Jeri Brown - New Wonderland: The Best of Jeri Brown (2007)

One of Canada's most celebrated jazz vocalists, Jeri Brown uses her classically trained voice to mesmerizing effect throughout this entertaining best-of, which showcases her facility with jazz with nicely phrased readings of "No Moon," "Orange Colored Sky," and "Once Upon a Summertime," and in more commercial areas with a fine-tuned, gospel-tinged version of Billy Preston's "Will It Go Round in Circles." She's given expert backing by the likes of the pianist Cyrus Chestnut and the drummer Grady Tate.

Personnel: Jeri Brown (vocals); Yves-Aime Pierre, Gage Pierre, Leon Thomas (vocals); Peter Leitch, Seamus Blake (guitars); Eric Kory (cello); Roberto De Brashow (accordion); David Murray (saxophone); Milton Sealey, Tony Suggs, Simon Sloutsker, Cyrus Chestnut, Jimmy Rowles, John Hicks, Kirk Lightsey, Alain Jean-Marie, Fred Hersch (piano); Clinton Ryder, Curtis Lundy, Eric Von Essen, Pierre Michelot, Rufus Reid (bass instrument); Avery Sharpe (acoustic bass); Dominique Cole, Grady Tate, John Betsch, Sangoma Everett, Wali Muhammad (drums); Andre Martin (percussion).