Sophie Milman

Personal authenticity isn't a phrase that surfaces very often in descriptions of young jazz singers. More commonly, the ability to emulate the stylings of noble predecessors -- "She's the next Ella!" -- is enough to trigger instant praise. Not so with Sophie Milman, who seems far more concerned with following her own muse than establishing her 52nd Street cred as the next jazz somebody.

Personal authenticity isn't a phrase that surfaces very often in descriptions of young jazz singers. More commonly, the ability to emulate the stylings of noble predecessors -- "She's the next Ella!" -- is enough to trigger instant praise. Not so with Sophie Milman, who seems far more concerned with following her own muse than establishing her 52nd Street cred as the next jazz somebody.

Blond, blue-eyed Sophie Milman poses glamorously in a strapless black gown on the cover of her new album, "Make Someone Happy." Like many of the dozens of others in the revitalized genre of jazz singing, she is young (24), attractive and eager to break out of the crowd. She seems well on her way. "Make Someone Happy," scheduled for release in the U.S,. on Tuesday, has already hit No. 1 on iTunes' Canada jazz CD chart.

Blond, blue-eyed Sophie Milman poses glamorously in a strapless black gown on the cover of her new album, "Make Someone Happy." Like many of the dozens of others in the revitalized genre of jazz singing, she is young (24), attractive and eager to break out of the crowd. She seems well on her way. "Make Someone Happy," scheduled for release in the U.S,. on Tuesday, has already hit No. 1 on iTunes' Canada jazz CD chart.