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Breakfast on the Morning Tram
Studio album by
Released2007 (2007)
GenreJazz
Label Blue Note Records
Professional ratings
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [1]
The Guardian [2]

Breakfast on the Morning Tram is an album by American jazz singer Stacey Kent that was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2009. It was her first album for Blue Note Records. [2] The album features four songs with lyrics written by novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. [3] [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ice Hotel" Jim Tomlinson, Kazuo Ishiguro 
2." Landslide" Stevie Nicks 
3."Ces Petits Riens" Serge Gainsbourg 
4."I Wish I Could Go Travelling Again"Tomlinson/Ishiguro 
5."So Many Stars" Sérgio Mendes, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman 
6."Samba Saravah" Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes, Pierre Barouh 
7."Breakfast on the Morning Tram"Tomlinson/Ishiguro 
8."Never Let Me Go" Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 
9."So Romantic"Tomlinson/Ishiguro 
10." Hard Hearted Hannah" Milton Ager, Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates 
11."La Saison des Pluies"Serge Gainsbourg, Elek Bacsik 
12." What a Wonderful World" Bob Thiele, George David Weiss 

Musicians

  • Stacey Kent – vocals
  • Jim Tomlinson – tenor sax, alto sax, soprano sax, flute
  • Graham Harvey – piano, Fender Rhodes
  • John Parricelli – guitar
  • Dave Chamberlain – bass
  • Matt Skelton – drums, percussion

References

  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 814. ISBN  978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ^ a b Stacey Kent, "Breakfast On the Morning Tram", The Guardian, 4 October 2007.
  3. ^ Stacey Kent "Breakfast On The Morning Tram" Review, BBC, accessed 2017-09-27.
  4. ^ Stacey Kent, "Breakfast on the Morning Tram", PopMatters, 14 January 2008.