by Stephen Thomas ErlewineA classically trained baritone vocalist, Jubilant Sykes was a respected opera, jazz and spiritual vocalist of the late 90s. Sykes began his professional career in the early 90s. By 1996, his audience had grown substantially — that year, he was named the Vocalist of the Year by Sacred Music USA. By the time he released his first album, Jubilant, on Sony Classical in the spring of 1998, he was a widely respected vocalist who had sung at the Metropolitan Opera and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and had performed with the Boston Pops, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among many other organizations. A sophomore effort, Wait For Me, was issued on Sony in summer 2001.