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{{short description|American singer-songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Jen Chapin
| image = Jen Chapin 2 cropped.jpg
| caption = Chapin at the Dix Hills Center for the Performings Arts, Long Island, August 4, 2007
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|21|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rockville Centre, New York]], U.S.
| genre = [[Progressive rock|Progressive jazz]], [[folk rock]], [[progressive rock]]
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer
| instrument = [[Singing|Vocals]]
| years_active =
| label = Hybrid, Purple Chair
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|www.jenchapin.com}}
}}

'''Jennifer Chapin''' is an American singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of the singer-songwriter [[Harry Chapin]] and [[Sandra Chapin]]. She serves on the board of directors of [[World Hunger Year|WhyHunger]], a grassroots support organization founded in 1975 by her father and the current{{when|date=September 2016}} executive director [[Bill Ayres]]. She has been compared at times with [[Laura Nyro]], [[Tori Amos]] and [[Alanis Morissette]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.musicbox-online.com/jc-ling.html|title=Jen Chapin, ''Linger''|last=Metzger|first=John|date=March 2004|journal=The Music Box|volume=11 |issue=3|accessdate=27 May 2010}}</ref>

Chapin's website describes her music as "jazz tinged urban folk soul...incorporating the funk, soul and improvisation of the city".<ref name="official site">{{cite web|url=http://www.jenchapin.com/|title=Jen Chapin|year=2010|work=Jen Chapin Official Website|accessdate=27 May 2010}}</ref>

She studied at [[Brown University]] and the [[Berklee College of Music]]. She is also the sixth cousin of country singer [[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 Records|Chesky]])
* 2013 ''Reckoning'' (Purple Chair Music)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official|http://www.jenchapin.com/ }}

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