Monica Hatch with Pamela Hines on Piano

Having studied voice with one of America's great sopranos, Eleanor Steber, song stylist Monica Hatch is one of the very few who managed to have a successful career as both a classical and jazz singer. With her classical background, Hatch not only brings a technically advanced set of vocal chords to her jazz work, but an appreciation of the lyrics of the material she sings. She conveys a sense of warmth in her interpretations never letting her naturally strong voice overwhelm the material.

Of Pamela Hines -  April 28, 2007 edition of Midwest Record Recap: " Straight ahead jazz isn't a dirty word, in the right hands it's a wonderful thing that sounds good and feels nice... Whether delivering chestnuts or originals, Hines is right there, on point playing the clean, bold lines that make you take notice that let you concentrate on the fire with being distracted by false pyrotechnics.