# Jen Chapin

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American singer-songwriter

Jen Chapin Chapin at the Dix Hills Center for the Performings Arts, Long Island, August 4, 2007 Background information Born (1971-03-21) March 21, 1971 (age 55) Rockville Centre, New York, U.S. Genres Progressive jazz, folk rock, progressive rock Occupations Singer, songwriter, producer Instrument Vocals Labels Hybrid, Purple Chair Website www.jenchapin.com

Musical artist

**Jennifer Chapin** is an American singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of the singer-songwriter [Harry Chapin](/source/Harry_Chapin) and [Sandra Chapin](/source/Sandra_Chapin). She serves on the board of directors of [WhyHunger](/source/World_Hunger_Year), a grassroots support organization founded in 1975 by her father and the current[*[when?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items)*] executive director [Bill Ayres](/source/Bill_Ayres). She has been compared at times with [Laura Nyro](/source/Laura_Nyro), [Tori Amos](/source/Tori_Amos) and [Alanis Morissette](/source/Alanis_Morissette).[1]

Chapin's website describes her music as "jazz tinged urban folk soul...incorporating the funk, soul and improvisation of the city".[2]

She studied at [Brown University](/source/Brown_University) and the [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music). She is also the sixth cousin of country singer [Mary Chapin Carpenter](/source/Mary_Chapin_Carpenter).

In her recent years, Jen Chapin has taken up the occupational role of a high school history teacher, specializing in global history and teaching at a local Brooklyn high school.

## Discography

- 2000 *Live at the Bitter End* (Purple Chair Music)

- 2002 *Open Wide* (Purple Chair Music)

- 2004 *Linger* (Hybrid Recordings)

- 2006 *Ready* (Hybrid Recordings)

- 2008 *Light of Mine* (Purple Chair Music)

- 2009 *ReVisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder* ([Chesky](/source/Chesky_Records))

- 2013 *Reckoning* (Purple Chair Music)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Metzger, John (March 2004). ["Jen Chapin, *Linger*"](http://www.musicbox-online.com/jc-ling.html). *The Music Box*. **11** (3). Retrieved 27 May 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-official_site_2-0)** ["Jen Chapin"](http://www.jenchapin.com/). *Jen Chapin Official Website*. 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.

## External links

- Media related to [Jen Chapin](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jen_Chapin) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Official website](http://www.jenchapin.com/)

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