Jay Pérez

Award-winning Tejano singer Jay Perez is known by his fans as "The Voice," the purveyor of a warm, honeyed, multi-octave baritone. His recordings exist in a slipstream between vintage Tejano and conjunto, country music, and smooth soul. (His readings of Billy Paul's "Me & Mrs. Jones" and a lovers rock reggae read of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" set a standard by which other singers are still judged.) After stints with the Latin Breed and David Lee Garza during the late '80s and early '90s, he hit the charts in 1994 as a solo artist with Steel Rain, his second album for Sony...