Stacey Kent

 

Artist:  Stacey Kent
Born:  March 27, 1965.  South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Vocal, Vocal Jazz, Standards
Occupation:  Singer
Instruments:  Vocals

Stacey Kent is an American Jazz Singer from South Orange, New Jersey.  She attended Newark Academy In Livingston, New Jersey and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.  She travelled to England after graduation to study music at Guildhall School Of Music and Drama in London, where she met saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.  On her childhood days spent listening to the traditional beauty of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole influenced her.  In 1990s, she began her professional career.  She got the following Awards, British Jazz Award in 2001, BBC Jazz Award, Album Of The Year for The Lyric in 2006, Ordre des Arts et Des Lettres in 2009 and Grammy Award nomination, Best Vocal Jazz Album, Breakfast on the Morning Tram in 2009.

Title:  A Time For Love (2026)

Genre:  Jazz, Vocal, Vocal Jazz, Standards
Label:  Believe Records

Rating:   ****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Lucky To Be Me (3:30)

 2.  God Only Knows (3:14)

 3.  The Shadow Of Your Smile (4:37)

 4.  La Javanaise (3:35)

 5.  As (4:59)

Side B:

 1. A Time For Love (4:46)

 2.  Trains And Boats And Planes (3:09)

 3.  What Goodbye Is For (5:57)

 4.  Carinhoso (3:53)

 5.  E La Chiamano Estate (3:46)

Personnel:

Stacey Kent:  Vocals on All Tracks, Percussion on Track A5

Jim Tomlinson:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  A3, B1, Soprano Saxophone on Track A5, Clarinet on Track A2, Flute on Track A4, Alto Flute on Tracks:  A2, B4,  Percussion on Tracks:  A5, B5, Backing Vocals on Tracks:  A5, B2, 4

Art Hirahana:  Piano, Keyboards on All Tracks

A Time For Love is an album by Stacey Kent, released on April 3, 2026 by Believe Records, featuring Jim Tomlinson and Art Hiramana.