“The severely sultry jazz singer has issued a ready-made Valentine with this slow-boiling collection of elegantly delivered smooch songs. And while it’s not the kind of record that reaches out and grabs you, it will do a nice little whispery dance around your head. Monheit goes for a couple of pop-world nuggets here, including tracks by Corinne Bailey Rae (“Like a Star”) and Fiona Apple (“Slow Like Honey”), though she and her band melt them all down to simmers highly similar to that of standards like “Lucky to Be Me” and “Something Cool.” “I’m Glad There Is You” rises and falls especially right where it needs to, and the title track takes a nice place on the ever-growing rainbow of jazz versions. “Dreamers” may have a certain lack of fireworks moments, but lovers could do a lot worse. —Jeff Vrabelâ€
