Linda Ronstadt has applied her lush voice to rock, bluegrass, Tin Pan Alley standards, mariachi and operetta.
The soprano Christy Lombardozzi brought a rich, lush voice and impetuosity to the role of the conflicted Almira, who secretly yearns for Fernando, movingly performed here by the virile, ardent baritone Michael Weyandt.
Shortly after she comes bustling onstage, radiating maternal warmth, Ms. Blythe blows the audience away with her astoundingly lush voice, leading the exuberant "June Is Bustin' Out All Over".
Within its impeccable taste lurked a postmodern, static feeling; Ms. Morelenbaum's lush voice grew anonymous after a while, and Mr. Sakamoto's parts, pretty as they were, sometimes replaced the songs' sweetness with dramatic austerity.
Ms. Jones's peek-a-boo act, coming through a lush voice, isn't artless: that's a game she's playing with her audience, and her voice is original enough to pull it off.
Two and a half years after that night at Augie's, RCA Records has dropped Dominique Eade, and Jane Monheit has become one of the most talked-about singers around -- not only for her lush voice but also for the story her music and career tell about the state of jazz today.
