Make Someone Happy

历经三年的时间准备，全球乐迷引领期盼下，现年24岁的苏菲·蜜儿终于在2007年推出了个人第二张专辑「让你快乐」(Make Someone Happy)，本张新专辑一发行就空降美国、加拿大、JP的 iTune 爵士排行榜第一名、美国告示牌(Billboard)爵士排行榜第三名、加拿大亚马逊书店畅销专辑排行榜第一名，气势如虹销售成绩超越首张专辑「苏菲·蜜儿」；成名后的苏菲·蜜儿并不会因为自己的超高人气与广受欢迎而骄傲，更加的谦虚与努力学习，将这三年来各大小演唱会的演唱历练以及对音乐的热爱想法付诸实现在这新专辑里；本张专辑由苏菲·蜜儿自己主导制作方向，整张专辑一共收录十三首曲目，其中三首为全新原创曲，以爵士抒情叙事风格来呈现整张专辑浪漫华丽柔美细致的音乐走向，延续首张专辑「苏菲·蜜儿」都会爵士夜的高雅质感以及异国性感的品味风华，在新专辑中苏菲·蜜儿更加展现了她强大的企图心、挑战众多广泛不同乐风的曲目，除了演唱多首爵士经典曲，她精心挑选了数首抒情摇滚、百老汇歌舞剧与民谣古典的知名曲目，以浪漫的爵士乐章编制全新呈现这些不同时期乐风的名曲！别于其他当代爵士女伶，苏菲·蜜儿以爵士叙事融合抒情小品与流行摇滚唱出不一样的都会华丽性感唯美风格，饱满宽域如丝缎般醇美高亢的嗓音，轻松驾驭所有乐器伴奏，成功地缔造她个人典雅细致异国融合的音乐特色！ 专辑一开始苏菲·蜜儿在标准爵士三重奏伴奏下、轻快的唱出Hammerstein & Rodgers百老汇名曲「我俩热恋中」(People Will Say We're In Love)作为序曲带出整张专辑主题与浪漫都会风格，经过三年的历练、苏菲·蜜儿在声音的运用上更加收放自如，高低转音之间饱满圆润，沉稳平实的展现她纯熟的歌唱技巧；接下来两首融合爵士风华的抒情摇滚小品，分别是摇滚老将Randy Bachman全新创作曲「爱弥漫空中」(Something in the Air Between Us)以及黑人盲歌手巨星Stevie Wonder畅销曲「火箭爱」(Rocket Love)，融合浓郁的七十年代抒情风情、温暖而慵懒的柔美感受；以大乐团编制愉悦和眴的重新诠释演唱百老汇名剧「屋顶上的提琴手」插曲「红娘,红娘」(Matchmaker, Matchmaker)以及爵士经典曲「如沐爱河」(Like Someone in Love)；专辑同名主题曲「让你快乐」(Make Someone Happy)和Joe Raposo流行名曲「青翠不容易」((It’s Not Easy) Bein’ Green)，在苏菲·蜜儿性感美声舒软柔情诠释下，浓情蜜意美不胜收；浪漫法式香颂原创曲「为我停留」(Rest (Stay))，是一首温暖可人的巴莎诺瓦抒情小品；狂野挑逗性感诠释爵士歌后Peggy Lee代表作「情热」(Fever)以及“The Guess Who”六十年代摇滚名曲「未终曲」(Undun)；整张专辑的结尾曲，苏菲·蜜儿特别以犹太文演唱第二次世界大战犹太屠杀浩劫英雄诗人Hannah Senesh所创作的「神阿神，走向西撒利亚」(Eli, Eli (A Walk to Caesarea))这首深具意义的曲目、为这张美丽的爵士专辑画下一个完美的ending！ 本张专辑由加拿大名制作人Steven MacKinnon制作，以苏菲·蜜儿专属四重奏乐团包括知名贝斯手Kieran Overs、鼓手John Fraboni、钢琴手Paul Shrofel以及次中音萨克斯风手Cameron Wallis为专辑主要演奏编制；另外，特邀请六十年代加拿大传奇摇滚团体“The Guess Who”主唱兼吉他手Randy Bachman为专辑助阵吉他演奏、并谱写一首新曲；此外，爵士老将知名小号手Guido Basso、闻名全球古典跨界团体“杰拉多四重奏”团长兼中提琴手Claudio Vena、爵士大师Pat Metheny与Marcus Miller的固定班底口琴手 Gregoire Maret新世纪跨界爵士吉他名家Rob Piltch、、等一共十多位重量级乐手以三重奏、四重奏、五重奏以及大乐团编制共同为本张专辑助阵演出，群星拱月、阵容坚强！苏菲·蜜儿使用德国发烧名厂Sennheiser所提供特制个人专属Neumann麦克风现场收音，绝佳精准滑润的动态录音，饱满多层次的空间临场感！微醺浪漫的夜里，美丽的歌声让你快乐，幸福的甜蜜在我心底，苏菲·蜜儿收放自如饱满性感的嗓音如娇艳绽放的玫瑰吐露芬芳让人陶醉！ Sophie Milman exudes confidence in her second CD as a leader, though she draws material from a much wider range of music styles for this session. The singer is still a fine interpreter of standards and show tunes, offering a flirtatious "People Will Say We're in Love" as a solid opener and an imaginative setting of "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" that showcases harmonica player Gregoire Maret and pianist Paul Shrofel. The addition of a droning opening vamp in "Fever" updates Peggy Lee's hit while keeping its hypnotic flavor intact. Arranger Cameron Wallis is added on tenor sax for Milman's torchy interpretation of "Make Someone Happy," while he wrote the bossa nova "Reste (Stay)" in which she negotiates the multilingual lyrics flawlessly. The singer swings like mad in Shrofel's playful "So Long, You Fool." Some of Milman's choices from pop don't work quite as well. Composer Randy Bachman is an added guest for his "Undun" (a hit for the Canadian rock band the Guess Who), though it sounds bogged down. A number of Stevie Wonder's songs have become favorites of jazz musicians, but "Rocket Fever" quickly becomes tiresome and never shakes its pop flavor. Sophie Milman deserves high praise for not playing it safe and taking some chances for this outing, which is warmly recommended.