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A solo performed by Janice on organist Jimmy Smith's album,  "Sit On It",  resulted in an offer for a recording deal with his record company and also in a personal call from Stevie Wonder inviting her to perform with him in Washington D.C.  in concert for the Congressional Black Caucus.  

Among her movie credits is a singing appearance in Sidney Poitier's  "Uptown Saturday Night"and Taylor Hackford's "The Idolmaker". 

 In the 80's Janice spent 5 years touring the world. 9 months at a time, with Ray Charles as a Raelette.  She sang backup vocals on his recordings of America and also on his Christmas album.  It was while touring with Ray that she met  late husband,  Brian Mitchell, nephew of bassist, Red Mitchell.   The road was home as they toured together for the next few years.

 After a plane accident in Bloomington Indiana, where Ray's small plane missed the runway and was totalled, Janice and husband Brian decided they no longer wanted to fly on a daily basis, and moved to Reno, Nevada.  From there she worked the casino showrooms of Reno, Lake Tahoe, and northern Nevada, which were only a commute away.  When the marriage ended, Janice accepted a year's contract entertaining on Celebrity Cruises. Each week she would leave NYC heading to Bermuda with Celebrity Cruises.  In 1995 she decided to move back to the Buffalo area to be with her family.  This is when she met her new partner in life and in music, Jim Beishline and began working with the Jim Beishline Trio.  They enjoy playing around Buffalo as a quartet and also as a duo.  

Janice is now in the process of recording a tribute to Ray Charles, which will incorporate some of her original music dedicated to Ray along with special arrangements of Ray's hit tunes. 

She was the lone female inducted into the BUFFALO MUSIC HALL OF FAME 2000.  Janice, as vocalist for The Jim Beishline Quartet, was honored along with Jim as the recipient of the BUFFALO MUSIC AWARD 2000 for Buffalo's BEST JAZZ SMALL BAND.