She has recorded her first solo album of American songbook standards, which was released in January 2010.

The artist was Ray Barretto, the influential Latin percussionist and bandleader, whose debut release on Zoho Music, featuring Latin versions of American songbook standards, will also be his final statement.

(Chinen) KITTY MARGOLIS (Tonight through June 26) A frolicsome and exceedingly musical singer, Ms. Margolis exercises a fortunate affinity for songbook standards.

They include the world premiere of Jake Heggie's Orchestral Episodes from "Dead Man Walking," works by John Corigliano and John Adams, among others, and American songbook standards performed by Jane Monheit.

It is a mix of original Swing, Big Band and Vocal Jazz/Pop compositions by Jonny Blu and some classic American songbook standards.

He filled an odd musical niche in this period because he could croon songbook standards and also sing earthy blues.

By contrast, the songbook standard "More Than You Know" conveyed as much emotional tension as a warm bath.

He sounds unfailingly articulate, on songbook standards as well as on several original tunes, and at times it all seems a bit too relaxed, if not exactly easy.

The trio's first set started strong, with a spidery piano introduction that tumbled into a songbook standard.

Cassidy, right, was an angelic-voiced but little-known singer whose death from cancer at 33, in 1996, inspired a phenomenal demand for her renditions of songbook standards, jazz and gospel, leading to six posthumous albums culled from unreleased recordings.