The Lyric (album)

The Lyric
Studio album by Jim Tomlinson, Stacey Kent
Released	September 12, 2006
Recorded	August 9-10, 2005
Genre	Jazz
Jim Tomlinson, Stacey Kent chronology
The Boy Next Door (2003) The Lyric (2006) Breakfast on the Morning Tram (2007)

The Lyric is a 2006 jazz album by saxophonist and percussionist Jim Tomlinson and vocalist Stacey Kent, who sings on ten of the thirteen tracks.[1]

The Lyric won the Album of the Year award at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards.[2] The BBC's Gordon Miller recommended the album for its "craft, dedication and integrity".[1] John Fordham of The Guardian described it as "a repertoire of standards and sambas" characterized by the artists' "musicianly and understatedly spontaneous take on smooth jazz".[3]

Track listing

1. "Manhã de Carnaval” (Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Maria) - 4:05
2. “Corcovado” (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) - 3:46
3. “I've Grown Accustomed To His Face” (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 4:51
4. “If I Were A Bell” (Frank Loesser) - 3:55
5. “I Got Lost In His Arms” (Irving Berlin) - 5:12
6. “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 6:28
7. “Cockeyed Optimist” (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:37
8. “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” (Cole Porter) – 3:41
9. “The Surrey With The Fringe On Top” (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein ?) – 4:34
10. “Outra Vez” (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 4:51
11. “Jardin D'hiver” (Keren Ann Zeidel, Benjamin Biolay) – 3:17
12. “Something Happens To Me” (Jack Segal, Marvin Fisher) – 3:51
13. “Stardust” (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 5:09

Personnel

• Jim Tomlinson – tenor saxophone, percussion
• David Newton - piano
• Dave Chamberlain – double bass
• Matt Skelton - drums
• Stacey Kent – vocals (except 1 & 10), whistling (11)

Recorded at Curtis Schwartz Studios, 9–10 August 2005

References

1. Gordon Miller, Jim Tomlinson "The Lyric" Review, BBC, accessed 2017-09-27.
2. "A thriller for Quincy Jones as jazz awards honour giant of 20th century", The Independent, 13 July 2006.
3. John Fordham, Jim Tomlinson/Stacey Kent, "The Lyric", The Guardian, 16 March 2006.