What is Janet Seidel?
[[File:Janet_Seidel.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seidel in April 2010]] '''Janet Seidel''' (28 May 1955 &ndash; 8 August 2017) was an Australian singer, pianist and educator. She was born in [[Cummins]], [[South Australia]]. Her albums, recorded with her brother bassist David Seidel,<ref>{{cite web|title =CD/LP Review: Comme Ci Comme |first=Dave|last=Nathan |publisher=All About Jazz| url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=7695 |date =2001-05-01 |access-date =2011-01-06}}</ref> have been nominated for prizes such as the [[ARIA Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title =Janet Seidel: Biography |first=Dave|last=Nathan |publisher=Allmusic| url ={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=anouar-brahem-p3225/biography|pure_url=yes}} |access-date =2011-01-06}}</ref> Her album ''Moon of Manakoora'' won the [[Australian Jazz Bell Awards|Bell Award]] for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bellawards.org/index2.php?act=past&year=2006|title=The Australian Jazz Bell Awards 2006|publisher=Australian Jazz Bell Awards |access-date=2011-01-07}}</ref> She was a music teacher at [[Sydney Girls High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title =Don't Smoke in Bed: Review |first=Dave|last=Nathan |publisher=Allmusic| url ={{Allmusic|class=album|id=dont-smoke-in-bed-r601488/review|pure_url=yes}} |access-date =2011-01-06}}</ref> Seidel died on 8 August 2017 from [[ovarian cancer]] at her home in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]] at the age of 62.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/janet-seidel-the-cabaret-singer-with-the-littlegirl-voice-is-gone-20170809-gxsc43.html Janet Seidel: The cabaret singer with the little-girl voice is gone]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Seidel, Janet}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Sydney]] [[Category:Australian singers]] [[Category:Australian musicians]] [[Category:Australian educators]] [[Category:Jazz pianists]] {{bio-stub}}