released a Brazilian jazz album "Honey & Air' She is currently a member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra and Requinte Trio
Discography (Solo)
- Experiment in White (Atlantic, 1981)
- At Home (Atlantic, 1986)
- Short Stories (Atlantic, 1989)
- Slow Hot Wind (Varese/Sarabande, 1995)
- The Tender Trap (Monarch, 1999) - featuring Russell Malone, Matt Wilson, Victor Lewis, Michael Brecker and Hank Crawford
- I Wish You Love (Telarc, 2002)
- Friday Night Special (Telarc, 2003) - featuring Joey DeFrancesco and Houston Person
- Sketches of Broadway (Telarc, 2004)
- Thousand Beautiful Things (Telarc, 2006)
- Night Songs (Palmetto, 2013)
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