Stacey Kent - Breakfast On The Morning Tram (2007)

Artist - Stacey Kent
Album - Breakfast On The Morning Tram
Recording Date - Mar-Apr 2007
Release Date - Oct 2, 2007
Label - Blue Note
Genre - Vocal, Vocal Jazz, Contemporary Blues Music
Format/Bitrate - mp3, 320 kbps
Size - 85 + 47,5 Mb

Хочу предложить вашему вниманию альбом выпущенный в октябре 2007 года "Breakfast On The Morning Tram" выпущенный после перехода Стейси на лейбл Blue Note. Альбом по мнению критиков получился весьма удачным. Приятного прослушивания.

Track List:
1. Ice Hotel
2. Landslide
3. Ces Petits Riens
4. I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again
5. So Many Stars
6. Samba Saravah
7. Breakfast on the Morning Tram
8. Never Let Me Go
9. So Romantic
10. Hard-Hearted Hannah
11. Saison des Pluies
12. What a Wonderful World

Personnel: Stacey Kent (vocals); John Parricelli (guitars); Jim Tomlinson (alto saxophone); Graham Harvey (Fender Rhodes piano); Dave Chamberlain (double bass); Matt Skelton (drums).

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Review:
JazzTimes (p.111) - "The angel-voiced Kent is paralleling a change in labels with an alteration musical direction that is as welcome as it is exciting."

Kent is what men used to call a classy broad. Her elegant fashion sense and understated vocal style make her sound like a woman from another time, a unflappable, sophisticate with a warm, slightly world-weary persona. She was born in the United Sates, but after a trip to France decided to become a jazz singer. In the early 90s she landed in Oxford where she met her husband and musical director sax player Jim Tomlinson. Tomlinson also produces Kent's albums, and this time, composed several charming tunes that sound like potential standards, collaborations with lyricist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of Remains of the Day. Original tunes like "The Ice Hotel" and "I Wish I Could Go Traveling Again" are full of wry humor and Kent delivers them with her usual effortless grace. "The Ice Hotel" is a samba that talks of forsaking the tropics for a room that keeps the temperature at a "steady five degrees." The ambivalent lyric is perfectly suited for Kent's unassuming style. Is she chiding a lover for his detached demeanor or promising a passionate night that will raise the temperature and put a sizzle in the air? It's hard to tell, and with the music is as warm as the lyric is cool, the tune has a delicious tension. "I Wish I Could Go Traveling Again" sounds like the kind of tune Noel Coward used to write, full of urbane humor and references to "overpriced hotels devoid of charm". Its melancholy meditation on lost love is enhanced by John Parricelli's rippling guitar and Graham Harvey's subtle bluesy piano. Kent slows down "What a Wonderful World" making it sound more blue than celebratory. Her wistful phrasing imbues the song with a painful melancholy. Each player steps out for brief impressive solos, but mainly they lay back and support their boss's unobtrusive style.
j. poet, AMG


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