I think it’s safe to say that Stacey Kent is the only jazz singer to have a Nobel Prize-winning novelist writing lyrics specifically for her voice. That novelist is Kazuo Ishiguro. Stacey, Ishiguro and Jim Tomlinson, Stacey’s musical director and husband, are the subjects of my piece in Jazziz Magazine. (Free trials of Jazziz are available if you’re not a subscriber.)
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Stacey Kent, Jim Tomlinson, and Kazuo Ishiguro “Wish They Could Go Travelling Again” (Jazziz, April 2021)
Filed under Jazziz, Jim Tomlinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent and Band Weave a Spell at Birdland
Singer Stacey Kent, a star on 3 continents, and her husband, sax player Jim Tomlinson, enchanted a packed house at Birdland recently. My review is here.
Filed under Birdland, Downbeat, Jazz, Jim Tomlinson, Kazuo Ishiguro, Music Writing and Clips, Stacey Kent
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