Jane Monheit

A dazzling jazz singer with a highly resonant voice and swinging style, Jane Monheit is known for her warm interpretations of standards and classic pop songs, as well as songs out of the Latin and bossa nova traditions. Influenced strongly by Ella Fitzgerald, Monheit first garnered attention in the late '90s and has performed with artists like Wynton Marsalis, John Pizzarelli, and Christian McBride. She has released a string of well-received albums, including 2001's Come Dream with Me, 2004's Taking a Chance on Love, and 2010's Home, all of which landed in the Top Five of the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. While at home performing with a large orchestra, as on 2002's In the Sun, Monheit most often works with her small group, as on 2021's Come What May. She combined both lush orchestrations and urbane combo styles on 2022's holiday album The Merriest and 2024's Jane Monheit.