VOCALIST
COMPOSER
PRODUCER
EDUCATOR
With soulful and stunning wide-range vocals, Jennifer Layne is a sparkling and dynamic live entertainer and recording artist. She has performed and recorded internationally with the industry's most gifted and notable musicians.
R&B JAZZ GOSPEL CLASSICAL POP CELTIC HIP-HOP
"Fantastic! Looks like that and sings like that... Incredible. Fits right in with us, that's how we roll."
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
JUDGE – AMERICAN IDOL
FAMED GRAMMY-WINNING JAZZ MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, & VOCALIST
ACTOR & TV SHOW HOST – HARRY
DEBUT SINGLE "SUMMERTIME LOVE"
COMING SOON
Celebrating the comfort of warm south winds and roadtrip adventures with friends, this smooth and joyful summer bop is a love song to the magic of the summer solstice.
CELEBRITY REVIEWS
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
JUDGE – AMERICAN IDOL
GRAMMY-WINNING JAZZ MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, VOCALIST, ACTOR, & TV HOST
"Fantastic! Looks like that and sings like that... Incredible. Fits right in with us, that's how we roll."
BOY GEORGE
80s ICON – CULTURE CLUB
GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER / SONGWRITER
VISUAL ARTIST
"Gorgeous! A Judy Garland from the Shirley Temple."
JORDAN KNIGHT
BOY BAND ICON
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
SINGER / SONGWRITER
"Incredible! Fantastic! Like a queen."
LUCIEN BARBARIN
FAMED NEW ORLEANS TROMBONIST OF THE HARRY CONNICK, JR. ORCHESTRA
FEATURED ON HBO'S TREME
"She has this presence, this mystical voice. There's no other singer like her."
JANE SIBERRY
AWARD-WINNING CANADIAN ICON
SINGER/SONGWRITER
"MIMI ON THE BEACH"
"Gave me goosebumps."
NED GOOLD
FAMED NEW YORK SAXOPHONIST
20 YEARS LEAD & MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE HARRY CONNICK, JR. ORCHESTRA
"Better than any jazz singer out there. A renaissance woman. She's a singer, dancer, writer, actor, everything!"
SHANNON POWELL
FORMERLY OF THE HARRY CONNICK, JR. ORCHESTRA, LEADER – PRESERVATION HALL STARS, FEATURED ON HBO'S TREME
"A very special singer. We're always happy to have her here at Preservation Hall."
DANIEL FARROW
NEW ORLEANS SAXOPHONIST
LEADER – PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
"Perfection. Her version of 'Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans' is the most perfect version of that song I have ever heard - exactly how it was meant to be sung."
DAVID TORKANOWSKY
ACCLAIMED NEW ORLEANS PIANIST
MUSIC PRODUCER, KEYBOARD/ENSEMBLE INSTRUCTOR – LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
"F*ing phenomenal! Genius arrangements."
BIO
PERFORMED WITH
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
NEW ORLEANS GREATS:
Shannon Powell
Lucien Barbarin
Wendell Brunious
David Torkanowsky
Mark Braud
Daniel Farrow
Mitchell Player
Roderick Paulin
NED GOOLD
SIX CITY STOMPERS
CANADIANS:
Jane Siberry
William Sperandei
Mike Sanyshyn
Denis Bedard
Craig McGregor
Lee Wallace
Budge Schachte
Hot Club of Mars
PERFORMED AT / ON
CTV NEWS
CBC NATIONAL RADIO 2
99.3 THE FOX
DENMARK JAZZ FESTIVAL
NEW ORLEANS:
PRESERVATION HALL
Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse
Palm Court
The Spotted Cat
NEW YORK:
NEIL SIMON THEATRE (BROADWAY)
Smalls
Fat Cat
Le Poisson Rouge
VANCOUVER AREA:
Vogue Theatre
Wise Hall
Pacific National Exhibition
Wise Hall
Shadbolt Centre for Performing Arts
St. James Hall
Vancouver Island Folk Fest
Hotel Vancouver
Terry Fox Theatre
Libra Room
Sun Yat Sen Gardens
Mission Folk Festival
Holy Rosary Cathedral
East is East
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