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Janis Siegel
Dakota Jazz Club
Dakota
1010 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Jun 16, 2025
7:00 PM CDT
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Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer’s musical catalogue. To that end, Siegel is a ten-time Grammy winner and eighteen-time nominee. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career. Here, she has released almost a dozen finely crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects. Thus, she has amassed a large international fan base, garnering high critical praise.
Over the years, Janis’ unmistakable voice has become one of The Manhattan Transfer’s most recognizable trademarks. She sang lead on some of the Transfer’s biggest hits, such as “Operator,” “Chanson D’Amour,” “Twilight Zone,” and “Birdland.” Also, “The Boy From New York City,” “Spice of Life,” “Ray’s Rockhouse,” “The Shaker Song,” and “Mystery.” Additionally, Siegel co-wrote and sang lead on the Grammy-winning “Sassy.” She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger - wring five charts for the group’s acclaimed masterwork, Vocalese, and seven charts for the group’s Grammy-winning album Brasil. In 1980, she won a Grammy for her vocal arrangement of “Birdland.”
In 2023, The Manhattan Transfer played its final concert in Los Angeles.
These days, you can find Janis in the place she loves most... the studio producing various ventures for other artists and sings on a diverse array of projects. Or she may be on the road, teaching at NYC, or cooking up a storm in the kitchen. You never know...
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Janis Siegel Biography
For nearly 60 years, Janis Siegel’s voice has been an undeniable force in the world of jazz and popular music. A founding member of THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, Janis’ powerful and versatile voice became one of the groups most recognized trademarks - singing lead on some of their biggest hits including “Boy From New York City”, “Operator”, “Chanson D’Amour”, “Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone”, “Mystery“, “Spice of Life” and “Birdland”.
Performing for audiences around the world, TMT and Siegel amassed a large international fan base and garnered consistently high critical praise, including 10 GRAMMY awards and 18 nominations.
Siegel has also enjoyed an eclectic solo career - spawning more than a dozen finely crafted solo albums and participating in numerous collaborative projects with some of the world’s most renowned musicians, producers, composers, and arrangers. She also co-hosts WBGO’s SINGERS UNLIMITED radio program with Lezlie Harrison and VOCAL GUMBO - a virtual music program celebrating the vocal arts with Lauren Kinhan of the New York Voices.
Janis’ most recent albums include:
THE COLORS OF MY LIFE: A CY COLEMAN SONGBOOK with Yaron Gershovsky
VOX HUMANA with Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Jazz Orchestra (GRAMMY nominated)
CRYIN’ IN MY WHISKEY featuring tunes by Vince Gill, Patsy Cline, Lucinda Williams, George Jones and other country favorites
MAZEL (A Yiddish Songbook) with Cantor Daniel Kramer and John di Martino
SOME OTHER TIME - A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein with Nils Landgren and arrangements by Vince Mendoza
HONEY & AIR - A Brazilian / Jazz Adventure with Nanny Assis and John di Martino (Requinte Trio)
NIGHTSONGS - A Late Night Musical Interlude (Palmetto Records)
THAT OLD MERCER MAGIC with JaLaLa - Janis Siegel, Laurel Massé and Lauren Kinhan
Read MorePerforming for audiences around the world, TMT and Siegel amassed a large international fan base and garnered consistently high critical praise, including 10 GRAMMY awards and 18 nominations.
Siegel has also enjoyed an eclectic solo career - spawning more than a dozen finely crafted solo albums and participating in numerous collaborative projects with some of the world’s most renowned musicians, producers, composers, and arrangers. She also co-hosts WBGO’s SINGERS UNLIMITED radio program with Lezlie Harrison and VOCAL GUMBO - a virtual music program celebrating the vocal arts with Lauren Kinhan of the New York Voices.
Janis’ most recent albums include:
THE COLORS OF MY LIFE: A CY COLEMAN SONGBOOK with Yaron Gershovsky
VOX HUMANA with Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Jazz Orchestra (GRAMMY nominated)
CRYIN’ IN MY WHISKEY featuring tunes by Vince Gill, Patsy Cline, Lucinda Williams, George Jones and other country favorites
MAZEL (A Yiddish Songbook) with Cantor Daniel Kramer and John di Martino
SOME OTHER TIME - A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein with Nils Landgren and arrangements by Vince Mendoza
HONEY & AIR - A Brazilian / Jazz Adventure with Nanny Assis and John di Martino (Requinte Trio)
NIGHTSONGS - A Late Night Musical Interlude (Palmetto Records)
THAT OLD MERCER MAGIC with JaLaLa - Janis Siegel, Laurel Massé and Lauren Kinhan
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Vocal Pop
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