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

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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

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. 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

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at the age of 62. Some newspapers mistakenly reported her death as 8 August.Janet Seidel: The cabaret singer with the pure voice is gone
/ref> 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

Compilation albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

, ''Doris and Me'' , Best Original Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

References

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