Nicole Henry - The Nearness Of You (2004) 320kbps

She has a potent voice, and her interpretive sense is sharp and distinctive. Henry aims right for the emotional center...(she) seems to have a natural feel for how to shape lyrics, and her intonation is effortlessly bluesy. Listen to her ...and you'll hear an artist who knows how to make a song her own just as surely as she knows how to make a tune swing... one comes away believing that Henry is a jazz vocalist poised on the cusp of bigger things. --Phillip Van Vleck- Billboard

Henry's voice exudes a positive, upbeat attitude...and the listener IS her lover. An extremely talented young singer with a unique and stirring voice... The Nearness of You is a highly recommended addition to a jazz CD collection and from evidence of what one hears on this CD, there will hopefully be many great things that the world will yet hear from Nicole Henry. --Craig Hurst

She serves up a nice surprise. She can sell a power ballad as well as Whitney, Diana and Patti... --Jazz Times