Jane Monheit

• Name — Jane Monheit • Born — 3 November 1977 • Birthplace — Oakdale, New York, U.S. • Genre — * Vocal jazz • pop standards • Brazilian • Occupation — Singer • Years Active — 2000–present • Label — * N-Coded • Epic • Concord • EmArcy • Emerald City • Club44 • Website — www.janemonheitonline.com

Monheit was born and raised in Oakdale, New York, on Long Island. Her father played banjo and guitar. Her mother sang and played music for her by singers who could also be her teachers, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald. At an early age, Monheit was drawn to jazz and Broadway musicals. She began singing professionally while attending Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York. She attended the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. At the Manhattan School of Music she studied voice under Peter Eldridge; she graduated in 1999. She was runner-up to Teri Thornton in the 1998 vocal competition at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, in Washington, DC.

When she was 22, she released her first album, Never Never Land (N-Coded, 2000). Like Fitzgerald, she recorded many songs from the Great American Songbook. After recording for five labels, she started her own, Emerald City Records. Its first release was The Songbook Sessions (2016), an homage to Fitzgerald. 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. (On her debut album, she had performed a different song by the same name, written by Livingston and Evans.)

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions • Title — Details — Peak chart positions • US — US Top Sales — US Jazz — US Trad. Jazz — US Top Cur — US Indie — US Holiday — POR • Never Never Land — * Released: 2000 * Label: N-Coded — — — — — 3 — 2 — — — 28 — — — — • Come Dream with Me — * Released: 2001 * Label: N-Coded — 153 — 153 — 1 — 1 — 153 — 5 — — — — • In the Sun — * Released: 2002 * Label: N-Coded — 173 — 173 — 5 — 2 — 173 — 10 — — — — • Taking a Chance on Love — * Released: 2004 * Label: Sony — 94 — 94 — 2 — 1 — 94 — — — — — 13 • The Season — * Released: 2005 * Label: Epic — — — — — 11 — 8 — — — — — 12 — — • Surrender — * Released: 2007 * Label: Concord — — — — — 3 — 1 — — — — — — — — • The Lovers, the Dreamers and Me — * Released: 2008 * Label: Concord — — — — — 3 — 3 — — — — — — — — • Home — * Released: 2010 * Label: EmArcy — — — — — 5 — 2 — — — — — — — — • The Heart of the Matter — * Released: 2013 * Label: EmArcy — — — — — 5 — 4 — — — — — — — — • 2 in Love (David Benoit featuring Jane Monheit) — * Released: 2015 * Label: Concord — — — — — 6 — 5 — — — — — — — — • Believe (The David Benoit Trio featuring Jane Monheit and the All-American Boys Chorus) — * Released: 2015 * Label: Concord — — — — — 23 — 15 — — — — — — — — • The Songbook Sessions: Ella Fitzgerald — * Released: 2016 * Label: Emerald City — — — — — 6 — 4 — — — — — — — — • Come What May — * Released 2021 * Label: Club44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • The Merriest — * Released 2022 * Label: Club44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • Jane Monheit — * Released 2024 * Label: Club44 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of live albums, with selected chart positions • Title — Details — Peak chart positions • US Jazz — US Trad. Jazz • Live at the Rainbow Room — * Released: 2003 * Label: N-Coded — 40 — 18

List of charted singles, with selected chart positions • Year — Title — Peak chart positions — Album • Smooth Jazz Airplay • 2015 — "Too in Love" (David Benoit featuring Jane Monheit) — 7 — 2 in Love

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name • 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" — 2005 — Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione — 66 • "I'll Take Romance" — 2015 — Harold Mabern — Afro Blue • "My One and Only Love"