Stacey Kent
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stacey Kent |
| Born | 27 March 1968 |
| Origin | South Orange, New Jersey |
| Genres | Vocal jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Candid, Blue Note/EMI, Parlophone Music/Warner |
| Website | Official site |
Stacey Kent (born March 27, 1968) is a Grammy-nominated American jazz singer. She is married to British tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson
Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Her paternal grandfather was Russian. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation. While studying at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she met the tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.
In the early 1990s, Kent began her professional career singing regularly at Café Boheme in London's Soho. After two or three years, Kent began opening for established jazz acts across the road at the Ronnie Scott's nightclub in London.
Her first album, Close Your Eyes, was released in 1997. She has released nine further albums and has featured on three of Tomlinson's albums, most recently The Lyric (2006), which won "Album of the Year" at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards and was re-released on Blue Note in 2011.
Kent's music was championed by critic and jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. She won the 2001 British Jazz Award and the 2002 BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist. She has also presented jazz programmes on BBC Radio 2 and 3.
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