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Stacey Kent (1968) is a Grammy-nominated American jazz singer.

Kent attended Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey. Her paternal grandfather was Russian. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in New York, and moved to England after her graduation. While studying at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she met the tenor saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, whom she married on August 9, 1991.

In the early 1990s, Kent began her professional career singing regularly at Café Boheme in London's Soho. After two or three years, Kent began opening for established jazz acts across the road at the Ronnie Scott's nightclub in London.

Her first album, Close Your Eyes, was released in 1997. She has released 10 further albums and has featured on three of Tomlinson's albums, most recently The Lyric (2006), which won "Album of the Year" at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards and was re-released on Blue Note in 2011.

01 - Stacey Kent - Too Darn Hot.mp3
02 - Stacey Kent - All I Do Is Dream of You.mp3
03 - Stacey Kent - Say It Isn't So.mp3
04 - Stacey Kent - Hushabye Mountain.mp3
05 - Stacey Kent - Thou Swell.mp3
06 - Stacey Kent - It Might as Well Be Spring.mp3
07 - Stacey Kent - My Heart Stood Still.mp3
08 - Stacey Kent - Polka Dots and Moonbeams.mp3
09 - Stacey Kent - Under a Blanket of Blue.mp3
10 - Stacey Kent - Close Your Eyes.mp3