BIOGRAPHY
Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a ten-time GRAMMY® winner and eighteen -time GRAMMY nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer's musical catalogue. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned almost a dozen finely crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects, amassed a large international fan base, and garnered 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," "Birdland," "The Boy From New York City," "Spice of Life," "Ray's Rockhouse," "The Shaker Song," "Mystery, and co-wrote and sang lead on the GRAMMY-winning "Sassy." She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger by writing five of the charts for the group's acclaimed masterwork, Vocalese, seven charts for the group's GRAMMY-winning album Brasil, and Wona. GRAMMY herself in 1980 for her vocal arrangement of "Birdland." These days, you can find Janis in the place she loves most, the studio, producing various ventures for other artists and singing on a diverse array of projects, touring with her trio, teaching at NYC and other universities, cooking up a storm in the kitchen, and joining forces with alto Lauren Kinhan from New York Voices in a monthly virtual music program born during the pandemic entitled VOCAL GUMBO.
Her 10th solo CD, released on Palmetto Records, is called "Nightsongs" and her four most recent solo collaborations are "HONEY & AIR" a Brazilian/jazz vocal adventure with her group Requinte Trio, along with percussionist Nanny Assis and pianist John di Martino and "SOME OTHER TIME," a tribute to Leonard Bernstein with trombonist/singer Nils Landgren with arrangements by Vince Mendoza. A Yiddish record entitled "MAZEL" was released with Cantor Daniel Kramer, a country/jazz record entitled "CRYIN' IN MY WHISKY" was released in March 2011 featuring tunes by Vince Gill, Patsy Kline, Lucinda Williams, George Jones and others. And, finally, JUNE 2023 saw the release of a live record with Bobby Sanabria's Multiverse Latin Jazz orchestra entitled "VOX HUMANA."
SHOWS
For descriptions of each show - look in PROMOTER TOOLS.
• THE COLORS OF MY LIFE — THE CY COLEMAN SONGBOOK
• WONDERFUL TOWN! — A BERNSTEIN CABARET
• ELLA — A LIFE IN SONG