Grammy-nominee Janet Lawson, born Janet Polun on November 13 , 1940, in Bal… Read Full Bio ↴Grammy-nominee Janet Lawson, born Janet Polun on November 13 , 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a jazz singer and educator. Born into a family of professional musicians, as a child she performed on the radio and regional television. She holds adjunct professorships at New York University, the New School and at City College, N.Y., and currently lives in New York City.
She has worked with Duke Ellington, Bob Dorough, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, Barry Harris, Milt Hinton, Dave Liebman, Joe Newman, Rufus Reid, Barney Kessel, Clark Terry, Ed Thigpen, Cedar Walton and the Art Farmer Quartet. She was soprano soloist with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in "Blood Memories" at City Center, New York, and composed and created with lyricist Diane Snow, a musical, “Jass is a Lady,” produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York City. Lawson also appeared regularly on Steve Allen's television show (1968-1969). Her group, the Janet Lawson Quintet, has recorded two albums, "The Janet Lawson Quintet" (1981) and "Dreams Can Be" (1983). Her first album, "The Janet Lawson Quintet" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female in 1981. She lost to Ella Fitzgerald. Lawson, a scat singer, also appeared on "The Main Man" by Eddie Jefferson in 1977. Recordings from her two albums were recently compiled on CD, "The Janet Lawson Quintet", by Cambria Master Recordings.
Lawson headed the vocal jazz program at William Paterson College, Wayne NJ, from 1981 to 1988. In 1995, she developed a course for the vocal jazz program at the New School called “Jazz Anatomy: Theory for Singers,” part of a curriculum she created with singers Amy London and Sheila Jordan.
Wikipedia references:
[1]Janet Lawson Official Website
[2]Allmusic.com
[3]CambriaMusic.com
[4]New School Biographies
[5] "A Song in Her Heart", Pocono Record, 11/5/2006
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^ http://www.cambriamus.com/cds/cd_jazz.htm
^ http://www.newschool.edu/JAZZ/Faculty/bios.html
^ http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS01/611050324
She has worked with Duke Ellington, Bob Dorough, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter, Barry Harris, Milt Hinton, Dave Liebman, Joe Newman, Rufus Reid, Barney Kessel, Clark Terry, Ed Thigpen, Cedar Walton and the Art Farmer Quartet. She was soprano soloist with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in "Blood Memories" at City Center, New York, and composed and created with lyricist Diane Snow, a musical, “Jass is a Lady,” produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York City. Lawson also appeared regularly on Steve Allen's television show (1968-1969). Her group, the Janet Lawson Quintet, has recorded two albums, "The Janet Lawson Quintet" (1981) and "Dreams Can Be" (1983). Her first album, "The Janet Lawson Quintet" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female in 1981. She lost to Ella Fitzgerald. Lawson, a scat singer, also appeared on "The Main Man" by Eddie Jefferson in 1977. Recordings from her two albums were recently compiled on CD, "The Janet Lawson Quintet", by Cambria Master Recordings.
Lawson headed the vocal jazz program at William Paterson College, Wayne NJ, from 1981 to 1988. In 1995, she developed a course for the vocal jazz program at the New School called “Jazz Anatomy: Theory for Singers,” part of a curriculum she created with singers Amy London and Sheila Jordan.
Wikipedia references:
[1]Janet Lawson Official Website
[2]Allmusic.com
[3]CambriaMusic.com
[4]New School Biographies
[5] "A Song in Her Heart", Pocono Record, 11/5/2006
^ http://www.janetlawsonscats.com/
^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wiftxqt5ldte
^ http://www.cambriamus.com/cds/cd_jazz.htm
^ http://www.newschool.edu/JAZZ/Faculty/bios.html
^ http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061105/NEWS01/611050324
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Janet Lawson Lyrics
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In A Sentimental Mood In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come…
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james woods
many, many,thanks wilbur. i wrote this song and am so pleased to be able to hear her version,if you think this is upbeat you should hear the naked truths version,also on here. i had the pleasure of working with janet and sonny and i wrote the little spoken ending expressly for her.thank-you, james woods
beechnut79
She had one other flirtation with country with “Good Enough to Be Your Wife”.
Bob Tavares
So you actually wrote this song, Mr. Woods? You must be so FUCKING proud!
Jaclyn Dalrymple
+james woods thanks so much for the upload of this song. I remember hearing this on a static-filled radio station while driving across oklahoma in the middle of the night in 1970. It has stayed in my mind since then.
james woods
@doctordel hey doc and wil some one uped trella hart's version which is the closet to what i concieved . i just came home from my oncologist and it made my day, thank-you both and "say hello to my new friend menchitty"*ref scarface,peace and love, james
Doctordel
Beautiful Song JJ. I love this version. Thanks for the upload Wilburscott.
Rhonda Robinson
RIP Janet!! I'd never heard this tune of yours!! So much still to learn about you even after my first jazz lesson with you in 1991.
edd bayes
Been playing this for decades. Always one of my favs in my collection.
Maryellen woods
I was browsing looking for some of my brother's songs and came across this ... it's beautiful! I have an update on James/Jimmy, He passed away last January from Cancer. I think that there are a lot of people that miss him; he was a wonderful, sweet soul. Thank you for doing his song this way, it is very close to the way he used to sing it.
vj498
Hi, I'm sorry to hear about the death of your brother. I bought a large collection of 45rpm records last month, and stuffed in one of the boxes was a copy of the original publisher's sheet music for this song. I believe these were created for copyright purposes at the time the song was published, and even has some slight variations to the lyrics. If this would have any value or meaning to you, it wouldn't be any trouble for me to put it in an envelope and mail it. Let me know if you have any interest. -Shane