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Janis Siegel (1952) is an American Jazz singer with the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer (1972–present). In 1965 Siegel recorded with a group called Young Generation on Red Bird records. In 1972 the original Manhattan Transfer had disbanded, and founder Tim Hauser re-formed the group with different singers, including Siegel. This incarnation of the group has enjoyed international popularity, covering songs from the 1930s through the 1980s in a variety of genres including jazz fusion, R&B, pop, and doo wop. The group has received 10 Grammy Awards during Siegel's ongoing tenure, and was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2003.


Her first solo album, Experiment in White, was released in 1981, and her second album, At Home, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Jazz Vocalist. Siegel is a Grammy Award winner as a member of The Manhattan Transfer.

In 1985, Siegel joined Jon Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin and Dianne Reeves in a group called Sing, Sing, Sing.

She is currently a member of Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra.

Solo-albums:
Janis Siegel - A Thousand Beautiful Things - 2006
Janis Siegel - At Home - 1987
Janis Siegel - Friday Night Special - 2003
Janis Siegel - I Wish You Love - 2002
Janis Siegel - Night Songs A Late Night Interlude - 2013
Janis Siegel - Sketches Of Broadway - 2004
Janis Siegel - The Tender Trap - 1999