Described as a “The voice of the new jazz culture with seemingly limitless expression” by Jazziz Magazine, the spirited and vivacious Janet Planet has been self-produced and managed for the majority of her 40-year career. Recording music has been a mainstay in her career and to date she has 24 albums in her discography. A busy concert schedule has taken her to performing arts centers, opera houses, colleges, universities, jazz festivals and jazz clubs across the USA. New York City performances include Jazz At Kitano, The Jazz Standard, St. Peter's Jazz Church, The Metropolitan Room and Feinstein's. International tours include Europe, Russia, South Africa and Japan, where she cofounded the First Fraternity of Musicians in the city of Nagasaki in 2000. In 2014, Planet was inducted in to the WAMI Hall of Fame. Active in all aspects of the business, she is a performer, producer, teacher, recording artist, voice-over talent, and commercial singer. On the jazz faculty at Lawrence University, she also co-owns Steel Moon Recording Studio and Stellar Records with her husband, Tom Washatka.
“When it comes to understanding a lyric and the music behind it, Janet Planet “gets it.” Her soulful, heartfelt readings, with perfectly in tune, pure voice “from heaven” brings the music to us on a silver platter, and really hits home.” (Gene Bertoncini, Jazz Guitarist)