Jennifer Chapin is an American singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of the singer-songwriter

Harry Chapin Harold Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy ...

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Sandra Chapin Sandra Gaston Chapin (born 1934) is an American poet/songwriter and activist. She is best known for her songwriting collaborations with her second husband, singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, and is also the mother of singer Jen Chapin. Marriages He ...

. She serves on the board of directors of WhyHunger, a grassroots support organization founded in 1975 by her father and the current executive director Bill Ayres. She has been compared at times with

Laura Nyro Laura Nyro ( ; born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'' (1968 ...

Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full ...

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Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...

. Chapin's website describes her music as "jazz tinged urban folk soul...incorporating the funk, soul and improvisation of the city". She studied at

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

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Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

. She is also the sixth cousin of country singer

Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

. In her recent years, Jen Chapin has taken up the occupational role of a high school history teacher, specializing in global history and teaching at a local Brooklyn high school.

Discography

* 2000 ''Live at the Bitter End'' (Purple Chair Music) * 2002 ''Open Wide'' (Purple Chair Music) * 2004 ''Linger'' (Hybrid Recordings) * 2006 ''Ready'' (Hybrid Recordings) * 2008 ''Light of Mine'' (Purple Chair Music) * 2009 ''ReVisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder'' ( Chesky) * 2013 ''Reckoning'' (Purple Chair Music)

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* * Living people Berklee College of Music alumni 1971 births People from Rockville Centre, New York Chesky Records artists Singers from New York (state) 21st-century American singers {{US-singer-stub Brown University alumni