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Janis Siegel, a ten-time Grammy winner, has been a central figure in The Manhattan Transfer's musical evolution and maintained a successful solo career with numerous collaborative projects.
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Request A ShowJanis Siegel is a founding member of the legendary vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. She participated in their 50th Anniversary celebration with the album 'FIFTY' and has been integral to their global touring and recording success.
Janis Siegel made her recording debut in 1965 with the group Young Generation, releasing the single 'The Hideaway' on Red Bird Records.
Siegel as a member of The Manhattan Transfer and for her solo debut album 'Experiment in White' (1982) and 'At Home' (1987).
Siegel released the album 'Slow Hot Wind' with Fred Hersch on Varèse Sarabande (1995).
Siegel released the album 'The Tender Trap' on Monarch (1999).
Siegel released several albums on Telarc, including 'I Wish You Love' (2002), 'Friday Night Special' (2003), 'Sketches of Broadway' (2004), and 'A Thousand Beautiful Things' (2006).
Siegel released her tenth solo CD, 'Night Songs: A Late Night Interlude', on Palmetto Records (2013).
Siegel released 'Honey & Air' with the Requinte Trio on ArtistShare (2015). She also collaborated on Cheryl Bentyne's 'Rearrangements of Shadows' (2017) released on ArtistShare.
Siegel released 'Mazel' with John Di Martino and Cantor Daniel Kramer (2020) and 'Cryin' in My Whiskey' with John Di Martino (2021) on Night is Alive.
Siegel collaborated with Bobby Sanabria on the album 'Vox Humana' featuring Janis Siegel, Antoinette Montague, Jennifer Jade Ledesna, released in 2023.
Janis Siegel has had various collaborations and projects, outside of The Manhattan Transfer with Concord Music.
Janis Siegel, a long-time resident of New York’s Greenwich Village, actively participates in The Village Trip Festival, contributing to the local music scene.
Janis Siegel serves as adjunct faculty in the Music and Performing Arts Professions department at NYU Steinhardt, contributing to vocal performance programs.
Janis Siegel was featured in an AM NEW YORK interview discussing her involvement with The Village Trip Festival.
PLAYBILL.com provided a first look at Janis Siegel's collaboration with Yaron Gershovsky on "The Colors of My Life: A Cy Coleman Songbook."
Janis Siegel was featured in a WBGO article discussing her role in spreading jazz in Saudi Arabia with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.
Janis Siegel, born on July 23, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York, began her recording career in 1965 with the group Young Generation. The group released one single, “The Hideaway,” before disbanding. She subsequently joined the folk trio The Loved Ones, later known as Laurel Canyon. In 1972, she became a foundational member of the reformed vocal group The Manhattan Transfer, which has since achieved international recognition for its versatile musical style, incorporating jazz fusion, R&B, pop, and doo-wop. Her distinctive voice became a hallmark of the group.
Throughout her extensive career with The Manhattan Transfer, Siegel sang lead on many of their prominent songs, including “Operator,” “Chanson D’Amour,” “Twilight Zone,” “Birdland,” and “The Boy from N.Y.C.” She also co-wrote and provided lead vocals for the Grammy-winning track “Sassy.” Beyond her vocal performances, Siegel developed a reputation as a vocal arranger, contributing five charts to the group’s highly regarded album “VOCALESE” and seven charts to the Grammy-winning album “BRASIL.” In 1980, she received a Grammy Award for her arrangement of “Birdland.” The group was honored with honorary doctorates from Berklee School of Music in 1993 and inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
Alongside her work with The Manhattan Transfer, Siegel has pursued a solo career, releasing almost a dozen albums. Her debut solo album, “Experiment in White,” was released in 1982. Her second solo album, “At Home” (1987), received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. She has also engaged in various collaborations, including the Requinte Trio with John DiMartino and Nanny Assis, and performing with Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra. Her most recent solo efforts include “Night Songs” (2013), “Honey & Air” (2015) with Requinte Trio, and “The Colors of My Life: A Cy Coleman Songbook” with Yaron Gershovsky.
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