# Jane Monheit

Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977) is an American jazz and traditional pop singer.

## Early life

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.

## Career

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.)

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||||

### Live albums

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

### Singles

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

### Guest appearances

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" | 2001 | Les Brown & His Band of Renown | Session #55 (1936–2001) |
| "Sentimental Journey" | 2001 | Les Brown & His Band of Renown | Session #55 (1936–2001) |
| "Snow" | 2003 | Tom Harrell | Wise Children |
| "Honeysuckle Rose" | 2003 | Mark O'Connor | In Full Swing |
| "Misty" | 2003 | Mark O'Connor | In Full Swing |
| "Fascinating Rhythm" | 2003 | Mark O'Connor | In Full Swing |
| "Manhattan" | 2005 | Frank Vignola and Joe Ascione | 662⁄3 |
| "I'll Take Romance" | 2015 | Harold Mabern | Afro Blue |
| "My One and Only Love" | 2015 | Harold Mabern | Afro Blue |