Stacey Kent plays Baloise Session

New York native Stacey Kent never anticipated a career in jazz music: she was a Sarah Lawrence graduate with a degree in comparative literature. But her childhood days spent listening to the traditional beauty of Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole undoubtedly influenced her. While on holiday in Europe after graduating from college, she took up singing without much formal training and never looked back. In 2010, Kent released the all-French album „Raconte-Moi“, which went on to achieve gold status in both France and Germany. The live album „Dreamer in Concert“ -- recorded at the La Cigale in Paris -- landed in 2011. Two years later, Kent returned with „The Changing Lights“. Inspired by her love of Brazilian music, the album saw her working with Portuguese poet Antonio Ladeira and French lyricist Bernie Beaupère. She followed that with 2014‘s „Ao Vivo“, a duet album with legendary Brazilian musician Marcos Valle. Tenderly, released in early 2016, marked a return to American standards.