# Muffy Styler

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Muffy Styler<br>Jenny Lee Mitchell
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1973|5|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place     = [New York City](/source/New_York_City)
| occupation      = Musician
| instrument      = Singer, entertainer, musician (clarinet, percussion)
| years_active    = 1995 − present
| website         = {{URL|https://www.muffystyler.com/}}
}}
'''Muffy Styler''' is the professional name of '''Jenny Lee Mitchell''', an American-born jazz singer, musician and performer based in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). She is a vocalist who also plays clarinet and percussion and regularly hosts burlesque/variety shows at  [The Slipper Room](/source/The_Slipper_Room) in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan).  At various speakeasies around the city, she is both singer and clarinetist with the Jazz Bastards, one of several musical groups with which she performs. As major musical influences, she counts [Ella Fitzgerald](/source/Ella_Fitzgerald), [Sarah Vaughan](/source/Sarah_Vaughan), [Anita O’Day](/source/Anita_O%E2%80%99Day) and [Mel Torme](/source/Mel_Torme).<ref name="jazz">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/muffy-styler/ |website=allaboutjazz.com |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>

== Career ==
Born May 1, 1973, in New York City, she is the daughter of a writer/actor mother and award-winning Broadway stage designer David Mitchell. In her teens, she began playing keyboards with the punk band Die Hausfrauen, later attending [New York University](/source/New_York_University) concentrating on musical improvisation and experimental theater. A college production in [Vienna](/source/Vienna) of [Oskar Kokoschka's](/source/Oskar_Kokoschka) [Murder Hope of Women](/source/Murderer%2C_the_Hope_of_Women) led to vocal studies in [Munich](/source/Munich) and ultimately to working in Europe over the next fifteen years as a singer and actress in numerous large musical productions.  Among them: A Christmas Carol, Fame, Cabaret, Hair, Rocky Horror Show, Dance of the Vampires, Mozart! and Ludwig II. In Germany during that time she began creating various jazz programs as a vocalist with pianist Philip Carleston and training with [David Shiner](/source/David_Shiner_(clown)) in the art of clowning and vaudeville. In 2016 she created the solo show Love und Greed which garnered attention from the [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times) and the city's downtown  cabaret scene.<ref name="jazz"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Jenny Lee Mitchell |url=https://trumpacolypse-themovie.com/castcrew/jenny-lee-mitchell/ |website=trumpacolypse-themovie.com |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="thejazzbastards">{{cite web |title=Jenny Lee Mitchell aka Muffy Styler |url=https://www.thejazzbastards.com/whoswho |website=thejazzbastards.com |access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>

After moving back to New York she began performing as Muffy Styler, hosting variety shows and fronting various jazz combos including the Jazz Bastards, nominated for a MAC Award in 2019 by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs. In 2020 she began working as a duo with renowned jazz guitarist [Joe Cohn](/source/Joe_Cohn). [Barbara Maier Gustern](/source/Barbara_Maier_Gustern) was her vocal teacher from 2015 until 2022.<ref name="jazz"/><ref name="thejazzbastards"/>

==Awards==
* 2019 [MAC Award](/source/MAC_Awards) Nomination for best duo or group  The Jazz Bastards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Year by Year |url=https://macnyc.com/awards/all-awards/?award-year=2019 |website=macnyc.com |access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.matthewalec.com/ Official page Muffy Styler]
* [https://www.jennyleemitchell.com/ Official page Jenny Lee Mitchel]
* {{IMDb name|0593071}}

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Category:Living people
Category:1963 births
Category:American jazz musicians

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