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Stacey Kent: Raconte-Moi
by Andrew Velez
The opening tune of this set, from the winning vocalist Stacey Kent, is Jobim-Moustaki's “Les Eaux de Mars." In its English-language version, “The Waters of March," this bossa gem was well-known as the exclusive property of the late and wonderful Susannah McCorkle. Kent proves to be a worthy inheritor of it and other tunes in this all-French language album. Several tracks from the French repertory were featured on her previous recording, the fine Breakfast on the Morning Tram (Blue Note, ...
Continue ReadingStacey Kent: The Boy Next Door
by Jeff Stockton
Stacey Kent is in love with words. She's pretty fond of melody, too. But her heart belongs to a good lyric, and when the words are right, her swinging jazz quartet is there to reimagine the tune, if necessary. On The Boy Next Door, Kent pays tribute to her heroes, most of whom made their mark singing the Great American Songbook, popular standards written by the likes of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and the Gershwins, along with ...
Continue ReadingStacey Kent: Dreamsville
by Dave Nathan
Each time after listening to a new album from Stacey Kent, one concludes that this is the best she can get, she has finally reached the ultimate rung on her artistic ladder. But then one is surprised to find that she has just reached penultimate rung, because this next release is better. Such is the case with Dreamsville, an album of unabashedly slow, romantic, winsome and sometimes melancholy ballads that tug at the heartstrings. All of them are entries, some ...
Continue ReadingStacey Kent: Dreamsville
by Dave Nathan
Each time after listening to a new album from Stacey Kent, one concludes that this is the best she can get, she has finally reached the ultimate rung on her artistic ladder. But then one is surprised to find that she has just reached penultimate rung, because this next release is better. Such is the case with Dreamsville, an album of unabashedly slow, romantic, winsome and sometimes melancholy ballads that tug at the heartstrings. All of them are entries, some ...
Continue ReadingStacey Kent: Let Yourself Go-Celebrating Fred Astaire
by Dave Nathan
Stacey Kent has come up with captivating collection to honor Fred Astaire as a singer by putting together a play list of thirteen tunes written by the cream of the popular song writers. With his low key, narrow ranged voice, Astaire probably introduced and/or made popular more songs that were destined to become cherished entries in the Great American Songbook than any other artist. There are songs by the likes of Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, the Gershwin Brothers, ...
Continue ReadingStacey Kent: Let Yourself Go-Celebrating Fred Astaire
by David Adler
Britain-based vocalist Stacey Kent puts her personal stamp on some great old songs associated with Fred Astaire. Joining her is a small, swinging combo: Kent’s husband Jim Tomlinson on saxophones and clarinet, Colin Oxley on guitar, David Newton on piano, Simon Thorpe on bass, and Steve Brown on drums. Though all the tracks are standards, there are surprises: “They Can’t Take That Away from Me" done as a ballad, “S’Wonderful" as a bossa nova with intriguing reharmonizations. Tomlinson’s tenor breaks ...
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