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...immediately upon its release. She has a jazz drummer fiance, her parents love and support her, and her career is backed by an all-star squad of management, publicity and production pros, as well as sidemen straight from the first team: pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Christian McBride, saxophonist Michael Brecker. Most of all, her voice is a silken, controlled wonder that is both a genetic gift and the product of superb training. When she wraps it around one of the classic American songs she loves to sing, you know Jane Monheit can't miss. She has, in a word, everything...
...then this week, you might find it hard to believe it's all one performer. In her live appearances, Monheit has moved from visible self-consciousness to something close to comfortable; on her recordings, she's crossing into territory she never could have traversed successfully only months ago. Saxophonist Brecker, a seven-time Grammy winner, says, "From the moment I walked into the studio and heard her sing, I sensed I was in the presence of a major new talent. Jane has an amazing set of pipes, and she knows music...
...were looking at the end product, the perception of those who hire," said Richard Brecker, chairman of Brecker & Merryman, the management consulting company that conducted the survey of 21 arbitrarily selected "top" business schools. For the survey, the firm asked personnel directors to rate schools' graduates in more than 40 different areas...
...Brecker, calling Harvard "a very fine business school," downplayed the significance of Harvard's bronze-medal finish. He said the real surprises were Stanford's ninth place finish, and Indiana's seventh place finish...
...survey objective? Yes, said Brecker, noting that his alma mater--Yale--came in 21st...