Janet Seidel
Australian jazz vocalist and pianist (1955-2017)
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
Seidel 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 as well as conducting and playing in the orchestra. She 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 awards such as the ARIA Music Awards. Her album Moon of Manakoora won the Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2006.
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