Jean Rohe was born in Paterson, New Jersey
in 1984. As a youngster, Jean grew up singing and
performing folk music with her family. She spent a
year at Smith College followed by a summer at the
Universidad de la Habana in Cuba on scholarship
where she honed her Spanish skills, learned about
Cuban history, culture, and politics, and made some
of her dearest friends. A graduate of the New School
Jazz program and its undergrad liberal arts division,
Eugene Lang College, Jean has sung in venues
throughout New York City, including the Birdland,
Sweet Rhythm, the Cornelia Street Café, Detour,
Barbés, and others. In July 2006 she won 2nd place as
well as the audience choice award in the Shure Vocal
Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Jean teaches and performs music for young children at
the Third Street Music School Settlement and at venues
throughout the city. She recently completed an audio
documentary about her trip to Israel/Palestine during the Gaza disengagement last August.
