Ms. West has a ripe alto voice, languorous jazz phrasing and a sense of humor.

They draw on jazz phrasings and arrangements, too (which means they respect the original song without feeling they must hew to its standard version).

She is also taming her vocal style, normally a flood warning constantly in effect, to try out jazz phrasing that recalls Abbey Lincoln.

Jazz conception: 21 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation (1996)

Easy jazz conception: 15 solo etudes for jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation (1999)

There's the occasional phrase in the orchestra where it would be nice if the player had a sense of jazz phrasing.

Yet for all the physical damage on display, Holiday's stealthy jazz phrasing remained intact along with her ominous aura of masochistic enjoyment.

And her ability to growl, belt and drift behind the beat or across the bar line showed a real feel for blues and jazz phrasings.

The singer has a small but steady voice and crisp jazz phrasing that becomes more acute the harder she swings.

Afro-Cuban jazz has been for most of its history, a matter of superimposing jazz phrasing over Cuban rhythms.