“As Marilyn Maye threaded her way from the stage through a packed house of cheering admirers at the Metropolitan Room at the end of Friday’s opening-night performance, I overheard comparisons to Judy Garland’s 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall. …
Suffice it to say that Ms. Maye came across … as the embodiment and summation of a brash sock-it-to-’em nightclub tradition that runs from Garland through Bette Midler … Ms. Maye, 81, is a phenomenon.”

Here are links to that review and others -

Standards Delivered With Sock-It-to-’Em Attitude
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/arts/music/15maye.html

A Good Time Singer Who Isn’t Afraid to Sing the Blues
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/15/arts/music/15maye.html?fta=y

Mix Broadway and Jazz, Then Stir With ’50s Flair
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/arts/music/24maye.html

Review: Marilyn Maye, a singer’s singer
http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-09-17/entertainment/17207322_1_lyrics-voice-song

I’m running out of superlatives with which to describe the sublimely sophisticated Marilyn Maye.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Review_Phylicia_Rashad_Marilyn_Maye_Though_Not_Together_20090618