[4], Tomlinson and Ishiguro co-wrote four songs on the album Breakfast on the Morning Tram. 5 April 2020 0. After two or three years, she began opening for established acts at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. 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. Joni Mitchell’s “The Last Time I Saw Richard.” It’s the capstone of a nearly perfect vocal jazz album. 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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. What makes her so successful? 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. Stacey Kent - Jazz music - Paris tourist office ... Stacey Kent - February 27, 2008. 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. UNITED KINGDOM, © 2019 Guiting Festival. Stacey Kent was born in South Orange, New Jersey and attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. I first heard Stacey Kent when she was a singer/presenter on the weekly BBC Radio Big Band Specials some 20 years ago. Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide. 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. [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]. Nye Banfield Interview. [2] Her paternal grandfather was Russian and grew up in France. 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. Stacey Kent, apart from being one of the most seductive voices on Planet Jazz, has faultless french diction on this 2010 album. Cheltenham THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT. Jazz FM Breakfast with Nigel Williams, weekdays from 6:30am Stacey Kent stands strong among the top jazz artists of our time as one the most successful and prolific jazz vocalists in the world. Help us save this wonderful spot. And the musicians, of course, deserve high marks in working to the parameters of the Stacey Kent aesthetic. She is married to saxophonist Jim Tomlinson. Our Breakfast Track of the Week: Stacey Kent - Three Little Birds. One of the two best songs, the latter role is author Kazuo Ishiguro’s – Kent’s longtime collaborator and a Nobel laureate. She has since matured into one of the finest female jazz vocalists in the world. 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. 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. 1 chart positions during the span of her career. Jeremy Brown – bass. For more information on Stacey Kent: www.staceykent.com . 1 January 2020 0. “Bullet Train” puts Kent in a dream, with familiar faces around her. CD: £6.39 MP3: £7.49. I was very … Graham Harvey – piano . With I Know I Dream, Kent’s voice receives a warm embrace from a sizeable orchestra containing nearly sixty musicians. Stacey Kent Artist Overview Albums. While this is but one more jewel in a discography with many, it’s one that deserves singling out for it’s luster. 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. In 2014, she left Warner Bros. and signed with Sony. Josh Morrison – drums. 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. 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. 7.45pm FRIDAY 23rd JULY 2021. Along with the Jobim and other standards are several originals, composed by Tomlinson and several lyricists. Stacey Kent in Worcester, Mass. Somehow, this influx of sounds leads to an even further dimming of the lights and sharpening of the emotional intent. Sony released Tenderly, an album of standards with Roberto Menescal, one of the founders of bossa nova. Digital Music. She is also multilingual. 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. 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. Most recent release, I KNOW I DREAM, (SONY / Okeh). She is married to saxophonist Jim Tomlinson. She has been married to Jim Tomlinson since August 9, 1991. [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. Stacey Kent, Soundtrack: Richard III. Awards. 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. Yet by staying in her comfort zone she has made a rich, rather unusual album. Dreamer In Concert (2011) was recorded in May, 2011, at La Cigale in Paris. All Rights Reserved | Registered Charity number 1183151 |, Raphael Wallfisch, cello & John York, piano. 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. Kent’s sensitivity, grace, and multilingual savoir faire all contribute to this pleasure cruise. £24. CD: £15.81. Click here to see menu options. Her voice can act as a ray of sunshine or a consoling hand, but above all, it serves as a mirror for the heart. Cosmopolitan Jazz with a Literary Accent. The Old Vicarage 'Photograph' kept hanging in my brain for several weeks. Kent recorded several more Tomlinson/Ishiguro songs on Dreamer In Concert, The Changing Lights, and I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions.[5]. Stacey Kent. Top Albums (See all 26 albums) In Love Again [VINYL] Stacey Kent. 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 Kent's album The Boy Next Door achieved Gold album status in France in September 2006. Friends, Birdland Jazz Club is in trouble. 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. But the singer has a relatively soft, restrained voice that on a less-skilled performer might easily be overpowered. 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). In the 1990s, she began her professional career singing at Café Bohème in London's Soho. 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. Stacey Kent’s mezzo-soprano voice is a beautiful instrument for offsetting orchestral accompaniment, a fact that I KNOW I DREAM illustrates well. Join us for dinner before or during the show. Tomlinson and Goldmacher wrote the title song. The first of their songs, "The Ice Hotel", won first prize in the International Songwriting Competition in April 2008. Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1968) is an American jazz singer. 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. Gloucestershire 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’. The 37th Annual Folly Jazz Series presents Stacey Kent Saturday, February 22nd at 8 PM JazzTalk at 7 PM with Dan Thomas. But one thing she hadn’t done prior to this point is record an album with an orchestra. Kent is incisive even at a near-whisper, as on the tender arrangement of Jobim’s “Photograph.”. Jazz review: Stacey Kent: I Know I Dream The material seems risky — in fact it’s what Kent often sings. 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. This is a romantic chill out album and night-time is the right time to listen. 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. Stacey Kent, voice Jim Tomlinson, sax, flute Graham Harvey, piano Jeremy Brown, bass Josh Morrison, drums. Tagged: Charlie Anderson, Interview, Stacey Kent. 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. Stacey Kent at Birdland, Ottawa Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Festival With... May 19, 2010. 88985354159: Brazil: 2016: Sell This Version: 2 versions Stacey's music came on my list searching for smooth Jazz. 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. Stacey Kent was born on March 27, 1968 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. She graduated with a Degree in Comparative Literature from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation. Patricia Pascal Interview. In fairness, the arrangements hardly compete with Kent. This is a sentence that STACEY KENT could no doubt make her own. She met Menescal in Brazil in 2011 at the 80th birthday celebration of the Christ the Redeemer statue. Cross that one off the list now and bathe your ears in this spellbinding music. I can't imagine us all getting our vaccines, returning to normal life but without Birdland there on the other side of this. You may also like... 0. Vote for Stacey Kent - International Songwriting Competition. Breakfast on the morni… Stacey Kent. Stacey, of course, is a jazz singer with a singular voice. 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. February 01, 2003. Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the liner notes to Kent's 2003 album, In Love Again. Vinyl: £32.87. It’s intoxicating understatement at its finest. Guiting Power Stacey replies to my favarite hang for dreamy, smooth and wonderfull music. It’s a big year ahead for acclaimed Grammy-nominated singer, Stacey Kent. Stacey Kent – Jazz vocalist Clare Watts 2020-03-25T08:13:23+00:00. GL54 5TY 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. koda Jazz Festival 2010: A sweet finale with Stacey Kent... "Kazuo Ishiguro: I used to see myself as a musician. The orchestra, a 52-piece London studio assemblage, has a lushness that would smother Nelson Riddle – yet Kent cuts through it effortlessly. 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. 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. An excellent album. Official Youtube channel for Stacey Kent. The Festival de Jazz on Tour: Jordan Officer and Stacey Kent Crisscross... June 06, 2009. 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. 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 answered questions put to her by Sussex Jazz Mag editor Charlie Anderson. 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. 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. Almost overnight, Stacey transformed from being a singer of the Great American Songbook, to a singer with a highly distinctive and personal repertoire. 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. 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. In 2014, Marcos Valle invited her to tour in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his career. Stacey Kent – Jazz vocalist. Dreamer In Concert Stacey Kent. Her first album, Close Your Eyes, was released in 1997. Stacey performs at The Pavilion Theatre in Worthing on Saturday 8th November. 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. 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. Breakfast on the Morning Tram (2007) achieved Platinum album status in France in November 2007 and Double Gold status in Germany in February 2008. Hear Stacey's new music with us on Jazz FM Breakfast every weekday from 6:30am # JazzFMBreakfast. Correspondence Address: Few singers can work their way into a lyric like this. But one thing she hadn't done prior to this point is record an album with an orchestra. Jazz Sinfônica Brasil com acompanhamento do talento internacional, cantora Stacey Kent e de seu marido, saxofonista e produtor Tim Tomlinson. February 21, 2005 . The Changing Lights, her tenth album, demonstrates all of the qualities.

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