Raconte-Moi... (.)
Stacey Kent
Released:
Jun 2010
Label:
Blue Note
When Stacey Kent's 2007 Breakfast on the Morning Tram became a surprise best seller in France, the U.K.-based American vocalist responded by cutting this celebration of modern French song. Kent uses Jobim's "Waters of March" to illustrate how much bossa nova has influenced France's modern indie pop sound, and she also recasts Rodgers & Hammerstein's "It Might As Well Be Spring" as a hammock-swaying Rio tune. Elsewhere, she takes on songs written by cutting-edge singer-songwriters like Benjamin Biolay and Keren Ann, and other modern French tunes the jazz community should also cover. Kent's fresh, upbeat approach remains as American as apple pie, yet she is a pop-jazz singer in the classic sense: she serves the song and the lyrics instead of her own ego. Kent also works beautifully with her band, which includes a who's who of British talent, including guitarist John Parricelli and saxophonist Jim Tomlinson (who has long made music with Kent off the stage).
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