Carol Kidd

Carol Kidd - vocals
Sandy Taylor - piano
Alex Moore - bass guitar
Murray Smith - drums

Recorded at Castle Sound Studios, Pencaitland, January 1984

Carol Kidd writes:

My love affair with Asia began in 1994 in China. I was sent there as an 'Ambassador' or 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 Stars' at the 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 No. 1 in the Korean charts for 13 weeks, keeping Robbie Williams, Britney Spears and Celine Dion off the top spot.
Carol Kidd 2004