In one phrase the essence of a career that spans over 25 years is aptly described but remains incomplete. An award winning actor, singer and writer, she is a "classy, jazzy and deliciously sensuous performer". Some have written about her "sultry voice" and "spontaneous wit", others about the natural way in which she has gone from the Broadway musical stage to Concert and Jazz venues around the world.

Tova's unique approach blends the jazz idiom with Yiddish song, and often alternates between English and Yiddish. Her second CD, Live at the Top O' the Senator, recorded before a live audience at the jazz club, includes a witty Yiddish rendition of Cole Porter's Night and Day (Tog un Nakht), as well as an English version of Vos Geven Iz Geven (What Was Is What Was). It concludes with an electrifying performance of Der Saksafon Shpiler by New York poet Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman.

Tova is completely at ease playing to multicultural crowds at intimate and prestigious Jazz clubs in Toronto, Montreal, Paris and Luxembourg. But then she is also at home delighting thousands at Town Hall or Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York, in San Francisco as guest vocalist of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, or headlining majour festivals such as Toronto's Ashkenaz or the Amsterdam's Jewish festival.

Tova at her most intimate best is a high octane, emotionally charged performer. From Brel to Sondheim, Berlin to Ellington, Yiddish folk and theatre songs to Yiddish Jazz and new Yiddish gems, Tova has found the perfect fusion

"Towering pan-cultural jazz-cabaret Diva" - Planet Jazz

"An artist Canadians should celebrate"- Toronto Star

"Classy, jazzy and deliciously sensuous"-Wholenote Music Magazine

"Impressive" & Tova Live CD awarded "seal of approval"- Jazz FM

"A purity of musical emotionalism" - RPM

"Uplifting and thoroughly enjoyable" - Downtown Jazz

"Incandescent sensuality" and "one succumbs to her charms"- L'Express

"Passion and polished precision in a lush alto"- Toronto Star

"Velvety voice that would make the phone book sound good"- Capital Xtra Ottawa

"Big brassy effervescent life force and she takes no guff" - Globe and Mail

"It don't matter what language you sing in... it's jazz"- Abbey Lincoln

"I could watch this woman perform all night- she's that good"- CBC Radio

"Unlocking her past by breaking new ground"- Maclean's

"Pure delight...GRADE: A" - KlezmerShack

" Deftly touches all emotional buttons"- Dos bletl