Carol Kidd - The Very Best of Carol Kidd (CD1) And (CD2)

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:40 (CD 1)
Size: 151,1 MB (CD 1)
Time: 60:10 (CD 2)
Size: 138,5 MB (CD 2)
Art: Front + Back

CD 1

(3:33)  1. I got plenty of nuthin
(4:48)  2. Geogia on my mind
(2:55)  3. Sing for your supper
(3:52)  4. Then I'll be tired of you
(2:28)  5. I wish I'd met you
(3:28)  6. I'm shadowing you
(2:13)  7. Haven't we met
(5:22)  8. The night we called it a day
(4:37)  9. Autumn in new york/My funny valentine
(2:29) 10. You're cheating yourself
(4:16) 11. Where or when
(3:46) 12. How little we know
(2:15) 13. We'll be together again
(3:57) 14. Don't worry about me
(2:41) 15. Never let me go
(2:18) 16. I'll take romance
(3:40) 17. Lean baby
(4:38) 18. Don't take your love from me
(2:17) 19. Nice work if you can get it

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CD 2

(2:08)  1. New York on Sunday
(4:34)  2. When I dream
(2:26)  3. Sometimes (not often)
(2:20)  4. I'm all smiles
(3:01)  5. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
(3:28)  6. Ain't necessarily so
(2:20)  7. I could have told you so
(4:02)  8. I'm a fool to want you
(1:49)  9. Starting tomorrow
(3:29) 10. I'll guess I'll have to change my plan
(3:06) 11. I fall in love too easily
(3:01) 12. Round Midnight
(2:35) 13. It isn't so bad
(3:51) 14. Don't go to strangers
(4:21) 15. Where are you
(3:21) 16. The more I see you / I've grown accustomed to your face
(3:33) 17. Trouble is a man
(1:38) 18. Bidin' my time
(2:57) 19. Dat dere
(2:01) 20. Please don't talk about me when I'm gone

This album is a composite of tracks from Carol Kidd’s previous albums Crazy for Gershwin, I’m Glad we Met, Nice Work, Debut, All My Tomorrows and The Night We Called it a Day. The backings vary from solo guitar, solo piano, jazz trio, medium sized jazz combo to orchestra with strings.

Carol Kidd is one of the finest female vocalists I have ever heard, of those who are still living, she may well be the best. She has perfect relative pitch, perfect diction and the ability to tell a story with every song she sings. She also has a natural ability to swing and to sound good in any setting. It is amazing that such a fine singer is so undervalued in the UK, when did you last see her on television or hear her records on BBC radio. This compilation by LINN records from their earlier releases is a delight, from the lists above it is easy to see that this is a first class selection of songs. Her artistry is exemplified by the fact that I enjoyed the songs that were unknown to me as much as the familiar ones at a first hearing. It normally takes a couple of hearings for me to get into a new song, but not when the singer is Carol Kidd. 

This album is pure quality all the way, since I received it, it has been constantly on my CD player. It is most unusual to find an album where every track is superb, it rarely happens to me anyway, but this one is the exception. Not only are all the vocals of equal quality, but the various backings are equally good through out. Having heard Carol live on a few occasions, I can tell you that like Ella & Sarah before her, her performance before a live audience is even better.~ Ron Mather   http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2005/Carol_Kidd_very_best.htm

 

The Very Best of Carol Kidd (CD1)
 

The Very Best Of Carol Kidd (CD2)

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