Breakfast on the Morning Tram is an album by American jazz singer Stacey Kent that was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2009. It was her first album for Blue Note Records.^[1] The album features four songs with lyrics written by novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.^[2][3]

Track listing[edit]

Stacey Kent Breakfast On The Morning Tram Album Cover

1. 'The Ice Hotel' (Jim Tomlinson, Kazuo Ishiguro)
2. 'Landslide' (Stevie Nicks)
3. 'Ces Petits Riens' (Serge Gainsbourg)
4. 'I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again' (Tomlinson/Ishiguro)
5. 'So Many Stars' (Sérgio Mendes, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman)
6. 'Samba Saravah' (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes, Pierre Barouh)
7. 'Breakfast on the Morning Tram' (Tomlinson/Ishiguro)
8. 'Never Let Me Go' (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
9. 'So Romantic' (Tomlinson/Ishiguro)
10. 'Hard Hearted Hannah' (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates)
11. 'La Saison des Pluies' (Serge Gainsbourg, Elek Bacsik)
12. 'What a Wonderful World' (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss)

Breakfast on the Morning Tram - Album by Stacey Kent Spotify. A visual spinning loader indicating that the page is performing an action. Stacey Kent: Breakfast On The Morning Tram (Album) 12 versions: Blue Note: 820: France: 2007: Sell This Version: 12 versions. Stacey Kent: Tenderly (Album) 4 versions: Okeh, Sony Music: 2: Brazil: 2015: Sell This Version: 4 versions.

Musicians[edit]

• Stacey Kent – vocals
• Jim Tomlinson – tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, flute
• Graham Harvey – piano, Fender Rhodes
• John Parricelli – guitar
• Dave Chamberlain – bass
• Matt Skelton – drums, percussion

References[edit]

1. ^Stacey Kent, 'Breakfast On the Morning Tram', The Guardian, 4 October 2007.
2. ^Stacey Kent 'Breakfast On The Morning Tram' Review, BBC, accessed 2017-09-27.
3. ^Stacey Kent, 'Breakfast on the Morning Tram', PopMatters, 14 January 2008.

Raconte-moi... is a 2010 album by jazz singer Stacey Kent. This was Kent's first album recorded in the French language and featured mostly songs by French writers as well as songs from the Great American Songbook and Bossa Nova catalogue.^[1]

Stacey Kent Breakfast On The Morning Tram Full Album

On the Billboard chartsRaconte-moi featured in the European Top 100 Albums and the top French Albums and reached 13 on the Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Reception[edit]

Michael G. Nastos reviewed the album for AllMusic and wrote that '...Kent here fancies herself as a modern-day Edith Piaf, with a very low-key, late-night, romantic approach. Her thin, wispy voice rides very much under the radar of these selections...Harvey's pristine piano is the telling factor on how this music inspires Kent to dig deep into her soul without pulling in demons or being extroverted. ...it is heartfelt and purely soulful no matter the lyrics or language.'^[1]

Track listing[edit]

1. 'Les Eaux de Mars' (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Georges Moustaki) - 3:38
2. 'Jardin d'Hiver' (Benjamin Biolay, Keren Ann) - 3:34
3. 'Raconte-moi...' (Bernie Beaupère, Jean-Karl Lucas, Emilie Satt) - 3:42
4. 'L'Étang' (Paul Misraki) - 4:24
5. 'La Vénus du Mélo' (Bernie Beaupère, Jean-Karl Lucas, Emilie Satt) - 3:47
6. 'Au Coin du Monde' (Benjamin Biolay, Keren Ann) - 4:14
7. 'C'est le Printemps' (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Jean Sablon) - 4:28
8. 'Sait-on Jamais?' (Camille Davila, Jim Tomlinson) - 4:12
9. 'Les Vacances au Bord de la Mer' (Pierre Grosz, Michel Jonasz) - 3:29
10. 'Mi Amor' (Claire Denamur) - 3:58
11. 'Le Mal de Vivre' (Barbara) - 4:44
12. 'Désuets' (Pierre-Dominique Burgaud, André Manoukian) - 3:09

Personnel[edit]

• Stacey Kent – vocals, whistling
• Jim Tomlinson – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, kalimba [Sansula]
• Graham Harvey – piano
• John Parricelli – guitar
• Jeremy Brown – bass
• Matt Skelton – drums, percussion

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abRaconte-moi... at AllMusic
2. ^Raconte-moi... - Awards at AllMusic