| The Lyric | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Lyric_(album).jpg) | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Jim Tomlinson, Stacey Kent chronology | ||||
| ||||
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]
- ^ a b Gordon Miller, Jim Tomlinson "The Lyric" Review, BBC, accessed 2017-09-27.
- ^ "A thriller for Quincy Jones as jazz awards honour giant of 20th century", The Independent, 13 July 2006.
- ^ John Fordham, Jim Tomlinson/Stacey Kent, "The Lyric", The Guardian, 16 March 2006.