“She’s got that sort of naughty-innocent way about her, that as-yet-unsullied joie de vivre. Joy infuses everything she sings with a vocal zing.” HUFFINGTON POST
The changing lights
Stacey Kent
Since discovering Getz / Gilberto, that historic encounter of jazz and bossa nova, STACEY KENT’s own musical journey has wandered freely in the open spaces of jazz and song, with Brazil becoming, in her eyes, more than a country: a kind of internalized poetic horizon, a chosen land on an intimate scale, adjusted to the proportions of her soul, her singing and her inspiration. Whether she literally celebrates them through covers of Tom Jobim, Sergio Mendes or Luiz Bonfá, or whether she summons the spirit through the finesse of her performances, Stacey Kent has never loosened the emotional ties that bind her to Brazilian music. Her passion with Brazil, made both of depth and lightness, pervades her tenth album. The Changing Lights is not “Stacey Kent’s Brazilian record”. In collaboration with her partner and husband, the English saxophonist, composer and arranger, Jim Tomlinson, Stacey Kent simply displays all the sensitive qualities of a musician for whom Brazil represents, precisely and foremost, “a region of the heart”.
2009 recipient of the CHEVALIER DANS L’ ORDRE DES ARTS ET DES LETTRES
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With the release of her first album, CLOSE YOUR EYES, Stacey Kent has defined herself as one of the finest interpreters of the Great American Songbook of her generation. As she has expanded her musical horizons, her subtly persuasive style has become increasingly honed. Stacey’s move to the legendary Blue Note label in 2007, with the launch of BREAKFAST ON THE MORNING TRAM, marked a more confidently individual style and this album of Bossa Nova, French chansons, American standards and originals became a worldwide hit. In fact, All three of Stacey’s EMI recordings become bestselling albums, with over a half a million sales to date: BREAKFAST ON THE MORNING TRAM reached Platinum status in France, and Double Gold in Germany, as did RACONTE-MOI, and her current album, DREAMER IN CONCERT, her first ever live album, released in 2011, continues this run.
“Kent imbues her tunes with a feathery lightness and impeccable phrasing [and] manages to underscore the emotional heart of an eclectic range of material.” VARIETY “intuitive singing in a voice as singular as there currently is.”
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
“she has the rare ability to live inside a lyric, to such an extent that it flows from her with all the ease and naturalness of informal conversation.”
THE TIMES (LONDON)
“a tart, bouyant voice that flutters and glints, a sunlit butterfly as it alights on the flowers of the Great American Songbook.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES
As Stacey is able to transcend genre and national boundaries with an ease and in a way that few other artists can, she has found new audiences outside Europe. The most recent country to embrace Stacey and her music is Brazil. She is now a regular visitor to the country where most recently, she toured with Marcos Valle, whose song “So Nice (Summer Samba)” she recorded in 2002. Her recording of “Les Eaux De Mars (the Waters Of March)” was featured in the recent film documentary, A Música Segundo Tôm Jobim. At the 80th Anniversary of the iconic statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio De Janeiro, last year, Stacey and her husband, the saxophonist and composer, Jim Tomlinson, were the only non-Brazilians to perform.De Mars (the Waters Of March)” was featured in the recent film documentary, A Música Segundo Tôm Jobim. At the 80th Anniversary of the iconic statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio De Janeiro, last year, Stacey and her husband, the saxophonist and composer, Jim Tomlinson, were the only non-Brazilians to perform.
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