Recorded in 1984, this title features standards such as The More I See You and We'll Be Together Again, plus a witty Mel Torme arrangement of I Like To Recognise The Tune. Carol is supported by her excellent trio, whose long-standing collaboration ensures sensitive and instinctive performances.
Her best known admirers include Frank Sinatra, who personally invited her to open for him at his Scottish shows, and Tony Bennett who, following a live performance, enthused to Carol: "Where have you been?! You should be world famous!"
Carol Kidd's debut album confirmed her status as a leading jazz singer of modern times and marked the beginning of a career spanning three decades. Carol remains a popular performer in the UK and worldwide, performing sell-out concerts in Jakarta, Bali, Singapore and most recently China in 2007. She was a particular favourite of the late Ronnie Scott. In recent years jazz legends such as George Chisholm, Buck Clayton, Eddie Thomson, Humphrey Lyttelton, Cliff Hardie, Bob Brookmeyer and Martin Taylor have been pleased to work alongside and enthuse about Carol's singing.
ON THE ROAD WITH CAROL KIDD...
My love affair with Asia began in 1994 in China. I was sent there as an ‘Ambassador' of jazz, the first western performer to go there in 25 years. I did 6 concerts - there were queues around the blocks! Two of the concerts were in Beijing and the rest were in the provinces. Throughout our travels we also helped with workshops at schools. The last night in Beijing I sang Auld Lang Syne. It is traditional for the Chinese to sing it at every occasion and in return, the audience stood up and sang it to us in Mandarin. We were in tears with emotion.
I then went on to headline at the Jakarta Jazz Festival and then went on to Bali. The British council organised that.
In 1996 the Singapore Arts Festival director came to hear me sing at the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival. That led to me and my band going to Singapore and while we were there we met Robert Tay, who went on to sponsor me. I have been going to Singapore every year since and, in 2001 I headlined a ‘Night of the Stars' at the Singapore Indoor Stadium with Asian recording stars. There were 15,000 screaming fans and I did the same concert in 2002. By then the song When I Dream was a huge hit in Asia - it was at No.1 in the Korean charts for 13 weeks, keeping Robbie Williams, Britney Spears and Celine Dion off the top spot. Carol Kidd 2004
"It is always a good sign when musicians enthuse about a singer. Carol Kidd is a member of a regrettably small vocal elite. Plenty of singers fancy their chances in a jazz setting, forgetting the moment they open their mouths, that they should first express the lyric writer, before they express themselves. She seems to understand what's required instinctively." The Sunday Telegraph
"Her control is thrilling... she is world class." Cleo Laine