| Dreamer in Concert | ||||
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| Released | March 27, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | May 30–31, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Vocal Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:10:47 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Jim Tomlinson | |||
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Dreamer in Concert is a 2011 live album by Stacey Kent. This was Kent's first live album, and was recorded at the La Cigale theatre in Paris. [1]
John Fordham writing in The Guardian gave the album three stars out of five and commented that the loudest sounds on the album are "the audience cheering" and praised Kent's vocal abilities, highlighting her "expressive delicacy at low volumes, flexible phrasing and instinctive dialogues with her saxophonist husband, Jim Tomlinson". Fordham commented that "But Kent's rare and almost defiant sustained note at the close of the French-language Samba Saravah, a gritty robustness on If I Were a Bell, and the occasional Madeleine Peyroux-like elision on The Best Is Yet to Come give this set extra intrigue – even if devotees of edgier jazz will grumble that it's like having chocolate poured in your ear." [2]
Writing for the Jazz Times, Christopher Loudon also positively reviewed Dreamer in Concert saying that "...it's hardly surprising to discover that she sounds as warm and inviting onstage as she does in the studio." Loudon singled out "O Comboio" and "Postcard Lovers" for special praise. [3]
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is a Japanese-born British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. He is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary fiction authors writing in English, having been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world".
Stacey Kent is an American jazz singer from South Orange, New Jersey.
Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, devoted to the songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Getz/Gilberto #2 is a live album by Stan Getz and João Gilberto, released in 1966. It was recorded at a live concert at Carnegie Hall in October 1964. The previous album Getz/Gilberto won the 1965 Grammy Awards for Best Album of the Year and Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Individual or Group, among others. The painting on the cover is by Olga Albizu.
Terra Brasilis is the 11th album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. It was recorded at the RCA Recording Studios in New York City and released in 1980. The album includes reworkings of old songs as well as new material and placed 42nd on the US Jazz Albums 1980 year-end chart.
"Corcovado" is a bossa nova song and jazz standard written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. English lyrics were later written by Gene Lees. The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro.
Dreamsville is a studio album by jazz singer Stacey Kent. It was released in 2001 by Candid Records.
Bossa Nova is a 2004 Brazilian jazz album by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli, who is typically known for his swing guitar skills. While not Brazilian, he has always enjoyed the music and therefore wanted to record this album. Some of the selections are penned by Tom Jobim, such as the classic tune "The Girl From Ipanema".
Frederick Eugene John Lees was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States, where he was a music critic and lyricist. His lyrics for Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado", have been recorded by such singers as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Queen Latifah, and Diana Krall.
Brazil is a 2000 album by Rosemary Clooney. John Pizzarelli accompanies Clooney on vocals on five of the tracks, and sings Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Wave". Diana Krall duets with Clooney on "The Boy from Ipanema". The arrangements primarily feature woodwinds, piano and guitar, and do not feature brass instruments.
The Lyric is a 2006 jazz album by saxophonist and percussionist Jim Tomlinson and vocalist Stacey Kent, who sings on ten of the thirteen tracks.
Copacabana is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan. It was Vaughan's second album of bossa nova following I Love Brazil!; her third album of Brazilian music, Brazilian Romance followed in 1987.
Getz Au Go Go is a live album by American saxophonist Stan Getz and his quartet, featuring bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto. It was recorded during two concerts in 1964 and released on Verve the same year as V6-8600.
Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire is a 2000 studio album by Stacey Kent.
Raconte-moi... is a 2010 album by jazz singer Stacey Kent. This was Kent's first album recorded in the French language and featured mostly songs by French writers as well as songs from the Great American Songbook and Bossa Nova catalogue.
The Changing Lights is a 2013 album by Stacey Kent.
Tropical Postcards is the 9th album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in 2004 by A Records, an imprint of Challenge Records International. Brazilian jazz and popular music predominate, with seven of the album's eleven tracks provided by Brazilian composers, plus one familiar standard – Sammy Fain's I'll Be Seeing You – performed as a bossa nova.
Jim Tomlinson is a British tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, producer, arranger and composer, born 9 September 1966, in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England. He is married to singer Stacey Kent.
Brazilian Sketches is an album by British saxophonist Jim Tomlinson that was released in 2003. The album features Stacey Kent on vocals. The album contains cover versions of songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Marcos Valle, and Luiz Bonfá.
"Vivo Sonhando" is a bossa nova song from 1962 with words and music by Antônio Carlos Jobim. English lyrics were added later by Gene Lees.
