Evanston SPACE: Stacey Kent (Late Show)

Stacey Kent at SPACE in Evanston, IL // Doors: 9pm | Show: 9:30pm // Tickets: $22 - $42

“Thoroughly captivating...(Kent’s) voice has a startling clarity, turning phrase after phrase with subtlety and an impeccable feel for the music." — Billboard

“Ms. Kent embodied the essence of saudade as persuasively as any of her Brazilian idols. As she threw back her head and crooned softly, you had the sense of a woman with nothing to protect, living in the moment and dreaming out loud." — The New York Times

Stacey Kent is a jazz singer in the mould of the greats, with a legion of fans worldwide, a host of honors and awards including a Grammy nomination, album sales in excess of 2 million, Gold, Double-Gold and Platinum-selling albums that have reached a series of No. 1 chart positions during the span of her career.

Her most recent release, “I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions”, (Okeh/SONY) has received glowing reviews, including a coveted five stars in Downbeat, won ‘Album of the Year” in the vocal category at the 2017 Jazz Japan Awards, and was described by All About Jazz as “intoxicating understatement at its finest..one more jewel in a discography with many, it's one that deserves singling out for its luster.”

Raised on the east coast of the USA, this comparative literature graduate with a musical bent, traveled to Europe to further her studies. After receiving her degree from Sarah Lawrence College in NY, through a series of twists of fate, she found herself in London where she enrolled in a graduate music program at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and where she met her future husband and musical partner, Jim Tomlinson.