Janet Seidel (28 May 1955 – 7 August 2017) was an Australian jazz vocalist and pianist.
Education Seidel studied at the Elder Conservatorium at the University of Adelaide (BMusic, 1973–1976).
Career Seidel worked as a high school music teacher in New South Wales at the Sydney Girls High School and as a professional musician as a pianist and singer. From 1976 to 1980, she was an active member of the Adelaide Feminist Theatre Group. For their first show, The Carolina Chisel Show (1976), she wrote the piano arrangements. For the musical melodrama The Redheads' Revenge (1978), she wrote and arranged all the songs as well as conducting and playing in the orchestra. She was also involved in the writing, production and direction of the show. For the revue Out of the Frying Pan (1980), she wrote five original songs, collaborated with Judy Szekeres on the musical arrangement, played in the orchestra and was involved with the choreography.Szekeres, Judith Anne (February 1993). "The Adelaide Feminist Theatre Group. A case study", MA thesis, UNSW.
Seidel's 18 CD albums, recorded with musicians including her brother, bassist David Seidel, have been nominated for awards such as the ARIA Music Awards. Her album Moon of Manakoora won the Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2006.
Death Seidel died on 7 August 2017 from ovarian cancer in Sydney at the age of 62. Some newspapers mistakenly reported her death as 8 August.Janet Seidel: The cabaret singer with the pure voice is gone A posthumous CD of previously unreleased recordings was released in September 2018 in Japan. Entitled You Are There, it was produced by her brother David Seidel.
Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected details Title Details Little Jazz Bird Released: 1992 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (0001) Winter Moon Released: 1994 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0002) Doodlin (with Tom Baker) Released: 1995 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9504) The Art of Lounge Released: 1997 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9702) The Way You Wear Your Hat Released: 1997 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9801) The Art of Lounge Volume Two Released: 1999 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9902) Comme Ci, Comme Ça Released: 2000 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0033) Love Letters (with William Galison) Released: 2000 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0034) Doris & Me Released: 2001 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0038) Don't Smoke in Bed Released: 2002 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0050) The Art of Lounge Volume Three Released: 2003 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0056) Dear Blossom Released: 2004 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0064) Hooray for Christmas Released: 2004 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0065) Moon of Manakoora Released: 2005 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0068) "Charade" Henry Mancini Song Book (with Joe Chindamo) Released: 2007 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0077) You Are There Released: 2018 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0082) Posthumous release
Compilation albums + List of compilations, with selected details Title Details Hits Released: 2004 (UK and Ireland) Format: CD Label: Hot Records (HOT 1095) Best of Janet Seidel Released: 2012 (Indonesia) Format: 2×CD Label: Platinum Records
Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
! |- | 1999 | The Way You Wear Your Hat |rowspan="2"| Best Jazz Album | |rowspan="2"| ARIA Award previous winners. |- | 2000 | Art Of Lounge Volume Two
| 2001 | Doris and Me | Best Original Cast or Show Album | | ARIA Award previous winners.
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