Stacey Kent - Songs From Other Places - VINYL LP

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing housed in tip-on jacket. Remastered by Bernie Grundman. Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mold of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide, a host of honors and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales in excess of Millions, Gold and Platinum-selling albums that have reached a series of No. 1 chart positions during the span of her career. The Boy Next Door became Kent's breakthrough and her biggest hit to date when it was released in 2003, establishing her as a household name in France and the UK. Album Tracks 1. The Best Is Yet to Come 2. The Boy Next Door 3. The Trolley Song 4. Say It Isn't So 5. Too Darn Hot 6. Makin' Whoopee 7. What the World Needs Now Is Love 8. What the World Needs Now Is Love 9. You've Got a Friend 10. I Got It Bad 11. Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee 12. People Will Say We're in Love 13. Tis Autumn 14. All I Do Is Dream of You 15. I Get Along Without You Very Well 16. You're the Top 17. Bookends

The entire project is both spare and impossibly rich. While this may sound like a contradiction, it has everything to do with the virtuosic musicianship of pianist Art Hirahara and Jim Tomlinson, as well as Stacey's elegant and unadorned vocal approach.The opening track, Lucky To Be Me, works as an invitation to the theme of the album and uses the open space between vocal phrases to draw us in. And, while all of the tracks are worth an unadulterated listen, I'm going to list a few of my favorites, starting with La Javanaise, which is delivered with an almost offhanded musical precision and sung in Stacey's pitch-perfect French. The surprising warmth of Stacey's lower vocal range makes A Time For Love the intimate ballad it was meant to be. Jim's tenor sax does the same, so that his playing is the ideal complement to Stacey's voice.The entire album is a joy to listen to both musically and sonically. It was lovingly recorded and mixed by Jim (yet another of his talents) at their home studio in Virginia.- Cliff GoldmacherStacey 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 and more than one billion streams, and Platinum, Double-Gold, and Gold-selling albums that have reached a series of chart-topping positions.Stacey, a comparative literature graduate with a passion for music, travelled to Europe to further her studies after receiving her degree from Sarah Lawrence College in NY. Through a series of twists of fate, she found herself in London, where she enrolled in a graduate music program at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she met her future husband and musical partner, Jim Tomlinson.Kent's musical journey began with childhood piano lessons. A keen ear and true voice led her to search out opportunities to express her love of

Which album is that song on?Inch is a question I often get asked after a concert at signings. Since our set lists invariably include a mixture of old and new repertoire, the answer is sometimes, Inchit's not on any album.Inch This album is therefore a collection of those songs. It's a response to all those people who have said over the years, somewhat disappointed, Inchyou haven't recorded If You Go Away?Inch and so on. This is also the first time I've recorded a song twice on the same album. If You Go Away entered my repertoire in 2018 when Jim wrote an orchestral arrangement for a concert in Paris. I was also singing Jacques Brel's original, Ne me quitte pas, from time to time. But whatever the language, someone would ask why I hadn't sung it in the other. Some singers have responded by interpolating both languages into the same version. Since both sets of lyrics are beautiful on their own terms and are equally deserving of inclusion, I chose to record them both. So, whilst not exactly a requests album, Summer Me, Winter Me is a response to that informal and unscientific sounding, a representative selection of some of these InchrequestsInch. With love, SK Album Tracks 1. Summer Me, Winter Me 2. La Valse Des Lilda 3. Thinking About the Rain 4. Under Paris Skies 5. If You Go Away 6. Happy Talk 7. Show Me 8. Postcard Lovers 9. Corcovado 10. A Song That Isn't Finished Yet 11. Ne Me Quitte Pas