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What strikes the listener about the American expatriate contemporary jazz singer Stacey Kent is, for all her obvious traditionalism, how utterly fresh she sounds. THE BOY NEXT DOOR (released originally in 2003 and reissued in 2008 with two extra tracks) boasts a song list that WW-II-era songbirds such as Jo Stafford or Margaret Whiting would have been comfortable with, including note-perfect versions of Irving Berlin's "Say It Isn't So," "The Trolley Song," and the winsome title track. To be sure, there is an up-to-date bossa nova treatment of "Que rest-t-il de nos amours?" (the original French lyric of "I Wish You Love), which sports a smooth Stan Getz-like solo from Kent's husband, the British tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, as well as some '60s pop gems like "What The World Needs Now" and "You've Got A Friend." Still, Kent's tart, light voice, and her precise diction and pitch, make her the classiest of the New Traditionalists, a true successor to the late Susannah McCorkle.
This has to be Stacey Kent's finest album yet. With no less than 16 fantastic interpretations of songs made famous by male icons during Stacey's adolescence, this album features tracks ranging all the way from "The Best Is Yet To Come" (Tony Bennett), "T
Recorded at Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingly, England on Feburary 18-22, 2003.
Personnel: Stacey Kent (vocals); Colin Oxley (guitar); Jim Tomlinson (saxophone, background vocals); David Newton (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Dave Chamberlain (double bass); Matt Home (drums); Curtis Schwartz (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Curtis Schwartz .
Recording information: Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingly, England (02/18/2003-02/22/2003).
Personnel: Stacey Kent (vocals); Jim Tomlinson (saxophone, background vocals); David Newton (piano, keyboards, background vocals); Colin Oxley (guitar); Dave Chamberlain (bass); Matt Mome (drums); Curtis Schwartz (background vocals).
Stacey Kent Boy Next Door Songs Boy Next Door Music Review Average Rating: (4.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews A young Blossom Dearie or Beverly Kenney
She is our generations answer to both these wonderful singers...Listen to either and you can't help noticed the same intonation and style...
Submitted by Bob (St. Petersburg Fla.)
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Diana Krall, Amanda McBroom, Patricia Barber, Norah Jones and now Stacey Kent.
Words fail me, it's a must listen, she's that good.
Submitted by rlerner (Staten Island, N.Y.) 
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Stacey Kent has a sweet, jazzy vocal that reminds me of Blossom Dearie at her prime. Very nice to just sit down & really listen.
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Stacy Kent
pleasure to kick back and relax with a very believable singer
Submitted by a reviewer (Longmont, CO, USA)
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She's a real delight and a worthy addition to my jazz collection. Easilly holds her own with Claire Martin, Barb Jungr, Diane Krall to name a few and the musicians do an admiral job on The Boy Next Door also.
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Purchase Boy Next Door CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Stacey Kent Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire CD (2000)
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Let Yourself Go is an exceptional collection of 13 tunes written by the cream of popular song writers -- Berlin, Gershwin Brothers, and others -- honoring Fred Astaire's contributions to the vocal art. With his low key, narrow ranged voice, Astaire probably introduced and/or made popular more songs that were destined to become standard entries in the Great American Songbook than any other artist. Kent delivers this selective play list with one of three musical combinations, just piano, with piano plus rhythm, and with a larger aggregation which includes sax and guitar. Irrespective of the instrumental context, all of the tunes are delivered with Stacey's pleasant nasal twang to help her ...
| | Stacey Kent Dreamsville CD (2001)
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Vocalist Stacey Kent may or may not be "the greatest ballad singer in half a century," as her PR claims, but her straightforward renditions of these by-request ballads are not at all generic. What makes them consistently delightful is her unique sound and delivery. There's a certain brassiness, a trumpet-like pointedness, in her voice, as well as a host of endearing idiosyncrasies. Listen to her pronounce the word "idea" in George and Ira Gershwin's "Isn't It a Pity?" Or deliver these remarkable lyrics from the same song: "What joys untasted!/You, reading Heine/Me, somewhere in China." And later, "My nights were sour, spent with Schopenhauer." Kent knows how to ...
| | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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| | Stacey Kent In Love Again CD (2002)
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| | Cheryl Bentyne Talk Of The Town CD (2003)
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Cheryl Bentyne is justly celebrated for her work as the soprano voice ...
| | Augustus Pablo Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie: Original Rockers Vol. 2 CD (1992)
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Original Rockers 2
Recorded at Dynamic Sounds, Studio 17, King Tubby's, Harry J, Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica.
Personnel: Augustus Pablo (piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, xylophone); Earl "Chinna" Smith (guitar); Albert Malawi, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Santa Davis, Basil "Benbow" Creary (drums).
Liner Note Author: Bagga Case.
Recording information: Dynamic Sounds; Studio 17.
For Pablo Meets Mr. Bassie: Original Rockers, Vol. 2, melodica king Horace Swaby (aka Augustus Pablo) hand selected instrumental classics from his 1970s catalog of 45s. Besides being the pinnacle of the roots era, the decade also witnessed the genesis of dub and the finest releases of Pablo's career. Producing singers like Jacob Miller, Dillinger, and Hugh Mundell, Pablo brought the results to King Tubby's tiny, Waterhouse studio for reconsideration. The latter applied the fresh sonic touches he was pioneering; the former delivered his distinct, sublime melodica. There is much talk of how Pablo transformed this children's toy into a veritable instrument and these tracks make a convincing argument. ...
| | Kix Cool Kids CD (1983)
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This 1983 album pushes Kix in a more new wave direction than their hard-rocking debut outing. On this surface, Cool Kids might seem like a commercialized cash grab: it contains a handful of tracks penned by hired guns like Nick Gilder and Holly Knight and also adds a layer of new wave-styled synthesizer shadings to Kix's pop-metal sound. However, this impression is soon revealed to be wrong as soon as the album is spun because the ...
| | Fred Eaglesmith 50 Odd Dollars CD (1999)
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| | Alphonse Mouzon Mind Transplant CD (1975) (Import) United Kingdom
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Drummers Alphonse Mouzon and Billy Cobham led almost parallel careers ...
| | Rev Dwayne R Mason Glory! Glory! CD (2003)
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"Glory! Glory!" introduces gospel piano player Reverend Dwayne R. Mason, one of the most talented pianists in Chicago today. While his piano style is spiritual, it is easy to hear the deep roots of boogie, blues, and jazz piano echo throughout his playing. Reverend Mason plays on this disc with Sydne Evans, a powerful gospel vocalist and psalmist, who performs on five tracks and Kendrick M. Jackson who provides rhythmic ...
| | Caroline Henderson Love Or Nothin' CD (2006)
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| | Junko Moriya Playground CD (2006) (Import)
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| | Mrafi La Terra Di Giubba CD (2010) (Import)
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