Curriculum Vitae
1972-75 Singer-pianist flautist in a band with brothers Geoffrey and David
1975 76 Piano bar soloist Adelaide venues.
1975 Musical Director/Composer ‘Footlights revue’ Adelaide University
1976 Musical Director/ Arranger ‘Carolina Chisel show’ Everyman Theatre
(All-women production revue for International Women’s year)
1978 Musical Director/ composer/ arranger ‘Redhead’s revenge’ Space Theatre Adelaide Festival Theatre. Feminist Theatre production
1982 piano bar performer, Crete, London, Stockholm
1982-85 leader of ‘The Janet Seidel trio’ resident at Gateway Hotel North Terrace Adelaide
1984 Leader of ‘The Janet Seidel trio’ The Adelaide Hilton Hotel
1985-86 Piano bar performer Sydney venues.
Pianist for cabaret group ‘The Four Kinsmen.
1985 Pianist for cabaret group ‘The Four Kinsmen. Tour of the USA.
1989-92 leader of Janet Seidel duo resident at Boulevard Hotel Sydney
1992-95 Leader of ‘The Janet Seidel trio’ resident at Manly Pacific Hotel, Darling Harbor Parkroyal.
1992 Performed at Kobe Jazz St Festival in Japan
Released 1st CD ‘Little Jazz Bird’ on Labrava Label.
Commenced playing Jazz Festivals and touring in Australia leading her quintet.
1994 Performed at Kobe Jazz St Festival in Japan
Released CD ‘Winter Moon’ Toured France and Holland with her Jazz trio.
1995 Released CD ‘Doodlin’ launched at Sydney’s Basement jazz club.
1994-98 Leader of ‘Janet Seidel duo resident at Sydney’s Wentworth hotel.
1997 Released CD ‘The Art of Lounge vol#1’ nominated for ARIA award
Nominated for Mo Award ‘Jazz Vocalist’
1998 Toured India For Tony Bilson’s ‘Taste of Australia with jazz quartet
1998 released CD ‘The Way you Wear your Hat’ named ‘vocal album of the year by the Australian.
Nominated for Mo Award ‘Jazz Vocalist’
CD ‘The Way you Wear your Hat’ nominated for ARIA.
2000 Nominated for Mo Award ‘Jazz Vocalist’
Performed at Lake Chatauqua Jazz Festival in upstate New York
Performed at Kobe Jazz St Festival in Japan
Released CD ‘The Art of Lounge Vol#2 nominated for ARIA.
2001 Toured Japan for Mon Productions: concerts jazz Festivals and clubs
Released French themed CD ‘Comme Ci Comme Ca’: Toured Europe with duo.
2002 Devised a cabaret show about Doris Day called ‘Doris and me’.
First performed in Canberra, then toured Australia.
Toured Japan for Mon Productions: concerts jazz Festivals and clubs
“Doris and me’ nominated for ARIA for best recording of a stage show
Nominated for Mo Award ‘Jazz Vocalist’
Toured Europe and Australia.
2003 performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra ‘Swing into Spring’ Opera House Concert Hall.
Janet’s CD’s now released in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore
Released CD ‘Love Letters’ with New York harmonica player William Gallison. Toured Australia promoting CD
Toured Japan for Mon Productions: concerts jazz Festivals and clubs
2004 Released CD ‘Don’t Smoke in Bed’ a tribute to the song writing of Peggy Lee.
CD featured Don Burrows on sax flute and clarinet. Launched CD at Basement Sydney and toured Australia.
2004 Wrote several cabaret shows and appeared at the Sydney Cabaret Convention the Adelaide Cabaret festival.
Shows included ‘We Get requests’ ‘ The Art of Lounge’ ‘Les Chansons de Paris’.
Toured Japan for Mon Productions: concerts jazz Festivals and clubs
Toured Europe and the UK
Performed with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra ‘Jazz goes Lounge’
Wrote a show based on the life of jazz performer Blossom Dearie. Wrote the title song ‘Dear Blossom and joined APRA as a full member.
Show premiered at Adelaide Cabaret festival
2005 CD released in UK ‘Janet Seidel: Hits’. Toured UK to launch the CD: appeared at Salisbury International festival of Music, Holywood Jazz Festival, Belfast Ireland, Oxford Jazz Society, Lyth Arts Society Scotland. Linlithgow Jazz Festival Scotland, Nottinghamshire Arts Festival, Boxford Jazz Club, New York.
Wrote a show called ‘Delovely: the music of Cole Porter’ and performed the show 8 times in Sydney’s ‘Wood-fire Cabaret’.
Released Live CD of the show. Performed show at Star City Showroom, Sydney.
March 2006 led her quartet to a Musica Viva sponsored tour of Abu Dubai, Kuwait and Beirut.
June 2006 Janet and her trio appeared in ‘Jazz Elite’ Tour of Japan with Helen Merrill and ‘The Idea of North’. This tour included concerts across Japan.
July 2006 she toured with her trio for ‘Morning Melodies’ in theatres down the coast of Queensland performing her show ‘Doris and Me’.
Nov 2006 : the trio toured to Victoria performing in concert situations, dinner shows and Jazz Clubs culminating in a sell out show at the Famous Spiegletent in Melbourne.
2006
Performed her Doris and Me show at Smithfield RSL, Bankstown Sports club and Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL
December 2006 Janet and her Jazz Quintet appeared as guests with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in two concerts called ‘ASO Christmas Lounge’
Dec 2006 quartet with Bob Jeffery performs at ‘Blues’ Middleton SA and ‘Thorn Park Country House’ Clare
Jan 2007 Performed with Carl Pini, Jane Hazelwood and member of the SSO at the Riverine Summer school of Strings Wagga
March 2007 Delovely: a tribute to Cole porter Canterbury Hurlstone Park RSL
April 2007: Empire Theatre Toowoomba Performed ‘Doris and Me’
Delovely: the songs of Cole Porter
April 2007 Woodfire 21, 22, 27 28 29, Cabaret Double Bay ‘Janet’s Jazz sessions with Geoff Bull and Paul Furniss David Seidel and Chuck Morgan
May 8,9 2007 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
May 7,8,9 Adelaide Cabaret Festival performed Delovely, the songs of Cole Porter and ‘We Get requests’
Release 15th CD ‘We get Requests’ launch at Adelaide Cabaret Festival
May 11th Darling Harbour Jazz Festival with quintet
May 29, 30 1st June Woodfire Cabaret ‘Doris and Me
June 6,7,8 Woodfire Cabaret Dear Blossom
June 13,14,15 Woodfire Cabaret ‘Peggy Lee: the Goddess of Cool’
June 22 27,28,29 Woodfire Cabaret A tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
August 24th- September the 5th 2007 Janet Seidel trio on tour Newcastle, Tamworth, Yamba, Toowoomba, Noosa, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Nambucca Heads.
October 5th ‘The Music of Mancini’ Macquarie Chapel Sydney
October 10th 11th 2007 With the Canberra Symphony Pops Orchestra Canberra Theatre
