The masterly Milwaukee-reared, Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist teamed up with her guitarist husband Serge Merlaud (and occasionally flutist Hubert Laws) on this month’s sumptuously graceful “Paris Sessions 2.” Her 15th album features some Brazilian numbers, tunes with lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman, and a sublimely understated mash up of “April in Paris” and “Free Man in Paris.”
Tierney Sutton
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