STACEY KENT Schallplatten & CDs

Review: If you’re into smooth vocal jazz, the chances are you’re already familiar with the wondrous sound of Stacey Kent. The Grammy-nominated, New Jersey-born singer cut her teeth at Ronnie Scott’s in London before progressing to recording her debut album in 1997. Let Yourself Go was her third album, released in 2000 and wholly created in tribute to Fred Astaire. The standards she touches on are predominantly Gershwin and Berlin compositions, but Kent makes these timeless classics her own thanks to an understated, immensely engaging singing style which feels timeless and contemporary in equal measure. Now the album has been pressed up as a double vinyl courtesy of Candid.