Jen Chapin is an American vocalist. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Harry Chapin and his wife, Sandra Chapin. She also chairs the Board of Directors of World Hunger Year, a charity organization founded by Harry Chapin. She has been compared at times with Laura Nyro, Tori Amos, and Alanis Morissette. Chapin's own website describes her music as "jazz tinged urban folk... incorporating the funk, soul and improvisation of the city".
She studied at Brown University and the Berklee College of Music.
When Chapin tours, she often plays with her husband, bassist Stephen Crump, as well as...read moreJen Chapin is an American vocalist. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Harry Chapin and his wife, Sandra Chapin. She also chairs the Board of Directors of World Hunger Year, a charity organization founded by Harry Chapin. She has been compared at times with Laura Nyro, Tori Amos, and Alanis Morissette. Chapin's own website describes her music as "jazz tinged urban folk... incorporating the funk, soul and improvisation of the city".
She studied at Brown University and the Berklee College of Music.
When Chapin tours, she often plays with her husband, bassist Stephen Crump, as well as guitarist Jamie Fox, a group usually billed as the "Jen Chapin Trio" (and described as "a nationally known urban folk group").
She has appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and has worked with Bruce Springsteen.
Chapin lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and bassist Stephan Crump and their sons Maceo and Van.read less