Jane Monheit
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Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977<ref name="ContempMusicians">"Jane Monheit." Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 33. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2001. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, 2017-05-07.</ref>) is an American jazz and traditional pop singer.
Early life
Monheit was born and raised in Oakdale, New York, on Long Island.<ref name="ContempMusicians"/> Her father played banjo and guitar.<ref name="Becker" /> Her mother sang and played music for her by singers who could also be her teachers, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald.<ref name="Becker" /> At an early age, Monheit was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals.<ref name="Becker">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York.<ref name="ContempMusicians"/> She attended the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts.<ref>"Our Alumni". Usdam Summer Camp for the Arts. Retrieved 2017-05-07.</ref> At the Manhattan School of Music she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999.<ref name="ContempMusicians"/>
She was runner-up to Teri Thornton in the 1998 vocal competition at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in Washington, DC.<ref name="ContempMusicians"/>
Career
When she was 22, she released her first album, Never Never Land (N-Coded, 2000).<ref name="Becker" /> Like Fitzgerald, she recorded many songs from the Great American Songbook.<ref name="Becker" /> After recording for five labels, she started her own, Emerald City Records.<ref name="Becker" /> Its first release was The Songbook Sessions (2016), an homage to Fitzgerald.<ref name="Becker" /><ref name="Wilson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> (On her debut album, she had performed a different song by the same name, written by Livingston and Evans.)
Discography
Studio albums
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| US <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
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US Jazz <ref name="US Jazz">Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
US Trad. Jazz <ref name="US Trad Jazz">Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
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US Indie <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
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| Never Never Land |
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— | — | 3 | 2 | — | 28 | — | — | |
| Come Dream with Me |
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153 | 153 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 5 | — | — | |
| In the Sun |
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173 | 173 | 5 | 2 | 173 | 10 | — | — | |
| Taking a Chance on Love |
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94 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 94 | — | — | 13 | |
| The Season |
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— | — | 11 | 8 | — | — | 12 | — | |
| Surrender |
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— | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me |
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— | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| Home |
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— | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Heart of the Matter |
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— | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 in Love Template:Small |
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— | — | 6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | |
| Believe Template:Small |
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— | — | 23 | 15 | — | — | — | — | |
| The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald |
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— | — | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
| Come What May |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Merriest |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Jane Monheit |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz <ref name="US Jazz"/> |
US Trad. Jazz <ref name="US Trad Jazz"/> | ||
| Live at the Rainbow Room |
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40 | 18 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smooth Jazz Airplay <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |
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| 2015 | "Too in Love" Template:Small |
7 | 2 in Love |
Guest appearances
| 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"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 2005 | Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione | 66Template:Fraction |
| "I'll Take Romance" | 2015 | Harold Mabern | Afro Blue |
| "My One and Only Love" |