Janet Evra is an international jazz vocalist, bassist, and bandleader from England now based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Evra performs on premier stages across the USA and Europe, with recent international appearances at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales, the Deva Jazz Festival in Romania, the Linna Jazz Festival in Finland, among others.
Evra has collaborated with jazz superstars including Randy Brecker, Taylor Eigsti, Wycliffe Gordon, Andrea Motis, Jeff Coffin, Roy Wooten, Chad LB, Sara Gazarek, Mohini Dey, Bob Reynolds, Eric Marienthal, and Diego Figueiredo, as well as many St. Louis jazz legends. She sings in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French.
Evra is a Plum Jazz artist, and she has released four albums as a bandleader: Ask Her to Dance (2018), Janet Evra & Ptah Williams: New Friends, Old Favorites (Live from The Sheldon) (Lotown Records, 2021), Hello Indie Bossa (Plum Jazz, 2022), and Meet Me in Paris (Plum Jazz, 2023). Evra's most recent single, "Almost True", features 7x GRAMMY-winner Randy Brecker on trumpet and was featured on Spotify's "Vocal Jazz" and "Best Vocal Jazz of 2022" editorial playlists.
Evra was a 2019-2020 Artist in Residence at the Kranzberg Arts Foundation in St. Louis. In 2021 Evra was awarded a Jazz Road tour grant for her 2021 "Ask Her to Dance" USA tour. In St. Louis, Evra regularly performs at Jazz St. Louis and The Sheldon. She has also opened for other artists including Madeleine Peyroux and Polyrhythmics.
Evra has appeared in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Riverfront Times, and St. Louis Magazine and in national jazz publications including JAZZIZ and All About Jazz. Her music is played on St. Louis radio stations 88.1 KDHX, 88.7 The Sound, 90.7 St. Louis Public Radio, and on hundreds of radio stations based in the USA, UK, France, Norway, India, and New Zealand.
