Being a jazz singer is a tough, very tough position to hold. Jazz fans are executioners, quick to condemn excessive emotion because it reveals a pathos too heavy to bear, quick to denounce technical excess that has killed the soul of an otherwise perfect voice. What voice can boast perfect technique and natural emotion? One might be tempted to answer none, because all the most beautiful voices, from Billie to Carmen and from Ella to Helen, have at some point shown excess, Sarah included. But when Sarah reveals a restrained sensitivity and a technique superior to all, even the greatest cannot compete. Of course, the range of her voice allows her every daring move, of course, her innate sense of rhythm, melody, and harmony places her at the heart of the orchestra, at the heart of the music. But whether in a resolutely jazz repertoire or a performance for the general public, like the cocktail party gathered here, she above all knows how to reveal a deep sensitivity to us, yet light enough to move us, just enough to shed our jaded urban shell.
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