Béla Fleck & the Flecktones -《Left of Cool》[MP3!]

唱片公司：Warner Bros / Wea
压缩比率：192K CBR

专辑介绍:

Béla Fleck(www.belafleck.com)可谓是世界班卓琴王，别人称赞他说：他通过许多很有特色和风格的演出、录音重新塑造了班卓琴的音色和形象。如果你熟悉他的音乐，你会知道他是一个酷爱班卓琴，并致力于把它放在独特的音乐环境中的人。他前后获得20次“格莱美奖”提名，并九次获得该项大奖，而且获得奖项涉及到现代爵士、流行乐器曲、世界音乐、新约、现代古典、乡村乐器曲、现代民谣、蓝草、作曲等多个不同领域。这在“格莱美奖”历史上是绝无仅有的。在近30年的音乐生涯中，他能演奏包括蓝草、爵士、流行、摇滚、世界音乐等不同的音乐形式。虽然他的名字是来自三位古典音乐作曲大师的名字：巴托克（Bartok）、德沃夏克（Dvorak）和杨纳切赫（Janacek），但他最近才开始涉及古典音乐。在第44届“格莱美奖”年度颁奖中，他第一次创作的古典音乐：2001年的《永动》荣获了2项格莱美奖。

最初他学习音乐是从吉他开始的，一次偶然在电视上看到的传统歌曲使他充满了兴趣，自此他转而开始弹奏班卓琴。由于生活在纽约，Béla Fleck能接触到风格各异的音乐，包括爵士乐。于是后来他开始用班卓琴演奏爵士乐 —— 一种前所未闻的音乐的融合。上个世纪八十年代，大部分时间Béla Fleck是在一个充满创新的蓝草乐队New Grass Revival中演奏，他们的音乐结合了蓝草，摇滚和乡村音乐。同时New Grass Revival的器乐专辑将班卓琴提升到了一个更加广泛的领域中。

1990年，New Grass Revival解散后，我们的班卓琴巫师组建了由爵士钢琴家Howard Levy, funk贝斯演奏家Victor Wooten和鼓手Roy Wooten组成的The Flecktones乐队。在当时，看起来他们只是田纳西州众多new-acoustic组合中不起眼的一员，或许很快就会昙花一现的被潮流淹没。然而，让人们吃惊的是，这个四重奏表现出了与众不同的活力，接二连三的出了好几张专辑。

1992年底，钢琴手Howard Levy因为个人原因离开了乐队。The Flecktones变成了三重奏，不过他们无意增加新成员。

在上一张Live Art现场专辑赢得1996年格莱美“Best Instrumental Composition”奖之后， Fleck回到他的工作室，制作了这张专辑。除了一如既往令人惊奇的纯器乐部分，还罕见的有好几轨人声。这张专辑将reggae, pop, world beat以及techno元素，融合进了Funk Jazz－这么超复杂的一个定义，只有Fleck才有。

这张专辑除了Béla Fleck & the Flecktones，还有Dave Mathews和Amy Grant参与了录制。

After a few years of acoustic and world music dalliances, touring alongside friends in the Dave Matthews Band and a live record (the Flecktones' Live Art), virtuoso banjo player Béla Fleck has returned to the comfy confines of the Flecktones. Well, confines isn't exactly the right word--the Flecktones have always been a bubbling vat full of musical creativity, eccentricity, and instrumental prowess, and this CD continues that tradition in fine form. Indeed, Left Of Cool reflects the group's evolution since its last studio record: from Fleck's journeys, to Future Man's vocal education, to the arrival of reedman Jeff Coffin. The Flecktones work best when another lead player complements Fleck and his dynamic rhythm section, and Coffin fits right in on saxophone and flute, regardless of mood or time signature. Now an official Flecktone, he sounds like he's been one for years. I have no clue why Future Man calls himself that, but he plays the groovy "synthaxe drumitar" alongside the skillful Vic Wooten on bass. Now, he's trying his hand at singing, and his credit reads "Future Man--vocals as 'Royel'." Again, don't ask me why. Béla's lyric for "Let Me Be The One" is steeped in cliché, but the other four tracks work well. Especially nice (and surprisingly accessible) is "Step Quiet," with guest vocals by Amy Grant. "Communication" and "Trouble & Strife" both feature Dave Matthews supporting Future Man's lead vocals. Every Flecktones record walks a line between the weirdness and the beauty such formidable talent is capable of producing. I tend to lean toward the beauty, and they've included that with the moving, traditional theme of "Big Country," along with "Trane To Conamarra" and others. Tracks like "Oddity" are impressive showpieces of dexterity, and the best of both worlds comes out in "Throwdown At The Hoedown," combining a quality theme with major-league chops. In short, the Flecktones are indeed a little left of cool, but they're the perfect alternate route for those tiring of the musical main drag.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------by Robert Beverly

01. Throwdown At The Hoedown
02. Communication
03. Big Country
04. Sojourn Of Arjuna
05. Let Me Be The One
06. Trane To Conamarra
07. Almost 12
08. Step Quiet
09. Oddity
10. Sleeping Dogs Lie
11. Trouble And Strife
12. Slow Walker
13. Shanti
14. The Big Blink
15. Prelude To Silence


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