Sophie Milman
Russian-born, Israeli-raised, Toronto-based jazz thrush Sophie Milman traveled to New York to record 2011’s “In the Moonlight,” her fourth album. The 28-year-old shines as a smoky, sophisticated interpeter, confident beyond her years. Her occasional use of a string section for the first time varies the textures, but the album of mostly standards could have benefited from more varied tempos and more surprising material, such as her torchy treatment of indie pop star Feist’s “So Sorry.” Jon Bream