★★★★★
There are distinctive Jane Monheit traits--the stretched notes, the dusky mewing, the ever-present tear in her voice--that can be her best or worst assets. Across the 14 tracks that fill The Heart of the Matter, her eighth studio album, the vote is split. When she ambles through the tender lullaby "Little Man You've Had a Busy Day" and the similar "Night Night Stars" (the first song she's recorded that features self-penned words and music), Monheit's softly maudlin style is affecting...
- jazztimes.com
2013-06-09
★★★★★
Jane Monheit is shooting for a very mainstream audience with her first batch of holiday-themed songs, "The Season." The vocalist provides the occasional hint as to why many critics consider her to be one of the most promising young talents in jazz music. Mostly, however, she keeps her jazz side wrapped up as tightly as a Christmas present under the tree as she provides polished pop renditions of winter-weather classics...
- www.soundspike.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Jane Monheit moves into more contemporary territory on Surrender, her seventh album and first for the storied Concord Music Group. Featuring music from the 1960's onward, Monheit progresses from saluting MGM musicals of the 1930s through the '50s on Taking a Chance on Love (2004), and deliversanother rich and buttery vocal package...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Vocalist Jane Monheit, given some solid marketing, could easily make the transition, ala Michael Buble, from jazz vocalist to crossover artist. Why more efforts haven't been put forth by her record labels into moving her towards greater recognition is a bit perplexing; not only does she have a velvety smooth voice and carefully articulated vocal gestures, but she's got a sound as bright as a sunrise and as clearly intoned as any of the great jazzers who have come before her...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-11-08
★★★★★
Jane Monheit Founders Hall Orange County Performing Arts Center Costa Mesa, California December 16, 2005 The allure of Jane Monheit isn't about flash and dazzle and publicity and her good looks. It's about her music and the way that she communicates with her audience so naturally. She's so comfortable before an audience that she makes you feel free enough to enjoy the music without regard for what's around you. Founders Hall is a great setting for live jazz; make no mistake about that...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
When an artist breaks through and achieves the chart-topping success that Jane Monheit has with Surrender (Concord, 2007), it's easy to make the assumption that it came as a result of radio airplay, an aggressive publicity campaign and a big dose of good luck. What's forgotten is how many one-night stands in half-filled clubs you have to endure before the gravy train pulls in...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
If as much attention had been paid to the content of Jane Monheit's debut CD as was lavished on its glamour-girl packaging, Never Never Land would have made a far stronger impact. In her senior year of voice study at the Manhattan School of Music, Monheit entered the 1998 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition in Washington, D.C., and finished second, runner-up to the late Teri Thornton...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Since the release of her debut recording, Never Never Land, a mere year and a half ago, 23-year-old vocalist Jane Monheit has been hailed as a sultry, young, white reincarnation of Ella Fitzgerald. With due respect to Monheit, the comparison is neither fair nor accurate. Anyone claiming more than a superficial resemblance between the two would appear to have a limited-very limited-knowledge of singers...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
★★★★★
Nearly three years have passed since Taking a Chance on Love, Jane Monheit's charming salute to tunes from MGM musicals of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, but the gap since her last foray into the Great American Songbook has done nothing to diminish the beauty of her buttercream voice...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
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