My mother and father, family, my ancestors and their indomitable strength & wisdom, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Smokey Robinson, Motown, Etta Jones, Leontyne Price, Roberta Flack, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, Aaron Neville, Billy Stewart, Lena Horne, Peter Tosh, all of the legendary cats I've had the privilege of working with (male & female, instrumental & vocal), Freedom Now Suite, Missa Luba, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Chinua Achebe, Octavia Butler, Vincent Van Gogh, Romare Bearden, Cheikh Anta Diop, John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, Africa, Brazil, the Bible, the Koran, the blues, anime, Sly and the Family Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, Public Enemy, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Rolling Stones (especially Keith & Mick), Jimi Hendrix, Bill Chinnock, rock and roll, R&B, jazz, music from Zaire, church music from Gregorian to gospel, Ofra Haza, Cheb Mami
Janice Pendarvis is an eclectic, elegant, world-class performer known for her ability to sing R&B, pop, jazz, reggae, rock and avant-garde music. She has worked with a diverse roster of artists including Sting, Roberta Flack, Laurie Anderson, Peter Tosh, Philip Glass, The Rolling Stones, Nona Hendryx, The O'Jays, Jimmy Cliff.
You may have seen Janice on tour with Sting; on Late Night with Letterman and Saturday Night Live over the years as a featured soloist or background singer. She has sung on live shows all over the world; on records and CD's; commercials and films.
Janice is featured in the documentary, Bring on the Night, about the beginning of Sting’s solo career and his first band and in the film Home of the Brave, Laurie Anderson’s filmed version of her Mr. Heartbreak tour. Janice appears on Sting’s All This Time DVD which chronicles how the events of 9/11/01 intersected with the plans for a major concert at Sting’s home in Tuscany on the same day.
Equally at home in her roles as a lead singer, support vocalist, announcer, voice actor and on-camera personality, Janice also has a distinguished career in voiceovers. She has been one of the voices of NY's Channel Thirteen (WNET) for years and is currently featured in a new book featuring the top voiceover performers in the country, entitled, "Secrets of Voiceover Success."
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Watched you on Stings' video the other night: "Bring On the Night" (Paris), love it!! Big fan of your singing talent.....you're great!!!!! Thanks for the friendship here on MySpace, keep in touch- JON oxox
