Performers
Stacey Kent (vocals)
Jim Tomlinson (tenor saxophone)
David Chamberlain (bass)
Colin Oxley (guitar)
David Newton (piano)

Programme
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein : Shall We Dance?
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane : The Trolley Song
Irving Berlin : Say It Isn't So
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II : People Will Say We're In Love
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh : The Best Is Yet to Come
Cole Porter : I Concentrate on You
Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed : All I Do (Is Dream of You)
Cole Porter : Too Darn Hot
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein : It Might As Well Be Spring
Irving Berlin : Let Yourself Go

Recorded live at the annual Stuttgart Jazz Open in 2003, this is a warm, smooth concert of popular classics from the popular vocalist, including pieces by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, all delivered in her trademark fresh and heartfelt style.

Recently voted Best Vocalist at the BBC Radio Jazz Awards 2002 and winner of the 2001 British Jazz Award, Stacey Kent's rise to fame has been meteoric, and reads like something from a Hollywood script. An American language student, she moved to Europe to study, and met her future husband, the saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, at Oxford. Together, they decided to pursue their love of music, and one short demo tape later which was sent to Polygram, Candid Records and broadcaster, Humphrey Lyttelton and she had secured a role in Ian McKellen's Richard III, a recording contract and national exposure and endorsement from Britain's most respected jazz broadcaster. Since then, she has gone on to achieve enormous success with critics and the public alike, selling huge numbers of her albums, hosting two BBC radio programmes, and this concert just goes to prove the reasons for her popularity; charming, romantic, and with a voice that evokes Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, this is a not-to-be-missed event for all jazz fans.