White Girl In Danger 
Nell Carter Gibbs (Tarra Conner Jones), who takes a more conservative approach as she rises from cafeteria lady to nurse and beyond. Nell is the more familiar case: She’s the “Mammy” figure from “Gone With the Wind” and the title character from “Caroline, or Change,” even though they are nothing alike. The 11 o’clock number Jackson gives her, a ringer for “I Know Where I’ve Been” from “Hairspray,” provides the same full-throated thrill (in Jones’s titanic performance) as Motormouth Maybelle’s did in the earlier show, even as Jackson punctures its uplift by recasting it as “That’s Why I Kill.”
~ The New York Times 
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From Birmingham To Broadway/Nell Carter's Story
Jones captures the oversized talent, physically and emotionally, along with that big, wide-ranging voice and personality that made Carter a star. During the course of the show, she sings more than a dozen songs, most of them Fats Waller numbers that were featured in “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” Even the quietest numbers, like a tender bit of “Amazing Grace” or “His Eye is on the Sparrow,” have a powerhouse quality, and the show could use a few more subtle or quiet moments.
~ The Herald Tribune 

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
"In addition to being a convincing actor, Ms. Jones is also a bona fide blues shouter whose straight-from-the-shoulder singing evokes the real Ma Rainey's '20s style without resorting to mere imitation."
~ The Wall Street Journal
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