Jane monheit tour 2025
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Jane Monheit
BIO
One of the most successful contemporary jazz singers, blessed with “a voice of phenomenal beauty” (New York Times), Jane Monheit has had plenty of milestone moments in establishing herself as one of today’s best and most important vocalist-musicians.
An intoxicating jazz singer with a warm and supple voice and perfect pitch, Monheit has the talent to do just about anything she chooses. Sung with sultry seduction, The Great American Songbook breathes new life with fresh arrangements and an unmatched signature style of Monheit’s jazz-tinged vocals. Audiences have long responded to the fearless honesty that marks her performances. She sings like she knows what the song is about and has lived its story.
Jane Monheit was born on November 3, 1977. She was raised in Oakdale, New York, on Long Island’s South Shore. Her aunt and grandmother were professional singers. Her mother performed in musical theater and currently performs in local choirs, and her father plays banjo and guitar. His love of bluegrass, folk, and acoustic blues (Bonnie Raitt and Maura O’Connell
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Jane Monheit
Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977) is an American jazz and pop vocalist. She has collaborated with John Pizzarelli, Michael Bublé, Ivan Lins, Terence Blanchard and Tom Harrell, and has received Grammy nominations for two of her recordings.
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 she was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals.
She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York, from where she graduated in 1995. As a child, Monheit spent her summers as a student at the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (now the Usdam Summer Camp for the Arts), and is a recipient of their distinguished alumna award. At the Manhattan School of Music she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999, earning a BA in music and receiving the William H. Borden Award for outstanding accomplishment in jazz.
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Jane Monheit Announces “The Merriest” Holiday Album
2022 Holiday release from the jazz/pop vocalist includes "That Holiday Feeling", a duet with world-renowned artist John Pizzarelli, plus "Christmas Time Is Here", "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", and "Winter Wonderland.”
DownBeat Magazine Review
Jane Monheit is a potent antidote to a certain brand of jazz snobbery. At every major jazz festival, there are fans who will begrudgingly (or cheerfully) witness a set by Cécile McLorin Salvant or Gregory Porter, but if pressed, they would assert that they don’t consider vocalists to be in the same league as instrumentalists. (Was Ella Fitzgerald as good a musician as Count Basie? Debate that over a Zoom chat sometime.)
Lessons & Masterclasses
Jane studied at the Manhattan School of Music and spent over twenty years learning on the bandstands of NYC. This led her to an individualized teaching approach that focuses on Lyrical Interpretation, Improvisation, Band Le
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