Stacey Kent in New York

Stacey Kent is an American jazz singer, born in South Orange, New Jersey, in 1965. Her nuanced, understated singing ranges across a repertoire in English and French. Her husband, saxophonist and producer Jim Tomlinson, has written songs for her with novelist Kazuo Ishiguro since 2006. "Breakfast on the Morning Tram" (2007) earned a Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Jazz Album.