★★★★★
Stacey Kent is a singer treasured by plenty of fans, and it's easy to understand why. Her voice has an under-the-glass cleanness or even perfection to it. She is a delicate singer, the kind who enunciates perfectly and sings jazz that eases over into the kind of thing that is called "cabaret" in New York: a certain studied, old-fashioned vocal art that takes skill and theatricality. Kent is a fussy singer, I would say...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-04-10
★★★★★
Track Listing: This Happy Madness; The Summer We Crossed Europe In The Rain; One Note Samba; Mais Uma Vez; Waiter, Oh Waiter; O Barquinho; The Changing Lights; How Insensitive; O Bêbado E A Equilibrista / Smile; Like A Lover; The Face I Love; A Tarde; Chanson Légère. Personnel: Stacey Kent: vocals, guitar (8); Jim Tomlinson: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Graham Harvey: piano, Fender Rhodes; Jeremy Brown: double bass; Roberto Mensecal: guitar (6, 12); John Parricelli: guitar (2-5,...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2014-04-01
★★★★★
Six years ago, Stacey Kent strayed from the all-standards path with the multifarious Breakfast on the Morning Tram, taking her artistry to an exciting new level. Now, following detours for the all-French Raconte-moi and her first live album, Kent returns to the blueprint: a bit of pop, several Brazilian selections, a soupçon of French and clever originals composed by her husband, saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, with lyrics by novelist Kazuo Ishiguro...
- jazztimes.com
2013-12-16
★★★★★
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. What makes her so successful? The Changing Lights, her tenth album, demonstrates all of the qualities. There's the material, a mix of originals and standards: the arrangements, all but one by Jim Tomlinson
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- www.allaboutjazz.com
2013-09-26
★★★★★
Though New Jersey-born Stacey Kent has called London home for two decades, she maintains a special affection for France. The long-ago European trip that led her to her husband--saxophonist, arranger and producer Jim Tomlinson--and the emergence of her music career, began with her desire to study multiple languages, including French...
- jazztimes.com
2012-01-30
★★★★★
The range of Stacey Kent's repertoire continues to grow. She has now added Portuguese to her English and French, and occasionally accompanies herself on guitar. Needless to say this is all achieved with fetching simplicity and aplomb. She also has a terrific little band, led by her husband, Jim Tomlinson, who just happens to be a great saxophonist and arranger. This is a live recording (her first, actually) and you can feel the authentic buzz of four good musicians working together...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2011-12-05
★★★★★
Film buffs will know Stacey Kent as the big band singer in the movie "Richard III". Others who get up early to watch Sunday morning television know of her improbable story of going to Europe to earn a master's degree in comparative literature and becoming a jazz singer on impulse. Even if you've never heard of Stacey Kent, you should get to know her. She's one of the best-kept secrets in jazz...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Breakfast on the Morning Tram is a charmer. No two ways about it. In her Blue Note debut album, Stacey Kent has modified her direction while remaining constant with the unruffleable sweetness of her voice. Instead of relying on the standards included in her past albums, Kent has presented four originals written by her long-time collaborator, reedman Jim Tomlinson, and an esteemed admirer, novelist Kozuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
Fortified by an arts award from the French government and her success across the English Channel with 2007 collection Breakfast on the Morning Tram, American vocalist Stacey Kent goes the whole hog and sings her follow-up album completely in French. Raconte-Moi... is an intensely personal collection of chansons françaises dedicated to Kent's grandfather. He fled from Russia to the US and enjoyed a spell in Paris en route, passing on to her his love of the French language...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
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