令人羨慕的音樂眷侶！
這是Stacey Kent夫婿的豐富介紹，期待今晚的響宴！！：）
小時候，台北愛樂電台說：為何買CD只憑短短幾句側標說明？，就想說買音樂會票不也只是看看漂亮的海報，能夠多做些什麼呢？甘丹藝術將為大家逐一介紹本次Stacey Kent音樂會的團員，包含了她親愛的薩克斯風手老公與節奏組成員，敬請期待！〈歡迎轉載〉
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薩克斯風-Jim Tomlinson
Jim Tomlinson比起他做為Stacey另一半的身份外，他更為人所折服的是從他薩克斯風所流露出獨樹一格的旋律。他的首張專輯"Only Trust Your Heart"毫無疑問的獲得世界樂壇的一致賀采。隨後的專輯"Brazilian Sketches"被英國的Observer newspaper譽為Jazz CD of the week，也在巴西獲得熱烈迴響。而第三張專輯"The Lyric"則獲得2006年BBC爵士大賞的年度最佳專輯。
Jim Tomlinson當時將演奏薩克斯風以及經營樂團當做他在牛津攻讀政治、哲學、經濟學位時的業餘嗜好。直到他牛津大學畢業後才發現自己被倫敦的Jazz Scene所深深吸引，而在1990年報讀Guildhall School Of Music。他與Stacey愛情以及音樂的火花則是在Guildhall校園中所逬發的。
自次以後，Tomlinson開始與許多不同的樂團搭配，從Bryan Ferry到實驗性的Big band作曲家Michael Garrick，還有Stacey。他們最近也與傳奇的巴西作曲家、鋼琴家與歌手Marcos Valle合作，另外還有Ébène四重奏這個法國跨界古典以及爵士、搖滾與世界音樂而知名的團體。Jim他自己的四重奏則是歐陸各大音樂慶典與庶民舞台的常客。與Stacey兩人最近則專注於寫曲、製作與編曲的三棲生活。
2007年Jim擔任製作了Stacey的白金暢銷專輯”Breakfast On The Morning Tram”，該專輯獲得葛萊美Blue Note專輯獎提名，其中四首歌是Jim和知名作曲Kazuo Ishiguro寫的，其中的金曲Ice Hotel則拿下2007年國際作曲大賞爵士類的第一名，而另外一首So Romantic則是拿下2008年的獎項。他理所當然的也持續的在Stacey近年的專輯中演奏、擔任製作以及作曲。這些專輯有Raconte-Moi (Blue Note 2010), Dreamer In Concert (Blue Note 2011) 以及巴西風格的The Changing Lights (Parlophone/Warner 2013).
當兩夫妻放下音樂走入生活，Jim和Stacey大多待在他們科羅拉多的家，一個可以將音樂工作室與滑雪區隔開的地方。他們也花了三周的時間在Vermont的Middlebury大學學習葡萄牙語
最近一次的世界巡迴則是在超過30個國家和無以計數的音樂會、音樂節慶以及媒體中曝光。
As a kid, E-Classical Radio told: Why bought a CD for only its description on belly-band? So…what else makes us to buy a concert tickets except for fancy posters?
Here Simple-Arts would like to represent you every single member detailed introduction of Stacey Kent band including surely her beloved husband/Saxophonist and percussionists. Please Watch this!
Part Four
Saxophone-Jim Tomlinson
Perhaps best known for his work as the compelling counter-voice to singer and wife, Stacey Kent, Jim Tomlinson is increasingly recognised as a distinctive saxophone voice in his own right. The release of his debut album as leader, Only Trust Your Heart, was greeted with universal acclaim. His follow up CD, Brazilian Sketches, was named 'Jazz CD Of The Week' by the Observer newspaper in the UK as well as being very well received in Brazil and his third album as leader, The Lyric, won 'Album of the Year' at the 2006 BBC Jazz Awards.
Jim Tomlinson played the saxophone and ran a band as a hobby whilst studying for his degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at University College, Oxford. It was only after graduating and finding himself drawn to London’s jazz scene that he enrolled at the Guildhall School Of Music in 1990. It was at the Guildhall that his musical and romantic relationship with Stacey blossomed.
Since then, Tomlinson has worked in a wide variety of groups, from Bryan Ferry to the experimental big band composer, Michael Garrick and together with Stacey, they have recently recorded with legendary Brazilian composer, pianist and singer, Marcos Valle, as well as with the Quatuor Ébène, the French string quartet renowned equally for their award-winning recordings of the classical repertoire and their innovative performances of jazz, rock and world music. His own quartet has appeared at clubs and festivals across Europe. More recently, he has toured almost exclusively with Stacey, focussing increasingly on his songwriting, producing and arranging.
In 2007, Jim produced Stacey’s platinum selling, Grammy-nominated Blue Note album, Breakfast On The Morning Tram, for which he also wrote four new songs with the acclaimed author, Kazuo Ishiguro. Their song, The Ice Hotel, won first prize in the jazz category of the 2007 International Songwriting Competition and So Romantic was a finalist in the 2008 competition. He has also performed on, produced and written for Stacey's recent albums, Raconte-Moi (Blue Note 2010), Dreamer In Concert (Blue Note 2011) and the Brazilian-themed, The Changing Lights (Parlophone/Warner 2013).
When not performing, Jim and Stacey spend their time at their home in Colorado where they are able to divide their time between their music studio and the ski slopes of Aspen. They have also spent the last three summers studying portuguese at Middlebury college in Vermont, USA.
Their recent tours have taken them to more than
30 countries with numerous concert, festival and media appearances.
