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chapin arts , long island , 4th august 2007 at the dix hills center for the performings -lsb- http://www.jenchapin.com/ jen chapin.com -rsb- rockville centre , ny , united states hybrid recordings purple chair music solo_singer 21 march 1971 vocals progressive jazz , folk rock , progressive rock jen chapin 2 cropped.jpg jen chapin
 jen chapin musician , songwriter , record producer
jen chapin

jen chapin is an american singer-songwriter .
she is the daughter of singer-songwriter harry chapin and his wife , sandra chapin .
she serves on the board of directors of whyhunger , a grassroots support organization founded by harry chapin and current executive director bill ayres .
she has been compared at times with laura nyro , tori amos , and alanis morissette .
chapin 's own website describes her music as `` jazz tinged urban folk soul ... incorporating the funk , soul and improvisation of the city '' .
she studied at brown university and the berklee college of music .
when chapin tours , she often plays with her husband , bassist stephan crump , as well as guitarist jamie fox , a group usually billed as the `` jen chapin trio '' -lrb- and described as `` a nationally known urban folk group '' -rrb- .
she has appeared on `` late night with conan o'brien '' and has worked with bruce springsteen .
chapin lives in brooklyn , new york with her husband and bassist stephan crump and their sons maceo and van .
