Share: 50 Voll-Damm Barcelona Internacional Jazz Festival The Barcelona International Jazz Festival, one of the most important jazz festivals of its kind in the world, speaks for itself. In 2013, Kent released The Changing Lights, a Brazilian-tinged album, covering bossa nova classics such as Jobim's "How Insensitive" and again collaborating with Tomlinson and Ishiguro. But rather than force her to play up to sweeping peaks or grandiose ideals, the strings and winds manage to magnify the warmth and confidential tone endemic to Kent’s work. Digital Music. You may also like... 0. Tagged: Charlie Anderson, Interview, Stacey Kent. Patricia Pascal Interview. Her voice becomes a featured instrument against saxophonist Jim Tomlinson’s vivacious samba “Make It Up.” Indeed the effect in a song with a segmented lyric line, like the French-language “Avec le Temps,” is very much like a concerto, with rich strings blooming in the spaces Kent leaves. Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1968 in South Orange, New Jersey) is a Grammy-nominated American jazz vocalist, who debuted in 1997 with Close Your Eyes.Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Hear Stacey's new music with us on Jazz FM Breakfast every weekday from 6:30am # JazzFMBreakfast. [4], Tomlinson and Ishiguro co-wrote four songs on the album Breakfast on the Morning Tram. CD: £6.39 MP3: £7.49. In October, Stacey and Marcos released a terrific new live album in the States— 5 April 2020 0. Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide, a host of honors and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales approaching 2 million, Gold, Double-Gold and Platinum-sellingalbums that have reached a series of No. koda Jazz Festival 2010: A sweet finale with Stacey Kent... "Kazuo Ishiguro: I used to see myself as a musician. In 2014, Marcos Valle invited her to tour in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his career. Stacey, of course, is a jazz singer with a singular voice. Raconte-moi... was recorded in French and achieved Gold status in both France and Germany and became the second best selling French language album worldwide in 2010. Friends, Birdland Jazz Club is in trouble. Vote for Stacey Kent - International Songwriting Competition. She met Menescal in Brazil in 2011 at the 80th birthday celebration of the Christ the Redeemer statue. For almost 50 years, the Guiting Music Festival has delighted its audiences with Classical, Jazz and Blues music concerts from some of the world’s most outstanding performers. In fairness, the arrangements hardly compete with Kent. GL54 5TY Jazz FM Breakfast with Nigel Williams, weekdays from 6:30am Stacey Kent in Worcester, Mass. The material is first-rate, with Jobim gems and French tearjerkers sharing space with appealing songs Tomlinson co-wrote with (either) Cliff Goldmacher, Kazuo Ishiguro, or Antonio Ladeira. These arrangements—most by Tommy Laurence, a few involving Jim Tomlinson’s hand with or without a partner—fit Kent like a glove, playing to her quiet strengths. Stacey Kent – Jazz vocalist Clare Watts 2020-03-25T08:13:23+00:00. Most recently, he has toured almost exclusively with Stacey Kent in Europe, USA, Brazil and the Far East, reserving time to perform in a quintet dedicated to the music of Lester Young with fellow saxophonist and Guildhall graduate Mark Crooks. Her voice can act as a ray of sunshine or a consoling hand, but above all, it serves as a mirror for the heart. Jazz Sinfônica Brasil com acompanhamento do talento internacional, cantora Stacey Kent e de seu marido, saxofonista e produtor Tim Tomlinson. Stacey Kent’s mezzo-soprano voice is a beautiful instrument for offsetting orchestral accompaniment, a fact that I KNOW I DREAM illustrates well. Cheltenham Join us for dinner before or during the show. An excellent album. Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1968) is an American jazz singer. She serves as an expert tour guide through songs of love, moments of nostalgic reflection, and expressions of joy. Stacey Kent has practically done it all over the past twenty years, selling north of two million albums, putting her gorgeously delicate stamp on standards, introducing fresh tunes into the canon, racking up awards, and bringing her flawless voice to fans in more than fifty countries. Marcos Valle & Stacey Kent: Marcos Valle & Stacey Kent - Live at Birdland New York City - From Tokyo to New York (Album) 2 versions : Sony Music Entertainment (Brasil) Ltda. Joni Mitchell’s “The Last Time I Saw Richard.” It’s the capstone of a nearly perfect vocal jazz album. While this is but one more jewel in a discography with many, it’s one that deserves singling out for it’s luster. It’s intoxicating understatement at its finest. CD: £15.81. Official Youtube channel for Stacey Kent. Kaiser, Robert G. "Stacey Kent: A Name, And a Voice, That Lingers", Learn how and when to remove this template message, Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire, In Love Again: The Music of Richard Rodgers. But the singer has a relatively soft, restrained voice that on a less-skilled performer might easily be overpowered. Stacey replies to my favarite hang for dreamy, smooth and wonderfull music. Awards. After two or three years, she began opening for established acts at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. February 27, 2008. Stacey Kent is a jazz success story—not just in terms of her talent, but also in terms of her international popularity, with her previous three albums clocking up a total of over 500,000 sales. Stacey Kent, voice Jim Tomlinson, sax, flute Graham Harvey, piano Jeremy Brown, bass Josh Morrison, drums. 1 January 2020 0. Kent often sings in French and was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Minister of Culture in 2009. She is married to saxophonist Jim Tomlinson. With over 2 million albums sold, a Grammy nomination and international acclaim, Stacey’s visit to Wiltshire Music Centre with her 5-piece band forms part of her worldwide concert tour showcasing a beautiful collection of songs. UNITED KINGDOM, © 2019 Guiting Festival. Stacey performs at The Pavilion Theatre in Worthing on Saturday 8th November. Almost overnight, Stacey transformed from being a singer of the Great American Songbook, to a singer with a highly distinctive and personal repertoire. The first of their songs, "The Ice Hotel", won first prize in the International Songwriting Competition in April 2008. Along with the Jobim and other standards are several originals, composed by Tomlinson and several lyricists. I can't imagine us all getting our vaccines, returning to normal life but without Birdland there on the other side of this. Somehow, this influx of sounds leads to an even further dimming of the lights and sharpening of the emotional intent. Her first album, Close Your Eyes, was released in 1997. 7.45pm FRIDAY 23rd JULY 2021. Kent is incisive even at a near-whisper, as on the tender arrangement of Jobim’s “Photograph.”. Stacey's music came on my list searching for smooth Jazz. Stacey Kent, Soundtrack: Richard III. Breakfast on the Morning Tram (2007) achieved Platinum album status in France in November 2007 and Double Gold status in Germany in February 2008. Held in the Cotswolds village of Guiting Power, near Stow-on-the-Wold and Cheltenham, it is at the heart of a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and provides a perfect setting for this summertime musical highlight. She has since matured into one of the finest female jazz vocalists in the world. Graham Harvey – piano . With I Know I Dream, Kent’s voice receives a warm embrace from a sizeable orchestra containing nearly sixty musicians. The Old Vicarage With the release this autumn of her most ambitious project yet, her first orchestral album, and another worldwide tour, Stacey returns to Maidstone with her 5-piece band, featuring songs from the new album, I KNOW I DREAM: The Orchestral Sessions, (SONY/Okeh). It’s a big year ahead for acclaimed Grammy-nominated singer, Stacey Kent. But one thing she hadn't done prior to this point is record an album with an orchestra. But one thing she hadn’t done prior to this point is record an album with an orchestra. They discovered they were fans of each other's work and collaborated on an album of standards inspired by Menescal's admiration for the duo of Julie London and Barney Kessel. Stacey Kent is a unique talent in the world of jazz with the ability to illuminate a stage through her enthusiasm and artistic zest for performance. One of the two best songs, the latter role is author Kazuo Ishiguro’s – Kent’s longtime collaborator and a Nobel laureate. This is a romantic chill out album and night-time is the right time to listen. At the age of 14, the American singer discovered the endless charms of the album, Getz / Gilberto, an historic encounter of jazz and bossa nova, after which nothing would ever be the same. 1 chart positions during the span of her career. In the 1990s, she began her professional career singing at Café Bohème in London's Soho. The 37th Annual Folly Jazz Series presents Stacey Kent Saturday, February 22nd at 8 PM JazzTalk at 7 PM with Dan Thomas. Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1968) is an American jazz singer. But really, I'm one of those people with corduroy jackets and elbow patches", "How we met: Stacey Kent & Kazuo Ishiguro", "Grammy Nominated Stacey Kent to Release the Changing Lights, September 17, 2013", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stacey_Kent&oldid=999169118, Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, American expatriates in the United Kingdom, Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Short description is different from Wikidata, BLP articles lacking sources from November 2011, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 January 2021, at 20:44. This is a sentence that STACEY KENT could no doubt make her own. Jeremy Brown – bass. Most recent release, I KNOW I DREAM, (SONY / Okeh). Stacey Kent was born in South Orange, New Jersey and attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Stacey Kent – Jazz vocalist. Dreamer In Concert (2011) was recorded in May, 2011, at La Cigale in Paris. She graduated with a Degree in Comparative Literature from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation. Breakfast on the morni… Stacey Kent. Ishiguro met Kent after he chose her recording of "They Can't Take That Away from Me" as one of his Desert Island Discs in 2002, and Kent asked Tomlinson and Ishiguro to write for her. £24. Stacey Kent has practically done it all over the past twenty years, selling north of two million albums, putting her gorgeously delicate stamp on standards, introducing fresh tunes into the canon, racking up awards, and bringing her flawless voice to fans in more than fifty countries. They recorded the album Ao Vivo and a DVD that was recorded live at the Birdland club in New York City and the Blue Note in Tokyo. Dreamer In Concert Stacey Kent. Nye Banfield Interview. The orchestra, a 52-piece London studio assemblage, has a lushness that would smother Nelson Riddle – yet Kent cuts through it effortlessly. Stacey Kent. And the musicians, of course, deserve high marks in working to the parameters of the Stacey Kent aesthetic. Click here to see menu options. What makes her so successful? Jazz review: Stacey Kent: I Know I Dream The material seems risky — in fact it’s what Kent often sings. Stacey Kent at Birdland, Ottawa Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Festival With... May 19, 2010. [2] Her paternal grandfather was Russian and grew up in France. Pieces like “Bullet Train,” powered by a contemporary polish and groove, and “Make It Up,” with a perky Brazilian flavor, both serve as aural pick-me-ups; forays into French—sly-turned-direct during Serge Gainsbourg‘s “Les Amours Perdues,” emotionally gripping on Léo Ferré’s “Avec Le Temps”—leave singular memories hanging in the mist; and scaled back settings like “I Know I Dream,” where voice and piano commune with the moment before a stunningly gauzy orchestral draping is drawn around Kent, leave you breathless. Correspondence Address: The Changing Lights, her tenth album, demonstrates all of the qualities. Stacey Kent was born on March 27, 1968 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. She has been married to Jim Tomlinson since August 9, 1991. Stacey Kent, apart from being one of the most seductive voices on Planet Jazz, has faultless french diction on this 2010 album. 'Photograph' kept hanging in my brain for several weeks. Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide. The album includes three songs previously unrecorded by Kent: "Waters of March" by Antonio Carlos Jobim, "Postcard Lovers" by Jim Tomlinson with lyrics by Kazuo Ishiguro, and "O Comboio" by Portuguese poet António Ladeira. In 2014, she left Warner Bros. and signed with Sony. Kent’s sensitivity, grace, and multilingual savoir faire all contribute to this pleasure cruise. All Rights Reserved | Registered Charity number 1183151 |, Raphael Wallfisch, cello & John York, piano. Gloucestershire Cosmopolitan Jazz with a Literary Accent. Stacey Kent - Jazz music - Paris tourist office ... Stacey Kent - [1] Kent often sings in French and was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Minister of Culture in 2009. Jim Tomlinson – Saxophone. Top Albums (See all 26 albums) In Love Again [VINYL] Stacey Kent. Sony released Tenderly, an album of standards with Roberto Menescal, one of the founders of bossa nova. Kent recorded several more Tomlinson/Ishiguro songs on Dreamer In Concert, The Changing Lights, and I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions.[5]. I was very … THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. Few singers can work their way into a lyric like this. The Festival de Jazz on Tour: Jordan Officer and Stacey Kent Crisscross... June 06, 2009. The internationally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated vocalist, Stacey Kent, returns to the UK for a very select number of 2020 dates, featuring music from her Sony Music album release ‘I Know I Dream’ (Sony Music/Okeh) alongside a collection of numbers from her previous albums, including the Grammy nominated ‘Breakfast on the Morning Tram’. After spending her early career studying and performing in London, she was championed by critic and jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, and she won the 2001 British Jazz Award and the 2002 BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist. [3] After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, she traveled to England to study music at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she met saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.[1]. 88985354159: Brazil: 2016: Sell This Version: 2 versions Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the liner notes to Kent's 2003 album, In Love Again. It has to be oblique, sometimes you have to read between the lines" and that this realization has had an "enormous influence" on his fiction writing. Stacey Kent Artist Overview Albums. Delicious food and drink is available at all concerts as well as a limited number of post concert suppers at the nearby Old Vicarage where you can dine with the musicians. Josh Morrison – drums. Guiting Power I first heard Stacey Kent when she was a singer/presenter on the weekly BBC Radio Big Band Specials some 20 years ago. Cross that one off the list now and bathe your ears in this spellbinding music. February 21, 2005 . “Bullet Train” puts Kent in a dream, with familiar faces around her. Ishiguro has said of his lyric writing that "with an intimate, confiding, first-person song, the meaning must not be self-sufficient on the page. As an international jazz singer, she can be described as an insightful storyteller with the inner gift to bring to life the human experience through her music with an honest candor that is respectable in many ways. Help us save this wonderful spot. In 2017, Kent recorded her next album for Sony, I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions, her first album with an orchestra, comprising 58 musicians with arrangements by Tommy Laurence, with music from the Great American Songbook, French chansons, songs by Edu Lobo, Jobim, Tomlinson, Ishiguro, Ladeira and his songwriting partner Cliff Goldmacher from Nashville. She is also multilingual. Label: Premium Records (2) - PRSACD 27874,Candid - PRSACD 27874 • Format: SACD Hybrid, Stereo, Compilation, Remastered • Country: Hong Kong • Genre: Jazz • Style: Vocal Stacey Kent - Collection (2005, SACD) | Discogs The closing “The Changing Lights” is I KNOW I DREAM’s crown jewel, a bittersweet memory that could be a companion piece to Joni Mitchell’s “The Last Time I Saw Richard.” It’s the capstone of a nearly perfect vocal jazz album. Kent's album The Boy Next Door achieved Gold album status in France in September 2006. Our Breakfast Track of the Week: Stacey Kent - Three Little Birds. Vinyl: £32.87. For more information on Stacey Kent: www.staceykent.com . Stacey Kent stands strong among the top jazz artists of our time as one the most successful and prolific jazz vocalists in the world. Tomlinson and Goldmacher wrote the title song. February 01, 2003. Yet by staying in her comfort zone she has made a rich, rather unusual album. She is married to saxophonist Jim Tomlinson. Stacey Kent answered questions put to her by Sussex Jazz Mag editor Charlie Anderson.