Janis Siegel (of The Manhattan Transfer) - The Colors Of My Life: A Cy Coleman Songbook at Sellersville Theater 1894

Janis Siegel and her long-time Musical Director and pianist of The Manhattan Transfer, Yaron Gershovsky, celebrate their brand new recording release of legendary songwriter Cy Coleman's The Colors Of My Life. The duo created such memorable moments with The Manhattan Transfer including Corner Pocket and many others!Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a ten-time GRAMMY® winner and eighteen-time GRAMMY nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer's musical catalogue. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned almost a dozen finely crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects.Janis' unmistakable voice has become one of The Manhattan Transfer's most recognizable trademarks. She sang lead on some of their biggest hits, such as "Operator," "Chanson D'Amour," "Twilight Zone," "Birdland," "The Boy From New York City," "Spice of Life," "Ray's Rockhouse," "The Shaker Song," and "Mystery. She co-wrote and sang lead on the GRAMMY-winning "Sassy." She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger by writing five of the charts for the group's acclaimed masterwork, Vocalese, seven charts for the group's GRAMMY-winning album Brasil, and won a GRAMMY herself in 1980 for her vocal arrangement of "Birdland." These days, you can find Janis in the studio, producing various ventures for other artists and singing on a diverse array of projects, touring with her trio, teaching at NYU and other universities, and joining forces with alto Lauren Kinhan from New York Voices in Vocal Gumbo, a monthly virtual music program born during the pandemic.Her 10th solo CD, released on Palmetto Records, is called Nightsongs and her four most recent solo collaborations are Honey & Air, a Brazilian/jazz vocal adventure with her group Requinte Trio, along with percussionist Nanny Assis and pianist John di Martino and Some Other Time, a tribute to Leonard Bernstein with trombonist/singer Nils Landgren with arrangements by Vince Mendoza, Mazel, a Yiddish songbook with Cantor Daniel Kramer, Vox Humana, a brand new album of Big Band Latin jazz with Bobby Sanabria and The Multiverse Jazz Orchestra, a new Cy Coleman project, The Colors Of My Life with pianist Yaron Gershovsky, and Cryin In My Whiskey, a collection of classic country with a jazz sensibility. Artist Website...

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Janis Siegel and her long-time Musical Director and pianist of The Manhattan Transfer, Yaron Gershovsky, celebrate their brand new recording release of legendary songwriter Cy Coleman's The Colors Of My Life. The duo created such memorable moments with The Manhattan Transfer including Corner Pocket and many others!Over the past five decades, the voice of Janis Siegel, a ten-time GRAMMY® winner and eighteen-time GRAMMY nominee, has been an undeniable force in The Manhattan Transfer's musical catalogue. Alongside her career as a founding member of this musical institution, Siegel has also sustained a solo career that has spawned almost a dozen finely crafted solo albums and numerous collaborative projects.Janis' unmistakable voice has become one of The Manhattan Transfer's most recognizable trademarks. She sang lead on some of their biggest hits, such as "Operator," "Chanson D'Amour," "Twilight Zone," "Birdland," "The Boy From New York City," "Spice of Life," "Ray's Rockhouse," "The Shaker Song," and "Mystery. She co-wrote and sang lead on the GRAMMY-winning "Sassy." She also gained a reputation as a vocal arranger by writing five of the charts for the group's acclaimed masterwork, Vocalese, seven charts for the group's GRAMMY-winning album Brasil, and won a GRAMMY herself in 1980 for her vocal arrangement of "Birdland." These days, you can find Janis in the studio, producing various ventures for other artists and singing on a diverse array of projects, touring with her trio, teaching at NYU and other universities, and joining forces with alto Lauren Kinhan from New York Voices in Vocal Gumbo, a monthly virtual music program born during the pandemic.Her 10th solo CD, released on Palmetto Records, is called Nightsongs and her four most recent solo collaborations are Honey & Air, a Brazilian/jazz vocal adventure with her group Requinte Trio, along with percussionist Nanny Assis and pianist John di Martino and Some Other Time, a tribute to Leonard Bernstein with trombonist/singer Nils Landgren with arrangements by Vince Mendoza, Mazel, a Yiddish songbook with Cantor Daniel Kramer, Vox Humana, a brand new album of Big Band Latin jazz with Bobby Sanabria and The Multiverse Jazz Orchestra, a new Cy Coleman project, The Colors Of My Life with pianist Yaron Gershovsky, and Cryin In My Whiskey, a collection of classic country with a jazz sensibility. Artist Website
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