Janet Lawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Janet Lawson

singer and educator

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1940

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Profession: conductor, singer, bandleader, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Janet Lawson (born Janet Ann Polun; November 13, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland) is a jazz singer and educator.
Her primary influences as a singer were saxophonists such as Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sonny Rollins.
Her voice was described by jazz critic John S.
Wilson in a 1977 New York Times article entitled Janet Lawson: The Dream Jazz Voice writing that she "has the kind of voice that most jazz singers probably wish they had.
It is a full, well-developed, remarkably pliant voice with a lower range whose dark sonorities compare favorably with the deep power of Sarah Vaughan, and a high register in which she does not have to strain to project very fast, often complex, lines."