
Everything Music


"Fantastic! Looks like that and sings like that... Incredible. Fits right in with us, that's how we roll."
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
Vocalist composer educator
jennifer layne

SOULFUL & STUNNING
wide-range vocals mastering styles across
ALL TIMES & GENRES
Flavours of:
HOT SWING GOSPEL NEW ORLEANS CLASSICAL CELTIC HIP HOP BLUES INDIA AFRICA
Sensational arrangements with jazz instrumentation

COOL COVERS

SWINGIN' STANDARDS

OUTSTANDING ORIGINALS
SPARKLING CREATIVITY
beyond the music
ENCHANTING DANCE
from
STUNNING WARDROBES
to
ONE OF THE FEW WOMEN IN THE WORLD
composing for each instrument in the orchestra
trumpet trombone saxophone clarinet flute strings piano drums bass guitar banjo harpsichord

celebrity reviews

"Fantastic! Looks like that and sings like that... Incredible. Fits right in with us, that's how we roll."
HARRY CONNICK, JR.
Singer, Composer, Actor, American Idol Judge, TV Show Host - 'Harry', Jazz Revival Pioneer.

"Gorgeous! A Judy Garland from the Shirley Temple."
BOY GEORGE
Singer/Songwriter, 80s Icon - Culture Club, DJ, Spiritualist.

"A very special singer. We're always happy to have her here at Preservation Hall."
SHANNON POWELL
'King of Treme', World's Foremost Traditional New Orleans Drummer, Band Leader - Preservation Hall Stars, Formerly 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."
LUCIEN BARBARIN
Famed New Orleans Trombonist of the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra, Featured on HBO's 'Treme'.

"Gave me goosebumps."
JANE SIBERRY
Award-winning Canadian Singer/Songwriter.

"Fantastic... Like a queen!"
JORDAN KNIGHT
Singer/Songwriter - New Kids on the Block.

"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."
DANIEL FARROW
Saxophonist, Band Leader - Preservation Hall Brass Band.

"Radiant. Glowing."
DONNIE WAHLBERG
Singer/Songwriter - New Kids on the Block, Actor - Blue Bloods, TV Producer, Reality Star - 'Donnie Loves Jenny'.

"Better than any jazz singer out there. A renaissance woman. She's a singer, dancer, actor, writer, everything."
NED GOOLD
Famed New York Saxophonist, Composer, Theorist, Former Member and Musical Director of the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra.

"F***ing Phenomenal! Genius arrangements."
DAVID TORKANOWSKY
Acclaimed New Orleans Pianist, Music Producer, Keyboard/Ensemble Instructor - Loyola University.

"Absolutely stunning. Oh my God, she smells so good."
JOEY MCINTYRE
Singer/Songwriter - New Kids on the Block, Actor.

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
NED GOOLD
SIX CITY STOMPERS
CANADIANS:
Jane Siberry . William Sperandei
Mike Sanyshyn . Denis Bedard
Craig McGregor . Lee Wallace
Budge Schachte . Hot Club of Mars
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performed WHERE?
CTV NEWS
CBC NATIONAL RADIO 2
99.3 THE FOX
FEMO JAZZ FESTIVAL - DENMARK
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:
Rogue Folk Club . Wise Hall . Vogue Theatre
St. James Hall . Hotel Vancouver . Libra Room
Vancouver Island Folk Fest . Sun Yat Sen Gardens
Mission Folk Festival . South Hill Candy Shop
Holy Rosary Cathedral . Pacific National Exhibition
Terry Fox Theatre

Fun facts
JENNIFER LAYNE IS ALSO AN:
actress dancer choreographer painter graphic artist writer poet playwright

a former Marilyn Monroe impersonator
LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS
made a lifelong study of new orleans music, culture & history

known as the Voodoo Queen by devoted fans
TOURED GLOBALLY WITH A NON-PROFIT THEATRE COMPANY as its principle actress & assistant director engaging youth in inspiring avant-garde productions

