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专辑介绍:
灵魂爵士的华丽大乐团重生版
企鹅爵士评鑑***最高评价
一九六一年春天,美国的流行音乐界发生了一个令人惊奇的大事: 一首爵士乐纯演奏曲竟然爬进了告示牌(Billboard)畅销单曲排行榜的Top 40,这首鼎鼎大名的曲子就是由Ernie Wilkins为加农砲‧艾德利与他的大乐团所谱写的“African Waltz”! 这首曲子的成功也意外地催生了这张不寻常的同名专辑的诞生。
《非洲华尔兹》专辑的最大特色是让许多灵魂风格强烈的爵士乐曲得以採取大乐团的华丽形式获得重生。透过优秀的编曲大师Ernie Wilkins (曾是Count Basie、Quency Jones、Harry James等大乐团的编曲大将)的巧思,让Nat Adderley、Wes Montgomery、Wynton Kelly、Junior Mance、甚至年轻的Quency Jones、Chuck Mangione等人的作品呈现更丰富、更有生命力的样貌。十二把铜管、五把木管共同营造出令人惊艳的听觉享受。除了非洲风格独具的标题曲,一定要听听唯美浪漫的“Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”与轻快俏皮的“Kelly Blue”,最后再试试大量铜管齐奏Bobby Timmons的招牌曲“This Here”,保证过癮。
Review by Scott Yanow
The music on this CD reissue is better than it should be. Cannonball Adderley had a fluke hit with "African Waltz" so a full album was recorded with the hope of coming up with additional hits. These 11 selections (which include "African Waltz") feature altoist Adderley backed by an 18-piece big band with arrangements provided by Ernie Wilkins and Bob Brookmeyer. The tunes clock in between two and five minutes and leave little room for much improvising by anyone other than Cannonball, his brother Nat on cornet, and pianist Wynton Kelly. There is some strong material on the set (including "West Coast Blues," "Stockholm Sweetnin'" and a remake of "This Here") but the results are not too substantial and this was not that big a seller; it is still a reasonably enjoyable effort. [Originally released in 1963, African Waltz was remastered on CD in 1993.]
Recorded live at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, Febr. 28, May 9 and 15, 1961 20-bit remastered
专辑曲目:
01. Something Different Mangione 3:04
02. West Coast Blues Montgomery 4:04
03. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Harbach, Kern 3:02
04. The Uptown Mance 2:15
05. Stockholm Sweetnin' Jones 3:41
06. African Waltz MacDermot 2:12
07. Blue Brass Groove Adderley 4:52
08. Kelly Blue Kelly 3:51
09. Letter from Home Mance 2:00
10. I'll Close My Eyes Kaye, Reid 3:42
11. This Here [*] Timmons 3:00
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