Jeanne O'Connor

JEANNE O'CONNOR has brought her singing to clubs, cabarets, concert halls, and music festivals throughout the New York area and beyond. She has been praised by the New York Times for her ability to “belt out a shouting blues” and sing a smooth ballad; 7 Days Magazine called her “fabulous.”

Jeanne sings the classic American songbook standards of Gershwin, Kern, Loesser, & Rodgers & Hart with swing and soul. She is also at home in the traditions of blues, Latin music, R&B, and contemporary jazz.
Jeanne studied piano and sang in pop and folk bands as a youth, but went on to study liberal arts at Brown University. There, she began singing in nightclubs with jazz and swing bands. She moved her singing career to New York. Jeanne has appeared at New York’s Blue Note, Elaine’s, J’s, the Rainbow Room, the Cat Club, Condon’s and many other jazz clubs. She opened for Joan Rivers at Michael’s Pub, and starred in the club’s Irving Berlin tribute. She also performs at New York’s annual all-star “Jazz Nativity.”
Jeanne sings with some of the country’s leading swing and jazz bands, including Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks.

She also sings with the Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra, the Hot Club of France, and Peter Duchin. She created “Jeanne O’Connor Sings Gershwin” as part of the Rockefeller Center City Celebration. In 1999, Jeanne appeared on opening night of “Midsummer Night’s Swing” at Lincoln Center. Last year she also brought in a jazz band to the Guggenheim Museum as part of its 40th anniversary celebration.

She was a featured vocalist with New York Philomusica in several jazz/classical concerts featuring George Mraz, Gene Bertoncini and Frank Wess. She began to perform in a new duo with jazz and R&B singer Richard Lanham; the duo has already performed at Chanterelle, “21,” the Greenport Music Festival, and the Museum Mile celebration in Manhattan. Jeanne recently started work on a solo CD.