Live in Paris
继"爱的容颜"专辑蝉联52周爵士专辑排行冠军之后, 最佳抒情献礼! 前美国总统柯林顿最爱爵士女歌手 首次现场录音专辑 不用多说, 甫于八月间来台演出造成极大轰动的爵士名伶戴安娜·克瑞儿(Diana Krall)绝对是当代爵士乐坛的第一女声。来自加拿大的她以歌手兼钢琴演奏的身分带领了二十一世纪的年轻乐迷走入传统爵士音乐的迷人魅力中。透过Verve名制作人Tommy LiPuma的协助, 戴安娜·克瑞儿的音乐路上一片坦途。 身为近二十五年来第一位能在葛莱美奖中入围「年度最佳专辑」的爵士音乐艺人, 戴安娜·克瑞儿无疑成功的打入了流行音乐市场。而这张巴黎的现场演唱录音正是她数年来努力成就的一个注脚。透过优异的录音, 戴安娜·克瑞儿温暖甜美的嗓音和漂亮的钢琴即兴技巧完美的呈现在听众面前;对曾亲身参与她演唱会的乐迷而言更是一个美丽的回忆。本专辑更收录了她从未录音发行的自弹自唱抒情歌曲:由琼妮·米契儿(Joni Mitchell)所写的 "A Case of You" ;另加收录了她为2002年电影,由玛莉·莎托梅(Marisa Tomei)与海瑟·葛拉汉(Heather Gramham)所主演的喜剧"The Guru"所翻唱,比利·乔(Billy Joel)的名曲"Just the Way You Are", 轻松的即兴吟唱下, 又是另一首经典的诠释。(博客来) by Paula Edelstein Recorded "live" at the Paris Olympia, Live in Paris offers listeners Diana Krall's understanding of the musical techniques of composition, piano, and vocal improvisation on 12 songs from the Great American Songbooks of Cole Porter,Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and contemporary artists Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel. Accompanied by the award-winning Anthony Wilson on guitar, John Pisano on acoustic guitar, John Clayton on bass, Jeff Hamilton on drums, and Paulinho Da Costa on percussion as well as the Orchestra Symphonies European on "Let's Fall in Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," the lovely vocalist heightens your listening pleasures with distinctive phrasings and tangible pathways to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, the changes, and melodic structures. On Joel's "Just the Way You Are," Krall is accompanied by Christian McBride on bass, Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, Lewis Nash on drums, and Wilson on guitar, among others. This song also resides on the soundtrack to the film The Guru and is probably one of the best ballads on the set due to the great solo from Brecker. His powerful but sensitive playing adds the ultimate expression and approach to the melody -- one with attitudinal preparation, which is always necessary for a song that has such familiarity and association with another musician. For those who may not have heard Krall perform "live," this recording will give you a firsthand account of the ambience and excitement of a musical evening with her.