'Make Someone Happy' Review
Aug 13, 2007
Type: Review
Source: Chicago Music Guide
"Make Someone Happy" features a very eclectic mix of songs, ranging from classic jazz standards such as Van Heusen and Burke's "Like Someone in Love" and Rodgers and Hammerstein's "It Might as Well Be Spring" to contemporary covers such as Stevie Wonder's "Rocket Love" and the Guess Who's "Undun"...
Making People Happy...
Aug 9, 2007
Type: Interview
Source: Jazz Improv NY
Sophie Milman is on the cover and has a 4 page feature in this month's issue of Jazz Improv NY.
Jazz vocalist's voice, tastes wide-ranging
Aug 8, 2007
Type: Interview
Source: The Clarion Ledger
With the release of her new album Make Someone Happy, delightful Sophie Milman continues her whirlwind career as one of the music industry's top jazz vocalists. She emigrated from Russia to Israel with her family at the age of 7, then at 16 moved to Canada where she made the unlikely transition from bookish teenager to glamorous jazzing'nue.
Suddenly Sophie
Aug 1, 2007
Type: Interview
Source: The Jewish Magazine
Sophie Milman is the next great hope for contemporary jazz...
Globe Review
Jul 24, 2007
Type: Review
Source: The Globe & Mail
The sophomore release is usually where young singers reveal their weaknesses, but Milman's second is a show of strength...
From Russia (Via Canada) With Jazz and Sophie Milman
Jul 7, 2007
Type: Article
Source: Billboard
Jazz vocalist Sophie Milman reckons her sophomore album reflects "all of the turbulence, transformations and drama" in her life. The 24-year-old, widely tipped locally as the next major jazz artist to emerge from Canada, was born in Ufa, Russia,on the slopes of the Ural Mountains, but her family immigrated to Haifa, Israel, when she was 7. Toronto-based Linus Entertainment released Milman's self-titled debut in Canada in 2004.
Singing Israel's Praises
Jul 4, 2007
Type: Article
Source: The Montreal Gazette
Sophie Milman has news for the PR people who market her as a Russian jazz diva. "I would say that I'm more Israeli than Russian," the 24-year-old vocalist said the other day from Toronto, where she lives.
Jazz's Newest Detective
Jun 24, 2007
Type: Article
Source: The Province
Milman, just 24, is the latest serious contender to compete with names like Diana Krall, Carol Welsman and Holly Cole for the crown of most popular jazz singer in her adopted homeland, Canada...
Emerging Jazz Singer Kicks Off Tour
Jun 21, 2007
Type: Article
Source: Victoria Times Colonist
The musician's striking beauty has landed her on the cover of newspapers and magazines around the world...
How To Navigate The Jazz Fest
Jun 19, 2007
Type: Article
Source: Calgary Herald
Unlike its huge fellow Jazz Festivals Canada circuit member, the Montreal International Jazz Festival -- which features jazz-affiliated, pop-folk icons Bob Dylan and Van Morrison among its headliners...
Happiness is...Milman
Jun 17, 2007
Type: Article
Source: Edmonton Journal
Toronto newcomer moving up the ranks in quest to be the most popular jazz singer in Canada...
Milman's New CD Evokes A Smile
Jun 14, 2007
Type: Review
Source: The Canadian Jewish News
When I first saw the song titles on Juno-nominated Sophie Milman's new CD Make Someone Happy, I cringed at the thought that she was singing the oft-recorded jazz cliche "Fever"...
Milman Trumps Her Triumphant Self-Titled Debut
Jun 5, 2007
Type: Review
Source: The Toronto Star
This time on 13 songs, her already confident delivery is even more assured, her new maturity underscored in a well-chosen, eclectic program that finds space for covers of...
From lonely kid to stunning vocalist
May 18, 2007
Type: Article
Source: The Seattle Times
Her CD sat in the top five Canadian jazz albums for weeks, and she played all the major Canadian festivals, including a primo slot with Aaron Neville at last year's Montreal Jazz Festival. Having just returned from showcases in Paris, Berlin and London, and with a new album, "Make Someone Happy," poised for June release, Milman is ready to take on the U.S |