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

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and

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singer.

Early life

Monheit was born and raised in

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, on

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. 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 Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...

. At an early age Monheit was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals. She began singing professionally while attending

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in Bohemia, New York. She attended the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. At the

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she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999. She was runner-up to

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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, ''

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'' ( N-Coded, 2000). Like Fitzgerald, she recorded many songs from the

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. 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

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, and credited to the fictional Judy Bridgewater.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Guest appearances

References

External links

Official site

YouTube channel

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monheit, Jane 1977 births 21st-century American women singers American women jazz singers American jazz singers Concord Records artists Jazz musicians from New York (state) Living people Manhattan School of Music alumni People from Oakdale, New York Sony Classical Records artists