Stacey Kent returns to Cartagena Jazz Festival and this time to present his latest live Dreamer in concert a tour of his greatest hits.
The U.S. returns to Cartagena replacing Luciana Souza suspending his European tour due to health problems.
The concert will be Saturday, November 17 in the Auditorium and Convention Centre, the Tender, in a night that Kent will share the stage with Melody Gardot.
An amazing night, with two of the best voices in contemporary vocal jazz.
Tickets on sale.
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Their delicate and elegant way of singing, so in several languages, have placed it at the top of the global jazz scene.
His first album, titled Close Your Eyes (1997), opened the doors of success after several albums with others of varied repertoire and thematic dedicated to Richard Rodgers and Fred Astaire, consolidated with The Boy Next Door (2003), an album dedicated to his favorite composers.
Stacey Kent has achieved throughout his career several nominations and awards including the British Jazz Award 2001, the BBC Jazz Award 2002 for best vocalist and in 2004, the Backstage Bistro Award.
The March 31, 2009 received from the hands of the French Culture Minister Christine Albanel, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an award from the French government in recognition of his contribution to the arts.
Stacey Kent Cartagena will bring some of the themes of his later works Raconte-moi (2010-Full in French), and the recently opened Dreamer In Concert (October 2011) which reflects their live performance in May this year in the hall The Cigale in Paris.
From the stage of the Auditorium The Tender, Stacey made a fresh interpretation of the most emblematic songs of his repertoire, including large American standards as, The Best Is Yet To Come, They Can ¿t Take That Away From Me, It Might As Well Be Spring and others.
In this concert also revisirá classic French songs Ces Petits Riens, Samba Saravah and Jardin d? Hiver.
The Cartagena Jazz Festival has in its 32nd edition with Tindersticks, Richard Hawley, Andrew Bird, Patti Smith, Melody Gardot, Stacey Kent, Paquito D'Rivera, Christian Scott and Chick Corea Trio.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena