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
THAT OLD MERCER MAGIC with JaLaLa - Janis Siegel, Laurel Massé and Lauren Kinhan