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Janiece Jaffe

Born: June 9, 1958

Janiece Jaffe grew up in a musical family.  Her mother was a preschool teacher and an opera singer and her father was a professor of classical music.  As a child her parents facilitated 'Opera Nights' where singing was the mode of conversation at the dinner table!

As a performer, Janiece has worked in collaboration with many great artists, including Freddie Hubbard, Frank Vignola, Keter Betts, Dominic Spera and Al Cobine. Jaffe has the flexibility to work with various groups from Big Band to Duos.  She is featured in Scott Yanow's Jazz Singer: The Ultimate Guide.

Janiece Jaffe is an incredible singer. No, I mean REALLY INCREDIBLE! She combines outstanding vocal technique with a solid awareness of the tradition of the great jazz vocalists. Yet she is uniquely herself. She has a very wide range of expression. Technically she can dazzle you with her creativity and her unerring accuracy. She takes chances but is always in control. Her high range exhibits an exquisite restraint. She is both hip and intelligent. She is both exhilarating and intimate. She has both humor and elegance. She is both pixie and queen. Janiece is rare! To hear her is a privilege.  - Dr. Bill Daily, UNC Charlottesville

It Takes Two / Heart's Desire

By Janiece Jaffe

Label: Catalyst Productions
Released: 2003
Track listing: It Takes Two -- Blue Bossa; Til There Was You; You Go to My Head; My Romance; Blue Moon; La Vie en Rose; Angel Eyes; Harlem Nocturne; Rain on the Roses; The Nearness of You; I

Janiece Jaffe: It Takes Two / Heart's Desire

by Jack Bowers
April 2, 2003

These two CDs by bright-eyed, Indiana-based songstress Janiece Jaffe were hand-delivered to me by the artist herself during a between-sessions break at the 31st conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) last January in Toronto. The earlier of the two, It Takes Two, dating from 1996, pairs Jaffe with bassist Tom Hildreth (eight tracks) ...

It Takes Two

By Janiece Jaffe

Label: Catalyst Productions
Released: 2000

Janiece Jaffe: It Takes Two

by Dave Nathan
October 1, 2000

For her second album as a leader, Indiana denizen Janiece Jaffe is accompanied by just guitar and bass, each separately. Guitarist Marcos Cavalcante is on the first six cuts, while bassist Tom Hildreth holds fort on the rest. Jaffe is in good company with this approach. Sheila Jordan recorded with just bass players Arild Andersen and ...