Chance & Circumstance

Peter与Norah在纽约之歌中两人有了首次在音乐上的精彩交流后，更加难以抑制合作的激情。因此再度联袂并力邀四位爵士女伶新贵Jess Klein，Kirsten Proffit ，Antje Duvekot，Mercy Malick为客座歌手来共同谱写《机遇之歌》。 在这张作品中，Peter Malick 这位蓝调吉他手流畅而富于传达感情的弹奏技巧是不可或缺的主角，Malick 与歌手们借着歌声，吉他，钢琴的互相激荡，似乎放开心了地玩起各种乐风，不论是带有都会气息的蓝调，抒情的民谣，还是恣意撒野的 Boogie Rock，欢愉的 Country 等等，让人见识到 Peter Malick 驾驭各类美国传统乐风的游有余刃，以及由Norah与客席乐手跨刀之下，所变化出的音乐多样性。也难怪 All Music Guide 会再次送上四颗星高评，对于这张绝对会越听越好听的专辑而言，可是一点也不过誉！ 能有幸一次聆听众多爵士巨星之美妙音韵，实乃千载难逢之机遇，喜爱爵士乐的你会错过它——《机遇之歌》吗？ 《机遇之歌》当代传奇蓝调大师，Reter Malick全新力作，十一座格莱美奖杯得主新爵士天后，诺拉琼斯，领街四位爵士女伶新贵献上美妙音韵，风云际会，千载难逢，众星共谱机遇之歌，AMG毫不吝惜送上四星优评！ ◎当代传奇蓝调大师Peter Malick全新力作； ◎十一座格莱美奖杯得主新爵士天后Norah Jones领衔四位爵士女伶新贵献上美妙音韵； ◎风云际会 千载难逢 众星共谱机遇之歌； ◎AMG毫不吝惜送上四星优评。 by William Ruhlmann It would be possible for a blues guitar fan, picking up this album after recognizing the name Peter Malick as the veteran of the James Montgomery Band among other blues affiliations, to suppose, upon popping it into the CD player, that the wrong album was pressed on the disc. That is because the first few tracks, and several subsequent ones, sound much more like folk-rock singer/songwriter performances by female singers reminiscent of Ani DiFranco and Shawn Colvin than the work of a blues veteran. But this really is a Peter Malick record. Over the previous few years as he went from club to club around the country, Malick recruited up-and-coming women singers for recording sessions. He might still be storing those tracks in his personal archive, except that one of them was Norah Jones, who went on to multi-platinum, multi-Grammy success. His six songs with Jones were released three months earlier on the New York City EP, and they are repeated here, along with two tracks each featuring Jess Klein, Kirsten Proffit, Antje Duvekot, and Malick's daughter Mercy Malick. The non-Jones tracks are mostly in folk-rock mode, the women earnestly sharing their personal and emotional observations in throaty voices. The Jones tracks are quite different, none of them co-written by the singer. Instead, she simply fronts Malick's blues-rock band, giving him the chance to show off his chops. Fans of her album Come Away With Me may be taken aback at first, but likely will accept a bluesier Jones, especially when they get to hear Malick's playing on such tracks as "Deceptively Yours" and Magic Sam's "All Your Love." Here, the bluesman takes less of a back seat. Either way, the album is a good showcase for some young female talent, with tasty guitar sneaking in here and there.