“Believe in Spring” is Janet's debut recording. Janet sings a collection of ballads and standards ranging from Brazilian music to Thelonious Monk. The complete CD is scheduled for release in October, 2011. Joining Janet are Kevin Bales and Jez Graham on piano, Robert Dickson on bass, and Marlon Patton on drums.

Janet’s passion for the music is shaped by a lifetime of listening to and performing jazz, and an education from some of its finest performers. She credits her sense of swing, great ears and pitch to her father, a jazz drummer who insisted that she study piano before learning to sing. Janet's talent was first recognized by world-renowned bassist Cleveland ("Cleve") Eaton, and she began singing regularly both with Eaton's band and with other jazz musicians in Birmingham, Alabama. She credits vocalists Shirley Horn, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae as major musical influences.

In addition to leading her own jazz quartet, she has performed with some of Alabama's most notable jazz musicians, including Cleve Eaton, (former bassist with The Count Basie Orchestra and the Ramsey Lewis Trio).  She also appeared in the musical "Tuxedo Junction", with bandleader and trumpeter Erskine Hawkins. She currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

Janet studied jazz vocals with Sandy Cressman and Judy Niemack, and Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Janet Lawson. She has also studied with Ellis Marsalis, Barry Harris, and David Amram. Janet is a member of the Georgia Association of Jazz Educators and the Jazz Education Network and is dedicated to the cause of jazz education. She currently resides in the Atlanta, Georgia, suburb of Dunwoody, and is the founder of the Dunwoody Jazz Society.