Gave Buble a fair shot, but I just don’t see what all the fuss is about. He certainly has superior range and perfect pitch, but to me his voice has a bland quality — indistinct. For me it’a all about swinging/phrasing, and on that score he doesn’t come close to Frank. ...or any of the jazz legends, for that matter.
I don’t understand your bland quality reference at all, I find immense emotion in his voice. How you described his singing is exactly as I would describe Sinatra’s, and I do like him (Sinatra) and have CD’s of his, but where I find his music and voice to have a beautiful tonality, I find it almost completely devoid of emotion with very few exceptions. He doesn’t bring me to that place. In other words, it doesn’t move me.
Buble is starting to get better... his earlier stuff is not that good, his later stuff is starting to be more Sinatra like.