# Janet Seidel

Janet Seidel (28 May 1955 – 7 August 2017) was an Australian jazz vocalist and pianist.

## Education

Seidel studied at the Elder Conservatorium at the University of Adelaide (BMusic, 1973–1976).

## Career

She worked as a high school music teacher in New South Wales at the Sydney Girls High School and as a professional musician as a pianist and singer. From 1976 to 1980, she was an active member of the Adelaide Feminist Theatre Group. For their first show, The Carolina Chisel Show (1976), she wrote the piano arrangements. For the musical melodrama The Redheads' Revenge (1978), she wrote and arranged all the songs, conducted and played in the orchestra and was also involved in the writing, production and direction of the show. For the revue Out of the Frying Pan (1980), she wrote five original songs, collaborated with Judy Szekeres on the musical arrangement, played in the orchestra and was involved with the choreography.
Seidel's 18 CD albums, recorded with musicians including her brother, bassist David Seidel, have been nominated for prizes such as the ARIA Music Awards. Her album Moon of Manakoora won the Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2006.

## Death

Seidel died on 7 August 2017 from ovarian cancer in Sydney at the age of 62. Some newspapers mistakenly reported her death as 8 August. A posthumous CD of previously unreleased recordings was released in September 2018 in Japan. Entitled You Are There, it was produced by David Seidel.

## Discography
### Albums

List of albums, with selected details :
| Title | Details |
| Little Jazz Bird | Released: 1992 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (0001) |
| Winter Moon | Released: 1994 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0002) |
| Doodlin (with Tom Baker) | Released: 1995 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9504) |
| The Art of Lounge | Released: 1997 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9702) |
| The Way You Wear Your Hat | Released: 1997 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9801) |
| The Art of Lounge Volume Two | Released: 1999 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB9902) |
| Comme Ci, Comme Ça | Released: 2000 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0033) |
| Love Letters (with William Galison) | Released: 2000 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0034) |
| Doris & Me | Released: 2001 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0038) |
| Don't Smoke in Bed | Released: 2002 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0050) |
| The Art of Lounge Volume Three | Released: 2003 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0056) |
| Dear Blossom | Released: 2004 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0064) |
| Hooray for Christmas | Released: 2004 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0065) |
| Moon of Manakoora | Released: 2005 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0068) |
| "Charade" Henry Mancini Song Book (with Joe Chindamo) | Released: 2007 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0077) |
| You Are There | Released: 2018 Format: CD Label: La Brava Music (LB0082) Posthumous release |

### Compilation albums

List of compilations, with selected details :
| Title | Details |
| Hits | Released: 2004 (UK and Ireland) Format: CD Label: Hot Records (HOT 1095) |
| Best of Janet Seidel | Released: 2012 (Indonesia) Format: 2×CD Label: Platinum Records |

## Awards and nominations
### ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 1999 | The Way You Wear Your Hat | Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
| 2000 | Art Of Lounge Volume Two | Best Jazz Album | Nominated |
| 2001 | Doris and Me | Best Original Cast or Show Album | Nominated |