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Stacey Kent - Breakfast on the Morning Tram - Trailer 2
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Interview with Stacey Kent
1 The Ice Hotel  
2 Landslide  
3 Ces Petits Riens  
4 I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again  
5 So Many Stars  
6 Samba Saravah  
7 Breakfast On the Morning Tram  
8 Never Let Me Go  
9 So Romantic  
10 Hard Hearted Hannah  
11 La Saison Des Pluies  
12 What a Wonderful World  
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Blue Note France has signed the London-based American jazz singer Stacey Kent to an exclusive worldwide recording deal. Her Blue Note debut, Breakfast on the Morning Tram, which is a charming mix of standards, pop covers, French chansons, and original songs, will be released in the U.S. on October 2. The album was produced by Kent's husband, tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whose latest album The Lyric featured Kent's vocals, and won Best Album at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards.

"Blue Note is the label that just feels right," says Kent. "It's the label I dreamed of as a kid. Signing with Blue Note, I feel like Steffi Graf must have felt the first time she stepped onto court to play Martina Navratilova. I've always had enormous respect for Blue Note and for the artists on the label. So many personalities and different ways of expressing music and always with such integrity and soul. To be part of this family and history is a dream come true."

Breakfast on the Morning Tram marks Kent's return to the studio after a four-year recording hiatus. The album's title refers to the start of something new; a journey in a new direction, and takes its name from one of four new original songs-the first originals that Kent has ever recorded-that were written especially for her by Tomlinson and acclaimed author Kazuo Ishiguro, a winner of the Booker and Whitbread prizes for such literary works as The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.

Kent's association with Ishiguro began in 2002 when he named her recording of "They Can't Take That Away From Me" from the album Let Yourself Go as one of his choices on the BBC Radio show Desert Island Classics. Subsequently, he wrote the liner notes for Kent's album In Love Again. Ishiguro's understanding of her art gave her the idea that he would be the ideal lyricist for her and thus, along with Tomlinson, they began collaborating on songs for her debut Blue Note debut including "The Ice Hotel," "I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again," "So Romantic," and the title track.

  • Stacey Kent chats with LONDON JAZZNEWS about new album, Kazuo Ishiguro, and upcoming Ronnie Scott's run
    Posted At: March 4, 2024 12:00 AM
    LONDON JAZZNEWS Martin Chilton writes…It is little wonder that Stacey Kent is so enthused about why 2024 promises to be such a “great and thrilling year”. The acclaimed American singer will be on stage at the Southbank with Kazuo Ishiguro – to perform and talk about the lyrics the Nobel Prize-winning author has written for her – and then she will be touring her superb new album Summer Me, Winter Me, includi...
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  • Stacey Kent brings her new album to the MIM in Phoenix / 91.5KJZZ
    Posted At: October 16, 2023 12:00 AM
    Stacey Kent is an American jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans, a host of honors and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales in excess of 2 million, more than half a billion streams, Platinum, Double-Gold and Gold-selling albums that have reached a series of chart-topping positions.Her worldwide fan base is testimony to her ability to cut to the emotional heart of her son...
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  • Stacey Kent is set for 'Folly Theater Jazz Series' / 89.3KCUR - Kansas City
    Posted At: February 16, 2020 12:00 AM

    Fresh from a worldwide tour on the back of the success of her award-winning album, I Know I Dream, (Jazz Japan Awards, ‘Best Vocal Album of 2018'), The Folly Theater is thrilled to present Grammy-nominated Stacey Kent, with a program of Bossa Nova, jazz standards and original songs by Jim Tomlinson, Cliff Goldmacher, and Nobel Prize-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro. Her unique interpretative gift...
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  • Stacey Kent chats with bandwagon about the thrill of sharing music
    Posted At: June 29, 2018 12:00 AM

    In September, one of modern jazz's smoothest vocalists will take the stage in Singapore. Stacey Kent has had an illustrious, 20-year-long career, her most recent release being 2017's critically acclaimed I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions. Within the 12 tracks (and 2 bonus ones) of I Know I Dream, Kent covers significant ground, demonstrating her facility in English, French and Portugues...
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  • Stacey Kent is incisive even at a near-whisper, on I Know I Dream / Downbeat
    Posted At: January 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    Stacey Kent's mezzo-soprano voice is a beautiful instrument for offsetting orchestral accompaniment, a fact that I KNOW I DREAM illustrates well. The orchestra, a 52-piece London studio assemblage, has a lushness that would smother Nelson Riddle - yet Kent cuts through it effortlessly. In fairness, the arrangements hardly compete with Kent. But the singer has a relatively soft, restrained voice that ...
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  • Stacey Kent interview with svt>
    Posted At: December 29, 2017 12:00 AM

    With over 2 million albums sold, a Grammy nomination and international recognition as one of the most successful and prolific jazz vocalist of her time, Stacey Kent stands strong among the artists that don't have much left to prove. Kent's brand new album, I Know I Dream, was recorded inside the famous Angel Studios in London with an orchestra of around 60 musicians, her first...
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  • Meet the incredible Stacey Kent on The Paul Leslie Hour
    Posted At: December 27, 2017 12:00 AM

    Stacey Kent, one of the most successful and internationally recognized jazz singers and recording artists with over 2 million records sold is our guest on this show. 2017 saw the release of her first orchestral album, I Know I Dream, in a discography of more than 15 albums. I Know I Dream is quite simply an aural feast, and Stacey Kent is one of the truly great singers of our time.  Listening to her...
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  • Stacey Kent receives a warm embrace on I Know I Dream / all about jazz
    Posted At: December 22, 2017 12:00 AM

    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. But one thing she hadn't done prior to this point is record an album with an orchestra. Cross that one off the list n...
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  • Stacey Kent, in Conversation and Performance, on WBGO: Singers Unlimited
    Posted At: December 18, 2017 12:00 AM

    Stacey Kent is always a delight, and one of the most worldly singers I know. She recently came to Newark to talk with me about her new orchestral album, I Know I Dream, and to sing some of the songs with her group. She sang some of the French and Brazilian songs from the album, as well as several songs that her arranger/saxophonist/husband Jim Tomlinson wrote with Kazuo Ishiguro, this year's Nobel La...
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  • Stacey Kent - I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions / ginalovesjazz
    Posted At: December 12, 2017 12:00 AM

    It was just a matter of time before this was about to take shape: Stacey Kent recording with a full orchestra. The arrangements are by Tommy Laurence, the sessions took place in London up until May of this year and Jim Tomlinson produced the album which really suits her fine. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetic...
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  • Stacey Kent Quintet wBenny Benack III, set for MCG: Jazz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Posted At: December 7, 2017 12:00 AM

    Vocalist Stacey Kent is somewhat of a rarity - an artist who originally didn't aspire to be one. And even more rare, her musical partner of 26 years, her husband Jim Tomlinson, didn't either. These two accidental touring musicians, part of a quintet, come to the Manchester Craftmen's Guild's Jazz Concert Hall for two shows Saturday behind Ms. Kent's latest album, "I Know I Dream," released in October.&nb...
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  • Stacey Kent mixes and matches moods on 'I Know I Dream' / Jazz Weekly
    Posted At: December 5, 2017 12:00 AM

    Soft toned and bohemian vocalist Stacey Kent adds texture to her patented soft delivery by including an orchestra on this luscious album. The team of Jim Tomlinson/wwinds, Graham Harvey-p-key, John Paricelli/g, Jeremy Brown/b and Joshua Morrison/dr is augmented by rich and sensitive strings, making her voice team with Tomlinson's flute on "Double Rainbow" and "La Rua Madureira" to create flowing linen dr...
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  • Stacey Kent - I Know I Dream, is enchanting / TV5 MONDE DIRECT
    Posted At: December 4, 2017 12:00 AM

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  • Stacey Kent - I Know I Dream. Cool and sophisticated like crushed ice in a cocktail / LondonJazzNews
    Posted At: November 29, 2017 12:00 AM

    As cool and sophisticated as crushed ice in a cocktail, as wispy and untroubled as a passing cloud, singer Stacey Kent has carved out a distinctive persona for herself, and stuck with it. Here, she presents the 14th album she has made under her own name - 15th if you count The Lyric, released under the name of husband Jim Tomlinson. I Know I Dream was recorded with an orchestra arranged by Tommy Laurence...
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  • Stacey Kent is silky and appealing as always on 'I Know I Dream' / bebop spoken here
    Posted At: November 27, 2017 12:00 AM

    Yet another woman singer although Stacey Kent is hardly just 'another woman singer'! Over the years, with a shelf full of highly acclaimed albums, her position near the top end of the pecking order is undisputed and this latest one only serves to consolidate that position. The voice is as silky and appealing as always, not least when she sings in her impeccable French. The nuances of that languag...
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  • Stacey Kent & Jim Tomlinson set for Jazz SLC / Deseret News
    Posted At: March 14, 2017 12:00 AM

    Jazz vocalist Stacey Kent and her husband, tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, return to Salt Lake City on Monday, March 20, at the Capitol Theatre for a concert featuring music from the Great American Songbook. "We haven't toured as much (this year)," Kent said in an interview. "Every year has a different rhythm and this year we've been smarter about our touring. Even though we're relaxing, Jim and I ...
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  • Stacey Kent plays Theatre Royal / York Press review
    Posted At: November 3, 2016 12:00 AM

    YORK jazz promoter J-Night returns to York Theatre Royal tonight to present American singer Stacey Kent. "Fans of the Great American Songbook won't want to miss this opportunity to see one of the world's leading jazz vocalists performing here in York," says J-Night director David Porter. "It will be an evening of timeless classics performed by some of the most accomplished musicians playing today." Kent,...
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  • Stacey Kent & Roberto Menescal admire each other's musicality on 'Tenderly' / Inquirer.net review
    Posted At: August 19, 2016 12:00 AM

    If you want the perfect jazz album to keep you company during rainy days, you can't go wrong with Stacey Kent's "Tenderly," the Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist's collaboration with producer-husband Jim Tomlinson (on tenor saxophone and alto flute), Jeremy Brown (on bass) and 78-year-old Brazilian arranger Roberto Menescal (on guitar)-who just happens to be one of the founding fathers of the bossa nova sou...
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  • Stacey Kent brings her bossa nova to Birdland / New York Times review
    Posted At: July 7, 2016 12:00 AM

    The jazz singer Stacey Kent is an artist who isn't merely content to celebrate her musical influences from a distance: She goes directly to the source. The list of musicians with whom she works includes the founders of bossa nova, which forms an essential part of her international repertoire. That involves visiting Brazil. Her latest collaborator is the composer, producer, singer and guitarist Robert Men...
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  • Stacey Kent set to play 'The Brewhouse' / Somerset County Gazette
    Posted At: May 13, 2016 12:00 AM

    Stacey Kent loves telling stories – it's just that she does it while singing. Her timeless, soothing voice is both fragile and soulful. She gently gathers lyrics, makes them her own then relays her story to her grateful audience. Stacey's unique performance has seen her sell out at venues as diverse as Ronnie Scott's nightclub in London and jazz festivals around the world. Next month, she stops...
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  • Stacey Kent - a singer of love songs and teller of stories / Female First
    Posted At: April 1, 2016 12:00 AM

    American Jazz singer Stacey Kent is back touring the UK in April and May with husband Jim Tomlinson, The couple resently released their new Sony (OKeh) album, Tenderly which features Kent and Brazilian composer, producer, guitarist/vocalist Roberto Menescal. Female First got the opportunity to catch up with the singer to find out all about her music, what it i...
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  • Stacey Kent - Tenderly on VOA: Jazz America
    Posted At: February 12, 2016 12:00 AM

    On the next JAZZ AMERICA program from the Voice of America, there are so many reasons why Stacey Kent and Roberto Menescal should never have met, let alone formed a friendship based on mutual admiration and shared artistic vision, that the very existence of this album, Tenderly (OKeh) is close to miraculous. Stacey Kent – for whom jazz and the "Great American Songbook" ...
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  • Stacey Kent set to play at Newport Jazz Weekend - Jazz Journal preview
    Posted At: February 5, 2016 12:00 AM

    The Isle of Wight's Newport Jazz Weekend, now in its fifth year, has announced its 2016 edition which will run from Wednesday 1 June to Sunday 5 June. The Newport Jazz Weekend is a self-funded festival run by volunteers and musicians from the vibrant local scene: the 2016 festival is slightly bigger than last year's successful event and is notable for a wide range of performers.  The pr...
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  • Stacey Kent - Tenderly / Buffalo News review
    Posted At: February 1, 2016 12:00 AM

    Among the prouder acclaims of jazz as a music these days (and, in fact, since the age of radio) is its joyful protection of the "little" voice in a world of pop, rock and classical music devoted to making the voices and settings larger than they are (and, often enough, larger than they ought to be.) The wittiest and greatest of all jazz' "little voices" will always be the late, great Blossom Dearie. ...
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  • Jazzwise interviews Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson about Tenderly
    Posted At: January 29, 2016 12:00 AM

    This intimate 12-track collection is Stacey Kent's first standards album since her 2003 recording, "The Boy Next Door." It sees the US-born, London-based vocalist team up with the legendary Brazilian composer and guitarist, Roberto Menescal, one of the founders of Bossa Nova and winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 Latin Grammy Awards.    Menescal and Kent have teamed up b...
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  • Stacey Kent - Tenderly / theguardian review
    Posted At: January 10, 2016 12:00 AM

    If, like me, you've been hoping that Stacey Kent would one day make another album of classic American songs, here it is at last. It's a collaboration with the veteran Brazilian guitarist-composer-producer Roberto Menescal, who, it turns out, knows this repertoire intimately. With just two other musicians - Jim Tomlinson, on tenor saxophone and flute, and bassist Jeremy Brown – they treat songs such...
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  • Stacey Kent Infuses Birdland with Sublime Sambas and Bossa Novas / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: July 24, 2015 12:00 AM

    Watching Stacey Kent perform Portuguese music with her producer, writer, arranger, and saxophonistJim Tomlinson (who also happens to be her husband) has got to be the next best thing to actually being in Brazil. As she exhibited last night at Birdland for two shows, Kent gets this genre perhaps better than any other contemporary American performer. She performs with palpable sens...
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  • Stacey Kent returns to Salt Lake City's Jazz SLC series / Deseret News
    Posted At: February 20, 2015 12:00 AM

    Jazz vocalist Stacey Kent returns to Salt Lake City on Feb. 23 at the Capitol Theatre for the first leg of her 2015 world tour. It's no surprise that Salt Lake City is one of only three stops in the United States for Kent this year. This is her fifth visit to the Jazz SLC concert series. "I don't always tour as much as I did last year," Kent said over a Skype interview during a family ski trip in Asp...
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  • Stacey Kent - The Changing Lights / All About Jazz review
    Posted At: July 28, 2014 12:00 AM

    Stacey Kent has had an impressive musical run: Breakfast on the Morning Tram (Blue Note, 2007, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award), Raconte- moi... (Blue Note, 2010), Dreamer In Concert (Blue Note, 2011) just being her previous three recordings of her ten releases as a leader. She is intelligent, polyglot and capable of performing in any genre or language. Her voice is one of soft evenness, i...
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  • Music for the Mythical Brazil: Stacey Kent / Huffington Post
    Posted At: July 7, 2014 12:00 AM

    For another twist on the bossa formula, there's jazz singer Stacey Kent's The Changing Lights (Warner), which has its elegant, old-style bossa swing along with playful English-language lyrics. The New Jersey-born Kent chooses seven bossa chestnuts, but goes for the English versions for most. In addition, she sings several new songs in the bossa style written by her husband and musical partner...
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  • Stacey Kent - The Changing Lights / Ottawa Citizen review
    Posted At: June 25, 2014 12:00 AM

    "Je voudrai te faire un chanson legere, comme un bulle de savon, un nuage de cotton, un aile de papillon," sings Stacey Kent in the closing moments of her newest CD The Changing Lights. In other words: "I would like to make for you a light song, like a soap bubble, like a cotton cloud, like a butterfly wing," the 46-year-old American singer based in London, England, sings in perfect French. (She's ev...
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  • Stacey Kent performs at NYC's Birdland / WNYC concert review
    Posted At: June 17, 2014 12:00 AM

    Birdland packs in a crowd most nights a week, but last Saturday it was standing room only. Apparently, you must arrive early to find a table at a Stacey Kent performance. I hit Midtown with half an hour to spare and was lucky to find a tiny space at the bar. The Grammy-award nominated vocalist seemed to notice this too. Kent strode on to the stage, grinning wildly (reminiscent of Mary Lou Retton) and exp...
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  • Stacey Kent - The Changing Lights / The Enquirer interview
    Posted At: June 12, 2014 12:00 AM

    It's not every day that Clint Eastwood asks you to sing at his 70th birthday party. But for multi-award winning jazz star Stacey Kent, every day is a whirlwind ‘dream come true'. Having performed in major venues and festivals all over the world, the American singer already boasts celebrity fans including Michael Parkinson, Sir David Frost and ‘text buddy' Aerosmith's Steve...
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  • Stacey Kent - The Changing Lights / Huffington Post review
    Posted At: June 5, 2014 12:00 AM

    Stacey Kent, The Changing Lights (Warner Bros): Kent's voice might be called light, but perhaps it's more accurate to describe it as fragile, emotionally fragile. That's often true of the 15 songs she includes. At times in the past, particularly when she started, Kent was piquant, not to say perky. That's less the situation now. The shift may have to do with the Brazilian music she favors...
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  • Stacey Kent - The Changing Lights / Republic of Jazz review
    Posted At: June 3, 2014 12:00 AM

    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, wh...
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  • Stacey Kent: Breakfast On The Morning Tram. A charming mix of standards, pop covers, French chansons, and originals
    Posted At: October 2, 2007 12:00 AM

    Blue Note France has signed the London-based American jazz singer Stacey Kent to an exclusive worldwide recording deal. Her Blue Note debut, Breakfast on the Morning Tram, which is a charming mix of standards, pop covers, French chansons, and original songs, will be released in the U.S. on October 2. The album was produced by Kent's husband, tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whose latest album The Lyr...
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