I've got to say I was a little concerned about criticizing the vocal that a respected member was praising. I was gratified to see that I was not alone in my opinion. Don't mean to start a war
BUT...

Now, I've got to say I have always considered myself a jazzer. Maybe not a great one but a jazzer nether the less. Spent 20 years playing and arranging big band jazz charts in the Army b4 retiring in 1992. I must also admit that their where many jazz 'artists' I wouldn't walk across the street to hear. Playing a string of notes from some obscure scale as fast as you can never seemed very musical to me. favorite Jazz artists, Charlie Byrd, Guitar, Pete Fountain, clarinet, and Jimmy Smith, organ.

Now, I gotta admit I'm heavy into country, but thats a whole nother story.