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| years_active = 1996–present
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| label = [[Candid Records]], [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Warner Music]], [[Sony Music|Sony]]
| label = [[Candid Records|Candid]], [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Warner Music|Warner]], [[Sony Music|Sony]], [[Naïve Records|Naïve]]
| associated_acts = [[Jim Tomlinson]]
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'''Stacey Kent''' (born March 27, 1965) is an American jazz singer from [[South Orange]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-06 |title=Stacey Kent Sings the Language of Romance |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/southorange/stacey-kent-sings-the-language-of-romance |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=South Orange, NJ Patch |language=en}}</ref>
'''Stacey Kent''' (born March 27, 1965) is an American jazz singer from [[South Orange]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-06 |title=Stacey Kent Sings the Language of Romance |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/southorange/stacey-kent-sings-the-language-of-romance |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=South Orange, NJ Patch |language=en}}</ref>


Kent was nominated for a [[Grammy]] Award<ref name="Collar">{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Stacey Kent |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stacey-kent-mn0000160742/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> and was awarded the Chevalier de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Minister of Culture in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US jazz singer Stacey Kent - "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" - ,... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/jazz-singer-stacey-kent-chevalier-des-arts-et-des-lettres-news-photo/85730928 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Getty Images |language=en-gb}}</ref> She is married to saxophonist, composer [[Jim Tomlinson]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murdock |first=Meghann |date=2022-02-03 |title=A house for two jazz musicians where even the window blinds hum |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/interiors/house-jazz-singer-stacey-kent-jim-tomlinson-b978720.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> who produces Kent's albums and writes songs for her with his lyricist partner, novelist [[Kazuo Ishiguro]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-22 |title=How we met: Stacey Kent & Kazuo Ishiguro |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stacey-kent-kazuo-ishiguro-8826373.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
Kent was nominated for a [[Grammy]] Award<ref name="Collar">{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Stacey Kent |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stacey-kent-mn0000160742/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> and was awarded the Chevalier de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Minister of Culture in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US jazz singer Stacey Kent - "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" - ,... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/jazz-singer-stacey-kent-chevalier-des-arts-et-des-lettres-news-photo/85730928 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Getty Images |date=31 March 2009 |language=en-gb}}</ref> She is married to saxophonist and composer [[Jim Tomlinson]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murdock |first=Meghann |date=2022-02-03 |title=A house for two jazz musicians where even the window blinds hum |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/interiors/house-jazz-singer-stacey-kent-jim-tomlinson-b978720.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> who produces Kent's albums and writes songs for her with his lyricist partner, novelist [[Kazuo Ishiguro]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-09-22 |title=How we met: Stacey Kent & Kazuo Ishiguro |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stacey-kent-kazuo-ishiguro-8826373.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Stacey Kent was born in [[South Orange]], New Jersey.<ref>Kaiser, Robert G. "Stacey Kent: A Name, And a Voice, That Lingers", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', April 18, 2004.</ref> Her paternal grandfather was Russian and grew up in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://autoprova.net/skoda_jazz_festival_2010_a_sweet_finale_with_stacey_kent/|title=koda Jazz Festival 2010: A sweet finale with Stacey Kent...}}</ref> After graduating from [[Sarah Lawrence College]], she traveled to England to study music at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] in London, where she met saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.<ref name="Collar" />
Kent was born in [[South Orange]], New Jersey.<ref>Kaiser, Robert G. "Stacey Kent: A Name, And a Voice, That Lingers", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', April 18, 2004.</ref> Her paternal grandfather was Russian and grew up in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://autoprova.net/skoda_jazz_festival_2010_a_sweet_finale_with_stacey_kent/|title=koda Jazz Festival 2010: A sweet finale with Stacey Kent...}}</ref> After graduating from [[Sarah Lawrence College]], she traveled to England to study music at the [[Guildhall School of Music and Drama]] in London, where she met saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.<ref name="Collar" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Board |first=Sound |date=2023-01-05 |title=GPAC Welcomes Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist Stacey Kent to the Main Stage |url=https://storyboardmemphis.org/arts/gpac-welcomes-acclaimed-jazz-vocalist-stacey-kent/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=StoryBoard Memphis |language=en-US}}</ref> Kent also attended [[Middlebury College Language Schools]] in Middlebury, VT for 8 summers, enrolled in the Italian, German, Portuguese and French programs.


==Career==
==Career==
In the 1990s, she began her professional career singing at Café Bohème in London's [[Soho]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Introduction to…Stacey Kent – Sussex Jazz Magazine |url=https://www.sussexjazzmag.com/stacey-kent/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |language=en-GB}}</ref> After two or three years, she began opening for established acts at [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stacey Kent - Ronnie Scott's |url=https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/performances/view/7971-stacey-kent |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.ronniescotts.co.uk}}</ref> In 1995, she appeared in [[Richard Loncraine]]'s film ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' (starring [[Ian McKellen]]), singing "Come Live with Me and Be My Love" (composed by [[Trevor Jones (composer)|Trevor Jones]]) at the Grand Ball celebrating the Yorkist triumph in the Wars of the Roses.<ref name="RichardIII">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114279/|title=Richard III|date=December 29, 1995|via=IMDb}}</ref> Her first album, ''[[Close Your Eyes (Stacey Kent album)|Close Your Eyes]]'', was released in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ansell |first=Derek |date=2019-11-03 |title=Stacey Kent: Close Your Eyes |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/11/03/stacey-kent-close-your-eyes/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Jazz Journal |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zych |first=David |title=Stacey Kent |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/stacey-kent/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=JazzTimes |language=en-US}}</ref>
Kent began her professional career in the 1990s, singing at Café Bohème in London's [[Soho]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Introduction to…Stacey Kent – Sussex Jazz Magazine |url=https://www.sussexjazzmag.com/stacey-kent/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |language=en-GB}}</ref> After two or three years, she began opening for established acts at [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stacey Kent - Ronnie Scott's |url=https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/performances/view/7971-stacey-kent |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.ronniescotts.co.uk}}</ref> In 1995, she appeared in [[Richard Loncraine]]'s film ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' (starring [[Ian McKellen]]), singing "[[The Passionate Shepherd to His Love]]" (Come Live with Me and Be My Love) with lyrics by [[Christopher Marlowe]] and composed by [[Trevor Jones (composer)|Trevor Jones]], at the Grand Ball celebrating the Yorkist triumph in the Wars of the Roses.<ref name="RichardIII">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114279/|title=Richard III|date=December 29, 1995|via=IMDb}}</ref> Her first album, ''[[Close Your Eyes (Stacey Kent album)|Close Your Eyes]]'', was released in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ansell |first=Derek |date=2019-11-03 |title=Stacey Kent: Close Your Eyes |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/11/03/stacey-kent-close-your-eyes/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Jazz Journal |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zych |first=David |title=Stacey Kent |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/stacey-kent/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=JazzTimes |date=25 April 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>


Novelist [[Kazuo Ishiguro]] wrote the liner notes to Kent's 2003 album, ''In Love Again''.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006, Tomlinson and Ishiguro began to write songs for her.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name='GuardMar15'>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/15/kazuo-ishiguro-i-used-to-see-myself-as-a-musician |title=Kazuo Ishiguro: I used to see myself as a musician. But really, I'm one of those people with corduroy jackets and elbow patches |first=Kate |last=Kellaway |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=22 April 2015 |date=15 March 2015}}</ref>
Novelist [[Kazuo Ishiguro]] wrote the liner notes to Kent's 2002 album, ''In Love Again''.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006, Tomlinson and Ishiguro began to write songs for her.<ref name=":0" /> 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. 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.<ref name='GuardMar15'>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/15/kazuo-ishiguro-i-used-to-see-myself-as-a-musician |title=Kazuo Ishiguro: I used to see myself as a musician. But really, I'm one of those people with corduroy jackets and elbow patches |first=Kate |last=Kellaway |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=22 April 2015 |date=15 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In March, 2024, Ishiguro published a book entitled ''[[The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: lyrics for Stacey Kent]]'', containing 16 of his lyrics for Kent, with illustrations by Italian-French artist, [[Bianca Bagnarelli]], ([[Faber & Faber]]).


Tomlinson and Ishiguro co-wrote four songs on the album ''[[Breakfast on the Morning Tram]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2007-10-04 |title=Stacey Kent, Breakfast On the Morning Tram |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/05/jazz.shopping2 |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The first of their songs, "The Ice Hotel", won first prize in the International Songwriting Competition in April 2008. Kent recorded several more Tomlinson/Ishiguro songs on ''[[Dreamer In Concert]]'', ''[[The Changing Lights]]'', and ''[[I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stacey-kent-kazuo-ishiguro-8826373.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stacey-kent-kazuo-ishiguro-8826373.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=How we met: Stacey Kent & Kazuo Ishiguro |date=2013-09-22 |website=The Independent |access-date=2019-08-08 }}</ref>
Tomlinson and Ishiguro co-wrote four songs on the album ''[[Breakfast on the Morning Tram]]''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2007-10-04 |title=Stacey Kent, Breakfast On the Morning Tram |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/05/jazz.shopping2 |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The first of their songs, "The Ice Hotel", won first prize in the International Songwriting Competition in April 2008. Kent recorded several more Tomlinson/Ishiguro songs on ''[[Dreamer In Concert]]'', ''[[The Changing Lights]]'', and ''[[I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stacey-kent-kazuo-ishiguro-8826373.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-stacey-kent-kazuo-ishiguro-8826373.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=How we met: Stacey Kent & Kazuo Ishiguro |date=2013-09-22 |website=The Independent |access-date=2019-08-08 }}</ref><ref name=":0" />


Tomlinson and Ishiguro have subsequently written songs for three more of her albums (''Dreamer'', ''The Changing Lights'' and ''I Know I Dream'') and continue to write for her today.<ref name=":0" />
Tomlinson and Ishiguro subsequently wrote songs for her albums ''Dreamer'', ''The Changing Lights'' and ''I Know I Dream,'' and continue to write for her.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-01 |title=Stacey Kent, Jim Tomlinson, and Kazuo Ishiguro "Wish They Could Go Travelling Again" - JAZZIZ Magazine |url=https://www.jazziz.com/stacey-kent-jim-tomlinson-and-kazuo-ishiguro-wish-they-could-go-travelling-again/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>


===Popular success ===
===Popular success ===
[[File:Stacey Kent (215005).jpg|thumb|left|Stacey Kent onstage in 2016]]
[[File:Stacey Kent (215005).jpg|thumb|left|Stacey Kent onstage in 2016]]


Kent's album ''The Boy Next Door'' achieved [[Gold album]] status in France in September 2006. ''Breakfast on the Morning Tram'' (2007) achieved [[Platinum album]] status in France in November 2007 and Double Gold status in Germany in February 2008. ''[[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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2003-10-12 |title=Stacey Kent: The Boy Next Door album review @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-boy-next-door-stacey-kent-candid-records-review-by-jeff-stockton/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-14 |title=Stacey Kent: Breakfast on the Morning Tram, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/stacey-kent-breakfast-on-the-morning-tram-2496193686.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2010-06-17 |title=Stacey Kent: Raconte-Moi |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/17/stacey-kent-raconte-moi-cd-review |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
Kent's album ''The Boy Next Door'' achieved [[Gold album]] status in France in September 2006. ''Breakfast on the Morning Tram'' (2007) achieved [[Platinum album]] status in France in November 2007 and Double Gold status in Germany in February 2008. ''[[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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2003-10-12 |title=Stacey Kent: The Boy Next Door album review @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-boy-next-door-stacey-kent-candid-records-review-by-jeff-stockton/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-14 |title=Stacey Kent: Breakfast on the Morning Tram, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/stacey-kent-breakfast-on-the-morning-tram-2496193686.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2010-06-17 |title=Stacey Kent: Raconte-Moi |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jun/17/stacey-kent-raconte-moi-cd-review |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


''[[Dreamer In Concert]]'' (2011) was recorded in May, 2011, at [[La Cigale]] in Paris. 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2011-11-10 |title=Stacey Kent: Dreamer in Concert – review |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/10/stacey-kent-dreamer-in-concert |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
''[[Dreamer In Concert]]'' (2011) was recorded in May, 2011 at [[La Cigale]] in Paris. It includes three songs previously unrecorded by Kent: "[[Waters of March]]" by [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]], "Postcard Lovers" by Jim Tomlinson with lyrics by [[Kazuo Ishiguro]], and "O Comboio" by Portuguese poet António Ladeira.<ref name="Fordham">{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2011-11-10 |title=Stacey Kent: Dreamer in Concert – review |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/10/stacey-kent-dreamer-in-concert |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-02-25 |title=In Conversation With . . . Stacey Kent, Part III |url=https://www.voicemagazine.org/2011/02/25/in-conversation-with-stacey-kent-part-iii/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Voice |language=en-US}}</ref>


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. In 2014, she left [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] and signed with [[Sony Masterworks|Sony]]. Sony released ''[[Tenderly]]'', an album of standards with [[Roberto Menescal]], one of the founders of bossa nova. She met Menescal in Brazil in 2011 at the 80th birthday celebration of the ''[[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]]'' statue. 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-10 |title=Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/180275-stacey-kent-the-changing-lights-2495672883.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Album Interview: Stacey Kent: Tenderly |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/reviews/review?slug=album-interview-stacey-kent-tenderly |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Jazzwise |language=en}}</ref>
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. In 2014, she left [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] and signed with [[Sony Masterworks|Sony]]. Sony released ''[[Tenderly]]'', an album of standards with [[Roberto Menescal]], one of the founders of bossa nova. She met Menescal in Brazil in 2011 at the 80th birthday celebration of the ''[[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Redeemer]]'' statue. 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-10 |title=Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/180275-stacey-kent-the-changing-lights-2495672883.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Album Interview: Stacey Kent: Tenderly |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/reviews/review?slug=album-interview-stacey-kent-tenderly |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Jazzwise |language=en}}</ref>


In 2014, [[Marcos Valle]] invited her to tour in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his career. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2014-12-20 |title=Marcos Valle and Stacey Kent at Birdland article @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/marcos-valle-and-stacey-kent-at-birdland-by-nick-catalano/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: Marcos Valle - JazzWax |url=https://www.jazzwax.com/2014/12/interview-marcos-valle.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.jazzwax.com}}</ref>
In 2014, [[Marcos Valle]] invited her to tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his career. 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.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |date=2014-12-20 |title=Marcos Valle and Stacey Kent at Birdland article @ All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/marcos-valle-and-stacey-kent-at-birdland-by-nick-catalano/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Interview: Marcos Valle - JazzWax |url=https://www.jazzwax.com/2014/12/interview-marcos-valle.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.jazzwax.com}}</ref>


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. Tomlinson and Goldmacher wrote the title song. <ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=ljazzn |date=2017-11-24 |title=CD REVIEW: Stacey Kent – I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions |url=https://londonjazznews.com/2017/11/24/cd-review-stacey-kent-i-know-i-dream-the-orchestral-sessions/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=London Jazz News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-16 |title=Stacey Kent Marks Her Return With A Splendid Orchestral Album I KNOW I DREAM - JAZZIZ Magazine |url=https://www.jazziz.com/stacey-kent-marks-return-splendid-orchestral-album-know-dream/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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. Tomlinson and Goldmacher wrote the title song.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=ljazzn |date=2017-11-24 |title=CD REVIEW: Stacey Kent – I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions |url=https://londonjazznews.com/2017/11/24/cd-review-stacey-kent-i-know-i-dream-the-orchestral-sessions/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=London Jazz News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-16 |title=Stacey Kent Marks Her Return With A Splendid Orchestral Album I KNOW I DREAM - JAZZIZ Magazine |url=https://www.jazziz.com/stacey-kent-marks-return-splendid-orchestral-album-know-dream/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2020, Kent released a series of singles and EPs, including "Christmas in the Rockies", "Three Little Birds", "Lovely Day", "Landslide", "I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again", "Bonita" and "Craigie Burn" as a duet with her longtime pianist Art Hirahara. Several of these singles become part of an album released in October 2021, called "Songs From Other Places" for which Kent won 'Best Vocal Performance' at the Jazz Music Awards in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Micallef |first=Ken |title=Stacey Kent/Art Hirahara: Songs from Other Places (Candid) |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/stacey-kent-art-hirahara-songs-from-other-places-candid/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=JazzTimes |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirsch |first=Matthias |date=2022-01-18 |title=Stacey Kent, Art Hirahara - Songs From Other Places |url=http://ginalovesjazz.com/stacey-kent-art-hirahara-songs-from-other-places/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, Kent released a series of singles and EPs, including "Christmas in the Rockies", "Three Little Birds", "Lovely Day", "Landslide", "I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again", "Bonita" and "Craigie Burn" as a duet with her longtime pianist Art Hirahara. Several of these singles become part of an album released in October 2021, "Songs From Other Places", for which Kent won Best Vocal Performance at the Jazz Music Awards in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Micallef |first=Ken |title=Stacey Kent/Art Hirahara: Songs from Other Places (Candid) |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/stacey-kent-art-hirahara-songs-from-other-places-candid/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=JazzTimes |date=November 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kirsch |first=Matthias |date=2022-01-18 |title=Stacey Kent, Art Hirahara - Songs From Other Places |url=http://ginalovesjazz.com/stacey-kent-art-hirahara-songs-from-other-places/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch |language=en-US}}</ref>


Kent has sold more than 2 million albums worldwide and over 400 million streams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stacey Kent Trio |url=https://www.goldcoastjazz.org/concerts-events/gold-coast-jazz-concert-series/stacey-kent-trio.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Gold Coast Jazz Society}}</ref>
Kent has sold more than 2 million albums worldwide and over a half billion streams.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stacey Kent Trio |url=https://www.goldcoastjazz.org/concerts-events/gold-coast-jazz-concert-series/stacey-kent-trio.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Gold Coast Jazz Society}}</ref>


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
* British Jazz Award, 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - BBC Radio Jazz Awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/04_april/15/jazz_awards.shtml |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* British Jazz Award, 2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - BBC Radio Jazz Awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/04_april/15/jazz_awards.shtml |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* BBC Jazz Award, Best Vocalist, 2002<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-13 |title=Jazz News: Winners of the BBC Radio Jazz Awards 2002 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213045352/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=1655 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
* BBC Jazz Award, Best Vocalist, 2002<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-13 |title=Jazz News: Winners of the BBC Radio Jazz Awards 2002 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=1655 |access-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213045352/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=1655 |archive-date=2008-02-13 }}</ref>
* Backstage Bistro Award, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Back Stage Bistro Awards Announced; Lemper, Rudetsky and Marcovicci Among Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/2004-back-stage-bistro-awards-announced-lemper-rudetsky-and-marcovicci-among-winners-com-118155}}</ref>
* Backstage Bistro Award, 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Back Stage Bistro Awards Announced; Lemper, Rudetsky and Marcovicci Among Winners |url=https://playbill.com/article/2004-back-stage-bistro-awards-announced-lemper-rudetsky-and-marcovicci-among-winners-com-118155}}</ref>
* [[BBC Jazz Award]], Album of the Year, ''[[The Lyric (album)|The Lyric]]'', 2006<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-07-13 |title=A thriller for Quincy Jones as jazz awards honour giant of 20th |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/a-thriller-for-quincy-jones-as-jazz-awards-honour-giant-of-20th-century-6095508.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* [[BBC Jazz Award]], Album of the Year, ''[[The Lyric (album)|The Lyric]]'', 2006<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-07-13 |title=A thriller for Quincy Jones as jazz awards honour giant of 20th |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/a-thriller-for-quincy-jones-as-jazz-awards-honour-giant-of-20th-century-6095508.html |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* Grammy Award nomination, [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Vocal Jazz Album]], ''[[Breakfast on the Morning Tram]]'', 2009<ref name=":1" />
* Grammy Award nomination, [[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album|Best Vocal Jazz Album]], ''[[Breakfast on the Morning Tram]]'', 2009<ref name=":1" />
* Chevalier dans l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], 2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2009 |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation-du-ministere/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-ou-promotion-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2009 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.culture.gouv.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* Chevalier dans l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]], 2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2009 |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation-du-ministere/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-ou-promotion-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-juillet-2009 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.culture.gouv.fr |date=12 April 2010 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* Jazz Japan Award for 'Best Vocal Album', [[I Know I Dream]], 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=TKA |date=2018-02-21 |title=KUDOS: Stacey Kent wins vocal 'Album of the Year' for I Know I Dream at the JAZZ JAPAN AWARDS |url=https://www.thekurlandagency.com/2018/02/21/kudos-stacey-kent-wins-vocal-album-year-know-dream-jazz-japan-awards/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Kurland Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Jazz Japan Award for 'Best Vocal Album', [[I Know I Dream]], 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=TKA |date=2018-02-21 |title=KUDOS: Stacey Kent wins vocal 'Album of the Year' for I Know I Dream at the JAZZ JAPAN AWARDS |url=https://www.thekurlandagency.com/2018/02/21/kudos-stacey-kent-wins-vocal-album-year-know-dream-jazz-japan-awards/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=The Kurland Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Winner of 'Best Vocal Performance' at the [[Jazz Music Awards]] for [[Songs From Other Places]], 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=dG |date=2022-11-15 |title=2022 JAZZ MUSIC AWARDS: Stacey Kent Wins Best Vocal Performance > Music Works International |url=https://www.musicworksinternational.com/2022-jazz-music-awards-stacey-kent-wins-best-vocal-performance/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Music Works International |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Winner of 'Best Vocal Performance' at the [[Jazz Music Awards]] for [[Songs From Other Places]], 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=dG |date=2022-11-15 |title=2022 JAZZ MUSIC AWARDS: Stacey Kent Wins Best Vocal Performance > Music Works International |url=https://www.musicworksinternational.com/2022-jazz-music-awards-stacey-kent-wins-best-vocal-performance/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Music Works International |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Winner of 'Prix Ella Fitzgerald' at the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]], 2023
* Award "La Granada del Festival de Jazz”, Granada International Jazz Festival, 2023


== Discography==
== Discography==
* ''Stacey Kent Sings'' (July 1995, possible demo recording)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Library (PDF) |first=Sheet Music |date=2022-05-14 |title=Stacey Kent - A Jazz Singer , Sheet Music Library (PDF) |url=https://sheetmusiclibrary.website/2022/05/14/stacey-kent-a-jazz-singer/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=sheetmusiclibrary.website |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Stacey Kent Sings'' (July 1995, possible demo recording)
* ''[[Close Your Eyes (Stacey Kent album)|Close Your Eyes]]'' (Candid, 1997)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Audition |first=Audiophile |date=2019-08-15 |title=Stacey Kent - Close Your Eyes - Pure Pleasure Records |url=https://www.audaud.com/stacey-kent-close-your-eyes-pure-pleasure-records/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Audiophile Audition |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Close Your Eyes (Stacey Kent album)|Close Your Eyes]]'' (Candid, 1997)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Audition |first=Audiophile |date=2019-08-15 |title=Stacey Kent - Close Your Eyes - Pure Pleasure Records |url=https://www.audaud.com/stacey-kent-close-your-eyes-pure-pleasure-records/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Audiophile Audition |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Love Is...The Tender Trap|Love Is The Tender Trap]]'' (Candid, 1998)<ref>Graybow, Steve (30 January 1999). "Vocalist Stacey Kent Hopes to Make Grade in U.S." ''Billboard''. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 38. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 0006-2510. Retrieved 17 January 2023</ref>
* ''[[Love Is...The Tender Trap]]'' (Candid, 1998)<ref>Graybow, Steve (30 January 1999). "Vocalist Stacey Kent Hopes to Make Grade in U.S." ''Billboard''. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 38. [[ISSN (identifier)|ISSN]] 0006-2510. Retrieved 17 January 2023</ref>
* ''[[Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire]]'' (Candid, 1999)
* ''[[Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire]]'' (Candid, 1999)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire |url=https://candidrecords.com/products/let-yourself-go |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Candid Records |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Dreamsville (Stacey Kent album)|Dreamsville]]'' (Candid, 2000)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dreamsville |url=https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/70856/stacey-kent/dreamsville |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Jazz Messengers |language=en-us}}</ref>
* ''[[Dreamsville (Stacey Kent album)|Dreamsville]]'' (Candid, 2000)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dreamsville |url=https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/70856/stacey-kent/dreamsville |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Jazz Messengers |language=en-us}}</ref>
* ''[[In Love Again: The Music of Richard Rodgers]]'' (Candid, 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Love Again: The Music Of Richard Rodgers(LP/180g)/STACEY KENT/ステイシー・ケント｜JAZZ｜ディスクユニオン･オンラインショップ｜diskunion.net |url=https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/detail/1001208107 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=ディスクユニオン通販サイト |language=ja}}</ref>
* ''[[In Love Again: The Music of Richard Rodgers]]'' (Candid, 2002)
* ''[[The Boy Next Door (album)|The Boy Next Door]]'' (Candid, 2003)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[The Boy Next Door (album)|The Boy Next Door]]'' (Candid, 2003)<ref name=":3" />
* ''[[The Lyric (album)|The Lyric]]'', Stacey Kent with Jim Tomlinson (Token, 2006)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2006-03-17 |title=Jim Tomlinson/Stacey Kent, The Lyric |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/mar/17/jazz.shopping2 |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[The Lyric (album)|The Lyric]]'', Stacey Kent with Jim Tomlinson (Token, 2006)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2006-03-17 |title=Jim Tomlinson/Stacey Kent, The Lyric |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/mar/17/jazz.shopping2 |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[Breakfast on the Morning Tram]]'' (EMI/Blue Note, 2007)<ref name=":1" />
* ''[[Breakfast on the Morning Tram]]'' (EMI/Blue Note, 2007)<ref name=":1" />
* ''[[Raconte-moi...]]'' (EMI/Blue Note, 2010)<ref name=":4" />
* ''[[Raconte-moi...]]'' (EMI/Blue Note, 2010)<ref name=":4" />
* ''[[Dreamer In Concert]]'' (EMI/Blue Note, 2011)<ref name="Fordham"/>
* ''[[Dreamer In Concert]]'' (EMI/Blue Note, 2011)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |date=2011-11-10 |title=Stacey Kent: Dreamer in Concert – review |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/nov/10/stacey-kent-dreamer-in-concert |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* ''[[The Changing Lights]]'' (EMI/Blue Note/Warner, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|title=Grammy Nominated Stacey Kent to Release the Changing Lights, September 17, 2013|url=http://www.warnermusiccanada.com/press-release/576/grammy-nominated-stacey-kent-to-release-the-changing-lights-september-17-2013/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130807004545/http://www.warnermusiccanada.com/press-release/576/grammy-nominated-stacey-kent-to-release-the-changing-lights-september-17-2013/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 7, 2013|publisher=Warner Music Canada|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>
* ''[[The Changing Lights]]'' (EMI/Blue Note/Warner, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|title=Grammy Nominated Stacey Kent to Release the Changing Lights, September 17, 2013|url=http://www.warnermusiccanada.com/press-release/576/grammy-nominated-stacey-kent-to-release-the-changing-lights-september-17-2013/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130807004545/http://www.warnermusiccanada.com/press-release/576/grammy-nominated-stacey-kent-to-release-the-changing-lights-september-17-2013/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 7, 2013|publisher=Warner Music Canada|access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>
* ''Tenderly'' (Sony/Okeh, 2015)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelly |first=Dave |date=2016-01-10 |title=Stacey Kent: Tenderly review – classic American songs, immaculately presented |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/10/stacey-kent-tenderly-review-roberto-menescal-jazz |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
* ''Tenderly'' (Sony/Okeh, 2015)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gelly |first=Dave |date=2016-01-10 |title=Stacey Kent: Tenderly review – classic American songs, immaculately presented |language=en-GB |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/10/stacey-kent-tenderly-review-roberto-menescal-jazz |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
* ''I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions'' (Sony/Okeh, 2017)<ref name=":5" />
* ''I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions'' (Sony/Okeh, 2017)<ref name=":5" />
* ''Christmas in the Rockies"EP, Exceleration/Token''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Less than 4 weeks until Christmas – Need another Christmas Jazz recommendation? |url=https://musicophilesblog.com/2020/11/29/less-than-4-weeks-until-christmas-need-another-christmas-jazz-recommendation/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=musicophilesblog - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms |language=en}}</ref> ''2020)''
* ''Christmas in the Rockies'' (Candid/Token, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-29 |title=Less than 4 weeks until Christmas – Need another Christmas Jazz recommendation? |url=https://musicophilesblog.com/2020/11/29/less-than-4-weeks-until-christmas-need-another-christmas-jazz-recommendation/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=musicophilesblog - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms |language=en}}</ref> ''2020)''
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* ''Songs from Other Places'' (Believe/Candid/Token, 2021),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogerson |first=Karis |title=Review: Stacey Kent is Transportive in SONGS FROM OTHER PLACES at Birdland Jazz Club |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-Stacey-Kent-is-Transportive-in-SONGS-FROM-OTHER-PLACES-at-Birdland-Jazz-Club-20211002 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Summer Me, Winter Me'' (Naïve Records, 2023)


===Singles===
* ''Three Little Birds'' (Single, Exceleration/Token 2020)<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=STACEY KENT: Songs From Other Places (Candid) – Soul and Jazz and Funk |url=https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/reviews/stacey-kent-songs-from-other-places-candid/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.soulandjazzandfunk.com}}</ref>
* ''Three Little Birds'' (Single, Exceleration/Token 2020)<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=STACEY KENT: Songs From Other Places (Candid) – Soul and Jazz and Funk |url=https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/reviews/stacey-kent-songs-from-other-places-candid/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.soulandjazzandfunk.com}}</ref>
* ''Lovely Day'' (Single, Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref name=":6" />
* ''Lovely Day'' (Single, Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref name=":6" />
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* ''Bonita'' (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref name=":2" />
* ''Bonita'' (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref name=":2" />
* ''Craigie Burn'' (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref name=":2" />
* ''Craigie Burn'' (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref name=":2" />
* ''[[American Tune]]'' (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref>{{Citation |title=Stacey Kent - American Tune de Paul Simon (live dans Boomerang) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OhVgxaVNOs |language=en |access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>
* ''[[American Tune]]'' (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref>{{Citation |title=Stacey Kent - American Tune de Paul Simon (live dans Boomerang) | date=23 October 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OhVgxaVNOs |language=en |access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>
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* ''[[Songs From Other Places]]'' (Exceleration/Token 2021)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogerson |first=Karis |title=Review: Stacey Kent is Transportive in SONGS FROM OTHER PLACES at Birdland Jazz Club |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-Stacey-Kent-is-Transportive-in-SONGS-FROM-OTHER-PLACES-at-Birdland-Jazz-Club-20211002 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>


== As featured vocalist ==
== As featured vocalist ==
* ''Eau Calme'' with [[enzo enzo]] (2020) - 1 song
* ''Eau Calme'' with enzo enzo (2020) - 1 song<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enzo-Enzo - Eau-Calme |url=https://www.muziekwereld.com/enzo-enzo.htm |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=www.muziekwereld.com}}</ref>
* ''Frenchy'' with [[Thomas Dutronc]] (Sony, 2019) - 1 song<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pinte |first=Alex |date=2020-06-22 |title=Thomas Dutronc {{!}} New album 'Frenchy' |url=https://whatthefrance.org/thomas-dutronc-new-album-frenchy/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=What The France |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Frenchy'' with [[Thomas Dutronc]] (Sony, 2019) - 1 song
* ''Danilo Caymmi Canta Jobim'' with [[Danilo Caymmi]] (Sony, 2013) - 1 song
* ''Danilo Caymmi Canta Jobim'' with [[Danilo Caymmi]] (Sony, 2013) - 1 song<ref>{{Citation |title=Danilo Caymmi Canta Tom Jobim |date=2017-01-13 |url=https://www.deezer.com/us/album/15186893 |language=en-US |access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>
* ''Ao Vivo'' DVD with [[Marcos Valle]] (Sony, 2015) - full DVD
* ''Ao Vivo'' DVD with [[Marcos Valle]] (Sony, 2015) - full DVD<ref name=":8" />
* ''Ao Vivo'' with [[Marcos Valle]] (Sony, 2013) - full album
* ''Ao Vivo'' with [[Marcos Valle]] (Sony, 2013) - full album<ref name=":7" />
* ''Brazil'' with [[Quatuor Ébène]], [[Bernard Lavilliers]] (Erato/Warner, 2014) - 6 songs
* ''Brazil'' with [[Quatuor Ébène]], [[Bernard Lavilliers]] (Erato/Warner, 2014) - 6 songs<ref>{{Citation |title=Quatuor Ebène; Stacey Kent; Bernard Lavilliers, Brazil in High-Resolution Audio |url=https://www.prostudiomasters.com/album/page/40693 |access-date=2023-02-20}}</ref>
* ''Fiction'' with [[Quatuor Ébène]], (Erato/Warner, 2012) - 1 song<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=2017-09-30 |title=Essentials: The Ebene Quartet 'Fiction' Album Review |url=https://www.vivascene.com/essentials-the-ebene-quartet-fiction-album-reviewmusic-review/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=Vivascene |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Fiction'' with [[Quatuor Ébène]], (Erato/Warner, 2012) - 1 song
* ''Jan Lundgren Trio Plays the Music of Victor Young'' with [[Jan Lundgren]] Trio, (Sittel, 2001) - 3 songs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jan Lundgren Trio Plays the Music of Victor Young| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ntSOJ2F1CKLA-OkglFuQvyjVml6Ocb0oQ |access-date=2024-03-25}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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*{{Official website|http://www.staceykent.com/}}
*{{Official website|http://www.staceykent.com/}}
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Stacey Kent
Background information
Born (1965-03-27) March 27, 1965 (age 59)
South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
GenresJazz, vocal jazz
OccupationSinger
Years active1996–present
LabelsCandid, Blue Note, Warner, Sony, Naïve
Websitestaceykent.com

Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1965) is an American jazz singer from South Orange, New Jersey.[1]

Kent was nominated for a Grammy Award[2] and was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) by the French Minister of Culture in 2009.[3] She is married to saxophonist and composer Jim Tomlinson,[4] who produces Kent's albums and writes songs for her with his lyricist partner, novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.[5]

Early life and education

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Kent was born in South Orange, New Jersey.[6] Her paternal grandfather was Russian and grew up in France.[7] After graduating from Sarah Lawrence College, she traveled to England to study music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where she met saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.[2][8] Kent also attended Middlebury College Language Schools in Middlebury, VT for 8 summers, enrolled in the Italian, German, Portuguese and French programs.

Career

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Kent began her professional career in the 1990s, singing at Café Bohème in London's Soho.[9] After two or three years, she began opening for established acts at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.[10] In 1995, she appeared in Richard Loncraine's film Richard III (starring Ian McKellen), singing "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" (Come Live with Me and Be My Love) with lyrics by Christopher Marlowe and composed by Trevor Jones, at the Grand Ball celebrating the Yorkist triumph in the Wars of the Roses.[11] Her first album, Close Your Eyes, was released in 1997.[12][13]

Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wrote the liner notes to Kent's 2002 album, In Love Again.[5] 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.[5] In 2006, Tomlinson and Ishiguro began to write songs for her.[5] 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. 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.[14][5] In March, 2024, Ishiguro published a book entitled The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: lyrics for Stacey Kent, containing 16 of his lyrics for Kent, with illustrations by Italian-French artist, Bianca Bagnarelli, (Faber & Faber).

Tomlinson and Ishiguro co-wrote four songs on the album Breakfast on the Morning Tram.[15] The first of their songs, "The Ice Hotel", won first prize in the International Songwriting Competition in April 2008. Kent recorded several more Tomlinson/Ishiguro songs on Dreamer In Concert, The Changing Lights, and I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions.[16][5]

Tomlinson and Ishiguro subsequently wrote songs for her albums Dreamer, The Changing Lights and I Know I Dream, and continue to write for her.[5][17]

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Stacey Kent onstage in 2016

Kent's album The Boy Next Door achieved Gold album status in France in September 2006. Breakfast on the Morning Tram (2007) achieved Platinum album status in France in November 2007 and Double Gold status in Germany in February 2008. 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.[18][19][20]

Dreamer In Concert (2011) was recorded in May, 2011 at La Cigale in Paris. It includes three songs previously unrecorded by Kent: "Waters of March" by Antônio Carlos Jobim, "Postcard Lovers" by Jim Tomlinson with lyrics by Kazuo Ishiguro, and "O Comboio" by Portuguese poet António Ladeira.[21][22]

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. In 2014, she left Warner Bros. and signed with Sony. Sony released Tenderly, an album of standards with Roberto Menescal, one of the founders of bossa nova. She met Menescal in Brazil in 2011 at the 80th birthday celebration of the Christ the Redeemer statue. 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.[23][24]

In 2014, Marcos Valle invited her to tour in celebration of the 50th anniversary of his career. 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.[25][26]

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. Tomlinson and Goldmacher wrote the title song.[27][28]

In 2020, Kent released a series of singles and EPs, including "Christmas in the Rockies", "Three Little Birds", "Lovely Day", "Landslide", "I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again", "Bonita" and "Craigie Burn" as a duet with her longtime pianist Art Hirahara. Several of these singles become part of an album released in October 2021, "Songs From Other Places", for which Kent won Best Vocal Performance at the Jazz Music Awards in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2022.[29][30]

Kent has sold more than 2 million albums worldwide and over a half billion streams.[31]

Awards and honors

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Discography

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Singles

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  • Three Little Birds (Single, Exceleration/Token 2020)[50]
  • Lovely Day (Single, Exceleration/Token 2021)[50]
  • I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)[51]
  • Landslide (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)[51]
  • Bonita (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)[51]
  • Craigie Burn (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)[51]
  • American Tune (Single, from "Songs From Other Places" series. Exceleration/Token 2021)[52]
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References

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