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Jane Monheit
Monheit performing at Koerner Hall in Toronto, April 2013
Background information
Born	(1977-11-03) November 3, 1977 (age 47) Oakdale, New York, U.S.
Genres	Vocal jazz pop standards Brazilian
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2000–present
Labels	N-Coded Epic Concord EmArcy Emerald City Club44
Website	www.janemonheitonline.com

Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977) is an American jazz and traditional pop singer.

Early life

Monheit was born and raised in Oakdale, New York, on Long Island. Her father played banjo and guitar. Her mother sang and played music for her by singers who could also be her teachers, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald. At an early age Monheit was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals.

She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York. She attended the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. At the Manhattan School of Music she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999.

She was runner-up to Teri Thornton in the 1998 vocal competition at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in Washington, DC.

Career

When she was 22, she released her first album, Never Never Land (N-Coded, 2000). Like Fitzgerald, she recorded many songs from the Great American Songbook. After recording for five labels, she started her own, Emerald City Records. Its first release was The Songbook Sessions (2016), an homage to Fitzgerald.

Monheit's vocals were featured in the 2010 film Never Let Me Go for the titular song, written by Luther Dixon, and credited to the fictional Judy Bridgewater. (On her debut album, she had performed a different song by the same name, written by Livingston and Evans.)

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Guest appearances

References

1. ^ "Jane Monheit." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 33. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2001. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 2017-05-07.
2. ^ Becker, Chris (24 July 2016). "Jane Monheit: Beyond Ella - Los Angeles Review of Book s". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
3. "Our Alumni". Usdam Summer Camp for the Arts. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
4. Wilson, MacKenzie. "Jane Monheit | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
5. Howell, Peter (31 December 1969). "Howell: The hunt for the elusive Judy Bridgewater". Toronto Star. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
6. "Jane Monheit Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
7. ^ "Jane Monheit Chart History (Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
8. ^ "Jane Monheit Chart History (Traditional Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
9. "Jane Monheit Chart History (Top Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
10. "Jane Monheit Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
11. "Discography Jane Monheit". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
12. Hillman, Marcia (October 12, 2005). "Frank Vignola/Joe Ascione: 66 2/3". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

External links

• Official site
• YouTube channel
• Jane Monheit biography, CD and concert reviews by cosmopolis.ch
• Jane Monheit discography at Discogs

• 1977 births
• 21st-century American women singers
• 21st-century American singers
• American women jazz singers
• American jazz singers
• Concord Records artists
• Jazz musicians from New York (state)
• Living people
• Manhattan School of Music alumni
• People from Oakdale, New York
• Sony Classical Records artists