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SOUNBITES FROM CAROL KIDD NEW ALBUM POSTED. THE ALBUM WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. TICKETS FOR THE FUND RAISER NIGHT AT THE ORAN MOR GLASGOW ON THE 27TH APRIL ARE NOW ON SALE AT TICKETWEB------------------------------CAROL KIDD AND HER MUSICIANS PERFORMING ALONG WITH ESTHER’O’CONNOR AND MUSICIANS.LOOK IT UP ON THE ORAN MOR WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WEB4 TIMES WINNER OF BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS// WINNER OF CANNES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS// BEST INTERNATIONAL JAZZ VOCALIST// BEST ALBUM "THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY"// AWARDED MBE FOR SERVICES TO JAZZ// WINNER OF NORDOFF ROBINS "TARTAN CLEF MUSIC AWARD" YOUR LIFE YOUR MUSIC.///
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Myspace Backgrounds CAROL KIDD MBECAROL KIDD HAS BEEN KNOWN IN JAZZ CIRCLES SINCE SHE WAS 15. CAROL STARTED HER RECORDING CAREER IN 1984 AND HAS TO DATE RECORDED 18 ALBUMS. CAROL KIDD HAS RECEIVED MANY ACCOLADES FROM GREAT ARTISTS SUCH AS TONY BENNET AND FRANK SINATRA THE GREATEST COMPLIMENT WAS BEING ASKED BY FRANK SINATRA TO APPEAR WITH HIM ON HIS IBROX STADIUM PERFORMANCE. HER AWARDS ARE MANY-----------4 TIMES WINNER OF THE BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS WINNER OF THE CANNES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS BEST ALBUM “THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY” AWARDED MBE FOR SEVICES TO JAZZ WINNER OF THE “TARTAN CLEF MUSIC AWARD”CAROL WAS INVITED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO PERFORM IN CHINA AS “THE AMBASSADOR FOR BRITISH JAZZ” IN 1994.----------- SHE WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN ARTIST TO PERFORM THERE IN 25 YEARS.-------------- NUMBER 1 HIT FOR 13 WEEKS IN KOREA WITH HER RECORDING OF HER SIGNATURE SONG “WHEN I DREAM”---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- CAROL KIDD IS KNOWN AS “THE DIVA” IN ASIA WHERE SHE PERFORMS TO CAPACITY AUDIENCES. CAROL HAS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM VERY SUCCESSFUL CONCERTS IN SHANGHAI AND HONG KONG. A FEW OF MANY QUOTES ABOUT CAROL KIDD-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- GLASGOW HERALD-------CAROL KIDD------------"A THROAT KISSED BY ANGELS"----------------//// CRESCENDO JAZZ MAG----------- “TO ALL DEDICATED DISCIPLES OF ELLA, CARMEN, BILLIE, SARAH, PEGGY, I AM MOVED TO SUGGEST FORTHWITH THAT ANOTHER NAME SHOULD BE ADDED TO THIS ILLUSTRIOUS ROLL CALL--------- CAROL KIDD”//// JAZZ LP MAG------------- “CAROL KIDD IS UNDOUBTEDLY A PERFORMER WHO HAS HEART AND SOUL, TO INTERPRET MOODS AND SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED BY HER WELL CHOSEN SONGS WITH PASSION AND SYMPATHY.”///// HONG KONG TIMES--------- “CAROL KIDD THE MOST WONDERFUL SINGER OF SONGS A GREAT INTERPRETER AND ABOVE ALL RADIATES WARMTH, HEART AND SOUL”----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------SINGAPORE STRAITS MAG--------------------------------------------------------- --"IT’S HER DICTION, TONE AND FEELING FOR LYRICS THAT MAKES HER STAND UP AS THE BEST INTERPRETER OF THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK ALIVE TO-DAY"----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------MY OWN SONG "DO YOU BELIEVE" CO-WRITTEN WITH MY GUITARIST NIGEL CLARK WAS RECORDED LIVE IN HONG KONG AND IS ON MY NEW ALBUM."THIS TIME THE DREAMS ON ME"
THE PICTURES ABOVE ARE TAKEN FROM MY ROOF TOP TERRACE "THANK-YOU GOD!!" I WAKE UP TO THIS EVERY DAY.-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- I’m going back to my home in Majorca for well earned rest but I’m putting on a FUND RAISER concert in Pollenca (Where I live) 25th March for motor neurone disease
sold out last week and the tickets aren’t out yet so should be a great night
the audience fully expects to be bullied into parting with their cash!!!
MY thanks and my admiration goes to a true scots man,
actor David Hayman for his inspiration through his undeniably massive contribution to humanity, particularly in Afghanistan with his work through his charity "Spirit Aid". This is a man who is completely hands on and takes the money to the "BELLY" Thanks David. xXXX
Check Out The Spirit Aid Website Here!
I’ve posted some pics of the studio session for my new jazz album,
get them on page 2 of pics hope you enjoy!!!
You have asked who the musicians are-------PAUL HARRISON PIANO, ALYN COSKER, DRUMS MARIO CARIBE, BASS AND NIGEL CLARK, GUITAR--------ALBUM PRODUCER GRAEME DUFFIN (WET,WET,WET)
WELL THEN WHAT CAN I SAY!!! 17th NOV 2006 Saturday night at the award ceremony was magical I was awarded "YOUR LIFE YOUR MUSIC" award. Thanks to everyone who voted for me and to SAGA RADIO a big big thanks for nominating me!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!PAINTINGS on the profile/song page ARE ALL MY OWN WORK. Go to "KATIEKIDD" on my friends she knows more about me than any-one and I’m sure she has some tails to tell!!!!I’ve been a jazz singer all my life, I was kicked out of the school choir at the age of eight because I just couldn’t sing "Straight" I was improvising even at that age.I have been recording since 1984 and have 15 albums out there.I have been fortunate enough to win awards for doing something I love for example "BEST BRITISH JAZZ VOCALIST" 4 TIMES WINNER (BRITISH JAZZ AWARDS) BEST JAZZ ALBUM ("THE NIGHT WE CALLED IT A DAY") BEST INTERNATIONAL JAZZ VOCALIST( CANNES INTERNATIONAL JAZZ AWARDS) NUMBER 1 HIT IN BILLBOARD CHARTS IN KOREA AND JAPANwith my recording of " WHEN I DREAM" which was used as the theme song for a KOREAN MOVIE CALLED "SHIRI" That movie "OUTBOXED TITANIC" and to top all that I was awarded an MBE from Her MAJESTY THE QUEEN for SERVICES TO JAZZ. I have had the privilege of having as my guests on my live shows some of the all time jazz greats such as GEORGE SHEARING, LARRY ADLER, BUCK CLAYTON, WARREN VACHE, WILD BILL DAVISON, BENNY CARTER, MARTIN TAYLOR, STEPHAN GRAPPELI, JOE TEMPERLEY, BOBBY WATSON, ANNIE ROSS and GEORGIE FAME--Wow! what lot of fun we had. FRANK SINATRA hit town (Glasgow) in 1991 --I didn’t know it but he had sent his team in to listen to me at the gig I was doing at a major venue for the Glasgow Jazz Festival and the next thing I knew was my manager asking me would I like to work with F.S. I thought it was a cruel joke but no, it was not, it seems that "Ole Blue Eyes" was on the lookout for someone who was "Compatible" to work with.That was the most incredible experience of my life! I have worshiped F.S. all my life but to do that in front of a Glasgow audience ws something special. How many of us dream about a number 1 hit in any country? I had just that in 2001 with my version of the song "When I dream" which was used in a Korean movie called "SHIRI" which outboxed "TITANIC"--- "When I Dream" stood at num 1 for 13 weeks holding back major artists such as Robbie Williams and Britney Speirs.----to ellaborate on that story, TERRY WAITE had been in captivity in Beruit for some 4 years in a black hole with the threat of being executed every day then a few weeks before his release he was given a radio and he wqs able to listen to World services, he heard my "When I dream" and it brought back to him a recurring dream of his whole family coming to him as he waked along a beach, they hold out their hands and tell him they’re there to take him home to safety. Terry told this story on "Desert Island Discs" I heard it and we had a phone conversation which led to me doing an album called "When I Dream" and I donated all my royalties to his charities--Amnesty Inernational" and "Y Care" ( Care of children throughout the world) If that amazing man could live through four years of hell I could go in to a studio and do something that I loved doing for a couple of hours and that is what I did that album raised tens of thousands of pounds for those charities I will always be thankful that I was able to get to know Terry and his amazing family.
Tragically lost my partner of 17 years in 2003 and I honestly wanted to die. One day my son sat me down to watch DON HENLEY’S "Inside Job" and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing I swear DON HENLEY saved my life. Thanks for that Don---the man sings and writes with soul and tenderness
So, now I’m working on my own songs with a great guitarist here in Majorca Chris Anthony, who Dave Gilmour (Pink Floyd) holds in very high esteem! we have 7 songs completed and loving every minute of putting these songs together.
BILLY CONNOLLY told me I was a "Leg-end" in my own lunch time. My good friend Terry Waite (One time Beirut hostage) said I was " SCOTLANDS OTHER NATIONAL TREASURE" can’t be bad!
I’ve taken off my own songs "I WANT TO TAKE YOU HOME" and "WE DON’T STAND STILL LONG ENOUGH" and also "BLA BLA BLA" AS I’M NOW WORKING ON AN ALBUM OF MY OWN SONGS, SO WATCH THIS SPACE.
I lost my sister and my brother in the same year 1998 "WE DON’T STAND STILL LONG ENOUGH" is their song .
"BLA BLA BLA" I dedicated to the people I hear every day talking crap!!!!! I’ve added a couple of songs from my albums.
love ya, Car. xxxx XXXX
READ MY BLOG. I’ve posted a message for all of us!
DON HENLEY,
I wish you Love, Peace and all you wish for you and your’s.
xxx
CK xxxxx
Just to let you know. My songs "EYES WIDE OPEN" ,"BLA BLA BLA" CO-WRITTEN with CHRIS ANTHONY.
THANX Chris for your inspiration and to my GRANDSON NICKY KIDD for the guitar on "BLA BLA BLA" I luvs ya both.
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