Biography
Carol Kidd, the jazz vocalist, has for more than ten years accumulated steady praise, "Best Awards," and distinctions alongside figures such as Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan. Glasgow, Scotland, was the city of her birth, and by the age of five she already understood that singing defined her path. While bringing up three children and managing a hotel, she performed part-time throughout Britain on stage and on television. Her transition to a full-time career occurred in 1990 after Frank Sinatra invited her to share the bill with him at Glasgow's Ibrox Stadium before a capacity audience.
Enthusiastic notices from British jazz audiences led to an engagement at London's celebrated Ronnie Scott's Club, where Tony Bennett first heard her sing. Momentum continued when she was chosen Best Performer at the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.
Also in 1990 she signed with Linn Records, which issued her debut album, The Night We Called It a Day. That recording was named Best Jazz Recording at the U.K. Musical Retailer's Awards. After receiving the Best Vocalist award at the Cannes International Jazz Awards, she began receiving offers to appear across Europe, the Far East, and the United States.
Her insistence on honoring the meaning of lyrics set her apart from many other jazz singers, yet it was her seamless blend of big band material and jazz, always delivered in perfect pitch, that won listeners. Linn issued her second album, I'm Glad We Met, in 1991, and she maintained a worldwide performance schedule through the 1990s. In 1998 Linn released one album while the Honest label released two, among them the widely popular All My Tomorrows. Honest also issued the compilation The Best of Carol Kidd, Vol. 1 that year.
In April 1998 Kidd presented the prizes at The Duke of Edinburgh's Awards at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. The same year she met the Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle during a Reception for the Arts and was named on The Queen's Birthday Honours List. October 1998 brought an additional honor when Prince Charles presented her with the MBE (Services to Jazz) at Buckingham Palace and asked her to send him some of her CDs.
Further awards she received during the 1990s included Best Vocalist from the Cannes International Jazz Awards, Best Performer from the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Best Vocalist from the U.K. Jazz Awards, and Best Jazz Recording from the U.K. Music Retailers Awards.
Linn released both the compilation Linn Box Two and the album Crazy for Gershwin in 2000, underscoring worldwide affection for the beloved Gershwin songs and for Kidd. By 2001 three of her tracks had been adopted as theme songs for television soaps in Asia, where she had become a major star. In Korea her version of "When I Dream" served as background music for the film Shiri, and she occupied the number one position week after week on the Asian Music Box charts ahead of Britney Spears, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey.
Linn released A Place in My Heart in May 2001, featuring Kidd with the legendary Robert Farnon Orchestra. Farnon, born in 1917 in Toronto, Canada, lives in Europe and brings decades of big band experience as a composer, arranger, and conductor of popular and light music. Their recording earned strong notices for twelve favorite tracks such as "Pennies From Heaven," "The Sunny Side of the Street," "I Get Along Without You Very Well," and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." Kidd completed 2001 with three major concerts in Singapore, one in Cambodia, and a return to her homeland for a major concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Enthusiastic notices from British jazz audiences led to an engagement at London's celebrated Ronnie Scott's Club, where Tony Bennett first heard her sing. Momentum continued when she was chosen Best Performer at the Edinburgh International Jazz Festival.
Also in 1990 she signed with Linn Records, which issued her debut album, The Night We Called It a Day. That recording was named Best Jazz Recording at the U.K. Musical Retailer's Awards. After receiving the Best Vocalist award at the Cannes International Jazz Awards, she began receiving offers to appear across Europe, the Far East, and the United States.
Her insistence on honoring the meaning of lyrics set her apart from many other jazz singers, yet it was her seamless blend of big band material and jazz, always delivered in perfect pitch, that won listeners. Linn issued her second album, I'm Glad We Met, in 1991, and she maintained a worldwide performance schedule through the 1990s. In 1998 Linn released one album while the Honest label released two, among them the widely popular All My Tomorrows. Honest also issued the compilation The Best of Carol Kidd, Vol. 1 that year.
In April 1998 Kidd presented the prizes at The Duke of Edinburgh's Awards at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. The same year she met the Queen and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle during a Reception for the Arts and was named on The Queen's Birthday Honours List. October 1998 brought an additional honor when Prince Charles presented her with the MBE (Services to Jazz) at Buckingham Palace and asked her to send him some of her CDs.
Further awards she received during the 1990s included Best Vocalist from the Cannes International Jazz Awards, Best Performer from the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Best Vocalist from the U.K. Jazz Awards, and Best Jazz Recording from the U.K. Music Retailers Awards.
Linn released both the compilation Linn Box Two and the album Crazy for Gershwin in 2000, underscoring worldwide affection for the beloved Gershwin songs and for Kidd. By 2001 three of her tracks had been adopted as theme songs for television soaps in Asia, where she had become a major star. In Korea her version of "When I Dream" served as background music for the film Shiri, and she occupied the number one position week after week on the Asian Music Box charts ahead of Britney Spears, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey.
Linn released A Place in My Heart in May 2001, featuring Kidd with the legendary Robert Farnon Orchestra. Farnon, born in 1917 in Toronto, Canada, lives in Europe and brings decades of big band experience as a composer, arranger, and conductor of popular and light music. Their recording earned strong notices for twelve favorite tracks such as "Pennies From Heaven," "The Sunny Side of the Street," "I Get Along Without You Very Well," and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered." Kidd completed 2001 with three major concerts in Singapore, one in Cambodia, and a return to her homeland for a major concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
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