Review by Andrew Velez (The New York City Jazz Record)
Stacey Kent is a skillful and multilingual mood builder with a particular affinity for making happy things happen with Brazilian music. She begins her latest album in the mood of a tender bossa, a style at which she excels. All the support that’s needed for “This Happy Madness” comes from Graham Harvey’s quietly expressive piano. Kent brings exactly to life the very happy confusion of being caught up with feelings that turn “the world into a baby’s bouncing ball.” Her sense of wonder is delicious as she inquires wonderingly, “What should I call this happy madness that I feel inside of me?”
Read the full article on The New York City Jazz Record p. 20
Stacey Kent on TKA