The restaurant looks at first glance like the dining room of the best hotel in Cedar Rapids, and there were evenings, as the suave tones of Dean Martin flowed over the beige-on-beige surroundings, when I felt transported, in the strangest way, to an easy-listening land of bland.
I idly chatter to you in the suave tones of surface talk.
Hughes Jones, a Welshman singing in English, mustered a suave Italianate tone, achieving a very creditable "Nessun Dorma".
Count Almaviva is played by Peter Mattei, whose suave, rolling tones communicate a debonair yet imperious manner that would be apt for a Whit Stillman film.
Rickman put his suave, insinuating tones to tremendous use, turning in a definitive performance as the contemporary Eurovillain and providing generations of Brit stage actors with endless work in Hollywood blockbusters.
In shades of pink and other tones suggesting skin, as well as bright whites and suave, slightly toned-down decorator colors, Mr. Ramirez's fertile imagery proliferates all over the walls, turning a room into a visionary, wrap-around environment of erotic animation.
Lorre portrayed his film roles of villain, sleuth and maniac with suave understatement in tones tinged with the accents of his native Hungary.
As a jazz vocalist, so far, his potential still looms beyond his current capabilities, though his suave, burnt-caramel vocal tone puts him at least one lap ahead of his peers.
As a jazz vocalist he has the advantage of a suave, burnt-caramel vocal tone, and, on this engagement, young accompanists like the pianist Kris Bowers, who recently won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.
As a jazz vocalist he has the advantage of a suave, burnt-caramel vocal tone, and, on this engagement, young accompanists like the pianist Kris Bowers, who just won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, and the bassist Ben Williams, who earned the same honor two years ago.
