Today is singer Stacey Kent’s birthday. Kent was born in New Jersey in 1965 and studied at Sarah Lawrence College and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England. She began her professional career in the 1990s singing at Cafe Boheme in London’s Sodo District. Later she became the opening act for many more established jazz stars at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Her first album, “Close Your Eyes,” was released in 1997.

During her career Kent has worked closely with her husband, saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, and writer Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. The two have co-written several Kent songs and Tomlinson - Tomlinson composing the music and Ishiguro writing the lyrics.

Since 1997 Stacey Kent has released 16 albums as a leader along with numerous EPs. Kent has sold more than 2 million albums worldwide, with more than one billion streams. She has received awards for her work in France, Granada and in the U.K.

Here is a link to a Stacey Kent video from 2013:

"ONE NOTE SAMBA"