EDUCATION | EXHIBITIONS: ONE LP@LOUD & CLEAR, EDINBURGH: Carol Kidd MBE: Musician

{quote}It's 'The Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Album' - two reasons - I adore Tony Bennett - and I adore Bill Evans!I found this album and the one song that absolutely touched me was 'Waltz For Debbie'.I think Bill Evans wrote it for his daughter. That song grabbed me on the whole album - so much so that I asked my piano player to do the charts for it and I started to perform it and I was able to record it myself which was a real joy.'What kind of jazz album would you like? 'For me it would be a singers album.So that's really the reason I chose that one.WE Would you say that was a formative album for you?CK Oh it was definitely - I recorded that in 1986, so I was listening to that probably from the early eighties.That would be the album I would put on if I just wanted to sit back and relax and listen to this beautiful piano playing - he was adorable and Tony Bennett's amazing voice.It was a real inspiration for me, especially the fact that he was singing with just piano.I'd been tinkering around with the idea but as soon as I heard that I said 'I can do that - I can do that - I can do lots of songs just with piano. It was very inspirational.{quote}Carol Kidd: Glasgow, 8th October 2015The Tony Bennett/ Bill Evans Album released 1975Carol Kidd
Carol Kidd MBE: Musician, The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album

 

"It's 'The Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Album' - two reasons - I adore Tony Bennett - and I adore Bill Evans! 

I found this album and the one song that absolutely touched me was 'Waltz For Debbie'. 

I think Bill Evans wrote it for his daughter. That song grabbed me on the whole album - so much so that I asked my piano player to do the charts for it and I started to perform it and I was able to record it myself which was a real joy. 

'What kind of jazz album would you like? ' 

For me it would be a singers album. 

So that's really the reason I chose that one. 

WE Would you say that was a formative album for you? 

CK Oh it was definitely - I recorded that in 1986, so I was listening to that probably from the early eighties. 

That would be the album I would put on if I just wanted to sit back and relax and listen to this beautiful piano playing - he was adorable and Tony Bennett's amazing voice. 

It was a real inspiration for me, especially the fact that he was singing with just piano. 

I'd been tinkering around with the idea but as soon as I heard that I said 'I can do that - I can do that - I can do lots of songs just with piano. It was very inspirational." 

 

Carol Kidd: Glasgow, 8th October 2015 

The Tony Bennett/ Bill Evans Album released 1975 

Carol Kidd