STACEY KENT NOMINATED FOR THE 51st U.S. GRAMMY AWARDS
(February 8th 2009 in Los Angeles)

Stacey Kent earns her first-ever Grammy nomination in the "Best Jazz Vocal" category for her critically acclaimed album, "Breakfast On The Morning Tram".

"Breakfast On The Morning Tram" marked Stacey Kent's return to the studio after a four-year recording hiatus, with a new album on a new label, Blue Note in Paris.

The album was produced and written by Stacey's husband, tenor saxophonist, Jim Tomlinson, whose latest album, "The Lyric", featuring Stacey, won "Best Album" at the '2006 BBC Jazz Awards'.

Booker and Whitbread Prize-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, has written the lyrics to four original songs on the album, including the title track.

As well as being her most critically acclaimed album to date, "Breakfast On The Morning Tram" is also her most commercially successful. Certified Gold in France and Germany, Kent's debut album for Blue Note was released in 36 countries and has sold over 250,000 copies to date. It is supported by a 2-year international tour on 5 continents.

 

Kent was understandably delighted by the nomination. "I feel hugely honored to have been recognized in this way. The music on this album is the most personal that I have ever recorded and so I am particularly proud to have received a nomination for "Breakfast On The Morning Tram." Many people have contributed to this project and this nomination is as much theirs as mine."