The surprise is complete when after all the emotional ballads sung in a lilting voice of extraordinary refinedness Gardot returns with the album "Currency of Man" and in it little rock jewels like "Preacherman".
One of my most surprising discoveries recently is Melody Gardot, an American Jazz singer with a quiet, yet precise expressiveness I have not often heard in contemporary singers. Her performance of "Love Me Like a River Does", sung live in Paris with an unnerving intensity, has the power to make you lose track of time.