Georgia-born Madeleine Peyroux became famous for putting her unique take on time-tested standards. Many have compared her voice to Billie Holliday's, and there's much truth to that--her command of the blues-tinged standard is nonpareil. But really, as her 3 acclaimed albums make clear, Peyroux commands an extraordinarily broad range, from thirties and forties standards to the bent of modern singer-songwriters, with a special sympathy for the blues.