About Jane
JANE is now booking performances with "Triple Play" or "Jeff Franzel/Jane Vandiver Duo" across the USA and Internationally.
'TRIPLE PLAY" is a variety band, playing smooth jazz, R&B, pop dance, latin, light rock, and more.They are available for club and concert
venues, galas, receptions, corporate events, casino's, cruises, or most any occasion. Based out of Houston, TX, where they perform in
many of the top venues and for private events in one of the largest cities in the U.S.
This is a wonderfully exciting group playing all of your favorites and then some!
JEFF FRANZEL: A multi-talented songwriter and composer with over 30 years experience in the music business. Jeff began his career as a jazz pianist and toured with many groups, including big band legend Les Brown. During that time he accompanied such artists as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mel Torme. He currently is leading his own jazz quintet in NYC and has been a Steinway artist for over 2 years. He recently played the Park City Jazz festival with Anna Wilson and Sean Smith.
Jeff has written pop songs for such diverse artists as Josh Groban, Placido Domingo, Push Play, Hayley Westenra, Clay Aiken, Shawn Colvin, N'sync, Dianne Reeves, Taylor Dayne, and Chuck Wicks. He writes in virtually all styles and works with lyricists in many languages. Jeff's songs have been featured on over 20 platinum albums in the U.S. and other countries. On the U.S. Billboard charts Jeff has had a #2 pop hit with Don't Rush Me, a top 10 AC hit with You've Got a Way and a #1 contemporary Christian song called Love Was Never Meant To Die. He has had top ten hits in Japan, England, Brazil, Australia, Holland, Belgium and Poland.
Jeff has a song that Placido Domingo and Josh Groban recorded with lyrics adapted by Pope John Paul II which was #1 on the classical billboard charts this summer. His song "When You Know" is the title track to Dianne Reeves CD. He recently had a platinum record in Italy with the San Remo winner Marco Carta on Warner Bros. Jeff co-wrote 3 songs with Hayley Westnera for her upcoming Christmas Winter Magic CD which will be released worldwide this November. This fall Jeff's songs were featured on two top 10 DVD's in Brazil by artist Ricky Vallens and Tania Mara. Kaci Battaglia recently recorded "Seeing You" which will be featured on her upcoming release on Warner Curb Records.
Jeff has also had a number if his songs in film and TV. He has had songs in Runaway Bride, Serendipity, Dawson's Creek, Deja Vu, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Barbershop 2, Go Figure, Dear God, Gray Matters and Fort McCoy.
HIs latest CD, "Taken By Surprise" has gotten rave reviews, along with his number one hit in South Africa, with artist, Elvis Blue, and his number one hit in Hong Kong, with G.E.M. He has recently toured with Anna Wilson and her "Countrypolitan" CD in which Jeff was the arranger/composer on.