For a long time...a very long time...southern-Ontario jazz vocal fans have been wishing that Anglo-American jazz chanteuse Stacey Kent would perform locally. I'd been looking for something for my musician (and Stacey fan) brother's birthday; heard about the upcoming Stacey date at the Danforth Music Hall on JazzFM, and that was the instant choice of present. Being a musician my brother's difficult to get free but I made sure he was keeping March 4 open and got tickets pronto. And Stacey and her backing quartet sure didn't disappoint. Stacey's touring her orchestrally-backed CD "I Know I Dream" currently, but also performed a nice selection of earlier material, including my brother's favourite "Ice Hotel" and two of my own favourite standards, "Smile" and, as a heavenly encore after a "standing O", Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" complete with intro verse. What a lovely evening. Hope Stacey returns sooner than later...which we got to say to her at the post-concert meet-and-greet!