Joey Calderazzo

Haiku

Bri's Dance

The Legend of Dan

Chopin

Just One of Those Things

Dienda

A Thousand Autumns

Dancin' For Singles

My One and Only Love

Bri's Dance - Revisited

Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra

Becca Stevens

Chad Eby

Kurt Elling

Branford Marsalis

Eric Revis

布兰佛马沙利斯四重奏Branford Marsalis Quartet
库特艾灵Kurt Elling (演唱)

●出身显赫家族布兰佛马沙利斯带领四重奏首度与当代爵士最佳男演唱家合作。
●挑选深受影响的Nat King Cole到Abbey Lincoln、Antonio Carlos Jobim至Sting等经典金曲予以诠释。
●享受电影「蓝色栀子The Blue Gardenia」主题曲、〈Blue Velvet〉、〈Doxy〉、〈I’m A Fool To Want You〉、〈So Tinha De Ser Com Voice〉等曲目的微醺迷醉。

【关于Branford Marsalis Quartet】
从早期的萨克斯风手奠定爵士乐界基础，却能发挥全方位才情多元触角，悠然游走各音乐类型，曾和英国诗人歌手Sting联袂出击或跨入制作电视配乐领域，来自纽奥良的布兰佛马沙利斯，出身于当代爵士相当影响力的显赫家族，信手捻来，即成佳作。2002年创立独立厂牌Marsalis Music，不仅肩负起承先启后的神圣使命，更致力于开创新局的弘观大任，传递新时代之声的爵士乐美学。经过3次队友更迭，目前由布兰佛领军与1999年加入的钢琴手Joey Calderazzo、1997年衔接贝斯手职位的Eric Revis、2009年入替鼓手的Justin Faulkner打造四重奏，同时在Miles Davis、Dizzy Gillespie、Herbie Hancock、Sonny Rollins、Harry Connick, Jr明星合作名单中，灌注更多元的创意与构思！

【关于Kurt Elling】
入围多达11次葛莱美奖肯定，2009年凭借《Dedicated To You：Sings The Music Of Coltrane And Hartman》终于抱回「最佳爵士演唱专辑」殊荣，其杰出的表现获得权威杂志Down Beat评审13次+读者7次、JazzTimes读者8次「年度最佳男歌手」名单的库特艾灵，继承传统演唱脉络，因自身深厚文学造诣而发挥填词功力，将原本仅有单纯旋律的曲目赋予崭新生命。同时拥有维妙维肖拟声技巧的库特，在当代爵士乐坛独树一格，更能展现突破以往所局限疆界、勇于超越自我的企图心！受邀于David Amram、Bob Belden、Joanne Brackeen、Billy Corgan、George Freeman、Buddy Guy、Randy Bachman等多元风格跨界艺人作品之中，以其精准到位的演唱技巧细腻挥洒，绽放无尽迷人风采！

【关于Upward Spiral】
布兰佛马沙利斯带领四重奏与库特艾灵首度合作专辑《Upward Spiral》，成为爵士领域的头条新闻！两人构思这张作品许久时间，直到2015年底彼此将手边忙碌工作暂时卸下定案，花了4天时间到纽约时报、滚石杂志赞誉纽奥良最具指针性爵士俱乐部Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro表演，一方面培养默契，一方面激发演奏曲子的可能延展性。随后挑选深受影响的Nat King Cole到Abbey Lincoln、Antonio Carlos Jobim至Sting等经典金曲予以诠释。重绎：1953年的电影「蓝色栀子The Blue Gardenia」同名主题曲，唱的酥软迷醉，温柔的覆盖听觉感官；原始版本在Tony Bennett献唱下，〈Blue Velvet〉于1955年成为排行TOP20大热门，1961年转由Bobby Vinton灌入流行元素翻唱，摘下美国冠军位置，Branford和Kurt再放慢些节奏，彻底的松弛身心灵；还有1957年Miles Davis和Sonny Rollins精彩合作之歌〈Doxy〉、1951年Frank Sinatra夺得美国TOP14的〈I’m A Fool To Want You〉、巴西已故跨界女伶Elis Regina舒服摇摆之〈So Tinha De Ser Com Voice〉等曲目，享受顷刻即是永恒浪漫的氛围，令熟悉名曲增添微醺气息！

Upward Spiral

Going Home

Live

Songs of Mirth and Melancholy

Given the history that saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo have, the end results of Songs of Mirth and Melancholy should not be surprising, yet they are. Calderazzo replaced the late Kenny Kirkland in Marsalis' band in 1998 and the rapport between them is seamlessly intuitive as revealed here. Cut in three days in Durham, North Carolina, the set contains compositions by both men, as well as a surprising pair of covers. As the title implies, this is a study in mood contrasts, and it begins on an up note with Calderazzo's rollicking "One Way." The pianist populates the space with a swinging, Monk-ish series of chords that employs his own love of of stride right down the line. Marsalis' tenor is a tough vocal in its responses to the the blocky chordal melody, playing brief choppy phrases that nearly honk. The saxophonist's "The Bard Lachrymose," is a tender, moody, emotionally expressive ballad, on which Marsalis plays soprano. It's nearly an art song, episodic as a perfect intro to Calderazzo's ballad "La Valse Kendall," with its own ringing middle-register chords and upper-register responses. The soprano is utterly mournful, like a spurned lover reacting to his send-off. "Face on the Barroom Floor" is a tune Wayne Shorter wrote for Weather Report's Sportin' Life album. Marsalis' economy on the soprano horn reflects the composer's own blowing, but more than this, he digs out the subtler aspects in its melody as Calderazzo colors inside the lines, shading them a deeper hue of blue. The saxophonist's "Endymion" is a near-classical composition with gorgeous counterpoint and elements of swing from Calderazzo that precede a tender reading of an early song by Brahms. The closing number, "Bri's Dance," by the pianist, illustrates the knotty twists and turns he's capable of in both his formal structures and in relation to Marsalis in improvisation, who uses his soprano as a contrapuntal instrument, revealing the depth of field that these players listen to one another in. While many duet recordings offer two players working off a series of melodies and changes, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy is an exercise in genuine harmonic and rhythmic invention.



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