Jane Monheit | |
|---|---|
 Monheit performing at Koerner Hall in Toronto, April 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | November 3, 1977 Oakdale, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | www |
Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977[1]) is an American jazz and pop singer.
Monheit was born and raised in Oakdale, New York, on Long Island.[1] Her father played banjo and guitar.[2] Her mother sang and played music for her by singers who could also be her teachers, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald.[2] At an early age Monheit was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals.[2]
She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York.[1] She attended the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts.[3] At the Manhattan School of Music she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999.[1]
She was runner-up to Teri Thornton in the 1998 vocal competition at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in Washington, DC.[1]
When she was 22, she released her first album, Never Never Land (N-Coded, 2000).[2] Like Fitzgerald, she recorded many songs from the Great American Songbook.[2] After recording for five labels, she started her own, Emerald City Records.[2] Its first release was The Songbook Sessions (2016), an homage to Fitzgerald.[2][4]
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.[5] (On her debut album, she had performed a different song by the same name, written by Livingston and Evans.)
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US Jazz [7] |
US Trad. Jazz [8] |
US Holiday [9] |
US Indie [10] |
POR [11] | ||
| Never Never Land |
|
— | 3 | 2 | — | 28 | — |
| Come Dream with Me |
|
153 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — |
| In the Sun |
|
173 | 5 | 2 | — | 10 | — |
| Taking a Chance on Love |
|
94 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| The Season |
|
— | 11 | 8 | 12 | — | — |
| Surrender |
|
— | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me |
|
— | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Home |
|
— | 5 | 2 | — | — | — |
| The Heart of the Matter |
|
— | 5 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2 in Love (David Benoit featuring Jane Monheit) |
|
— | 6 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Believe (The David Benoit Trio featuring Jane Monheit and the All-American Boys Chorus) |
|
— | 23 | 15 | — | — | — |
| The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald |
|
— | 6 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Come What May |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [7] |
US Trad. Jazz [8] | ||
| Live at the Rainbow Room |
|
40 | 18 |
| 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"[12] | 2005 | Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione | 662⁄3 |
| "I'll Take Romance" | 2015 | Harold Mabern | Afro Blue |
| "My One and Only Love" |
