There’s a rare sighting of singer Stacey Kent appearing as a guest on Italian singer/songwriter Joe Barbieri’s new Le Chant du Monde album Chet Lives! now confirmed for a 1 July release. Stacey sings the Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn song ‘I Fall in Love Too Easily’ on the album. Here’s a clip (from 4mins 19secs for Stacey’s solo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXA9SsOnLTc&feature=player_embedded Chet, who died 25 years ago, famously sang the song on his 1956 Pacific Jazz album Chet Baker Sings. Stacey Kent is to be presented with a gold disc for her 2003 Candid album The Boy Next Door, reflecting sales of 100,000 units at a concert in London’s Cadogan Hall this coming Friday. Kent’s latest Blue Note album The Changing Lights, the title track of which the singer first debuted in Liverpool and London last year, is expected to be released in the early autumn.
Stacey Kent above