Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977"Jane Monheit." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 33. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2001. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 2017-05-07.) 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."Our Alumni". Usdam Summer Camp for the Arts. Retrieved 2017-05-07. 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 + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US USTopSales USJazz USTrad.Jazz USTopCur USIndie US POR Never Never Land Released: 2000 Label: N-Coded — — 3 2 — 28 — — Come Dream with Me Released: 2001 Label: N-Coded 153 153 1 1 153 5 — — In the Sun Released: 2002 Label: N-Coded 173 173 5 2 173 10 — — Taking a Chance on Love Released: 2004 Label: Sony 94 94 2 1 94 — — 13 The Season Released: 2005 Label: Epic — — 11 8 — — 12 — Surrender Released: 2007 Label: Concord — — 3 1 — — — — The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me Released: 2008 Label: Concord — — 3 3 — — — — Home Released: 2010 Label: EmArcy — — 5 2 — — — — The Heart of the Matter Released: 2013 Label: EmArcy — — 5 4 — — — — 2 in Love Released: 2015 Label: Concord — — 6 5 — — — — Believe Released: 2015 Label: Concord — — 23 15 — — — — The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald Released: 2016 Label: Emerald City — — 6 4 — — — — Come What May Released 2021 Label: Club44 — — — — — — — — The Merriest Released 2022 Label: Club44 — — — — — — — — Jane Monheit Released 2024 Label: Club44 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions USJazz USTrad.Jazz Live at the Rainbow Room Released: 2003 Label: N-Coded 40 18
Singles + List of charted singles, with selected chart positions Year Title Peak chart positions Album Smooth JazzAirplay 2015 "Too in Love" 7 2 in Love
Guest appearances + List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" 2001 Terence Blanchard Let's Get Lost "Secret Love" Les Brown & His Band of Renown Session #55 (1936–2001) "Sentimental Journey" "Snow" 2003 Tom Harrell Wise Children "Honeysuckle Rose" Mark O'Connor In Full Swing "Misty" "Fascinating Rhythm" "Manhattan" 2005 Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione 66 "I'll Take Romance" 2015 Harold Mabern Afro Blue "My One and Only Love"
References
External links
Official site YouTube channel Jane Monheit biography, CD and concert reviews by cosmopolis.ch