About Jane
Jane is a Bistro Award winner and a five-time MAC award nominee. Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote of her “bright clear voice with a brassy edge and a luscious, rounded vibrato, meticulous phrasing, a sultry lower register…and she swings!” Her previous CD, “Easy to Remember”, with jazz all-stars Jay Leonhart, Bucky Pizzarelli, Harry Allen, Warren Vaché and Tedd Firth and Aaron Weinstein, with additional vocals by Tony DeSare, was hailed as “Easily the finest songbook album of the year”, by Jazzwax. Earlier CDs were similarly well-reviewed, critics cheering her “Ella-styled artistry” (Downbeat) and welcoming “A brilliant star” (Daily News). She has played the major New York venues, including Birdland, Birdland Theater, the Metropolitan Room, the Iridium and Lincoln Center Jazz at Rose Hall (for the 2019 Cabaret Convention). She sings regularly in New England, Paris (Le Bilboquet, La Villa, Café Laurent) and on the Cote d’Azur, where she launched and performed for two years at the Majestic Hotel’s Cannes Jazz in July series, is a frequent performer at the Royal Jazz Lounge in Antibes, and Vegaluna, Cannes, and was featured for two years at the National Fête de la Musique celebrations in Valbonne and Biot .
Of her five CDs two were recorded with Mike Renzi, her accompanist of 12 years, Jay Leonhart and the late Grady Tate. Her vocals drew this accolade from Michael Feinstein: “Your singing was very moving to me because you sing the songs with soulful simplicity and deep connection to the lyric. I also feel caressed by the sound of your voice. The choice of songs is impeccable!”
Tedd Firth arranged and plays piano on her latest CD, “I’ll Take Romance”, with Jay Leonhart, Peter Grant and Warren Vaché. Nicolas King duets with Jane on the Gershwins’ “Isn’t It a Pity””.