Awarded the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture in 2009, American jazz singer Stacey Kent is one of the world’s premiere exponents of the Great American Songbook. Backed by a superb band headed by saxophonist Jim Tomlinson, they will perform selections from a repertoire including American classics, French chansons, and original songs written in collaboration with Nobel-prize winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.