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Stacey Kent
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- Born in America but has lived and worked in England for many years since her graduation.
- Her husband and producer is Jim Tomlinson who features on alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.
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In the early 1990s, Kent began her professional career singing regularly in a popular nightspot, 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.
- Clint Eastwood invited Stacey to sing at his 70th birthday party.
- Michael Parkinson, invited Stacey to sing on his television show.
- Sir David Frost, who asked her to join him one Sunday morning in January 2003, to sing a song and review the morning papers on "Breakast with Frost."
- A demo tape, sent simultaneously to Polygram, Candid Records and broadcaster, Humphrey Lyttelton, secured her a role in Ian McKellen’s film version of Richard III, a recording contract and national airplay and endorsement from Britain’s most respected jazz broadcaster.
- She presents a Jazz Radio programme in England on BBC Kent.
- Won the 2001 British Jazz Award and the 2002 BBC Jazz Award for Best Vocalist
- Stacey Kent picked up her first-ever Grammy nomination in in 2009 for the "Best Jazz Vocal" category for her critically acclaimed album, "Breakfast On The Morning Tram".
