Michel Legrand -《Paris Jazz Piano》(巴黎爵士钢琴)[MP3]
专辑英文名: Paris Jazz Piano
专辑中文名: 巴黎爵士钢琴
歌手: Michel Legrand
音乐风格: 爵士
资源格式: MP3
发行时间: 2000年
地区: 法国
语言: 法语
简介:

发行厂牌:Universal / Polygram
专辑目录:548 148-2
专辑类型:Jazz
专辑时长:31:10 min
压缩比率:CBR 320Kbps / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
专辑介绍:
打造法式浪漫风情的钢琴才子
美国好莱坞电影界不乏优秀的音乐作曲人才,多次得过奥斯卡最佳电影配乐者并不算罕见。不过,曾经三次夺得奥斯卡最佳电影配乐,又是杰出的爵士钢琴演奏家,这样的奇才就不能算多了,米榭·勒葛宏(Michel Legrand)正好入列。这位来自法国的音乐人,曾分别以《天罗地网》(The Thomas Crown Affairs)、《往事如烟》(Summer of '42)与《杨朵》(Yentl)的电影配乐获得小金人。与他惊人的配乐作品数量相比,葛勒宏的爵士专辑并不算多,但每一张作品都是精品,说他是电影配乐与爵士钢琴演奏双栖的佼佼者,一点都不为过。
米榭·勒葛宏(Michel Legrand)出生於法国巴黎近郊的Becon-les-Bruyeres区,他的父亲雷蒙·勒葛宏(Raymond Legrand)与叔叔都是乐团的指挥,大他两岁的姐姐Christiane Legrand是则法国知名的合唱团「The Swingle Singers」的团长与女高音。从小浸淫於浓厚音乐气氛的勒葛宏,四岁时就展露了演奏钢琴的天分,幼时的他非常喜爱舒伯特的作品。一九四二年,年仅十岁的葛勒宏进入知名的巴黎国立高等音乐舞蹈学院,学习作曲及编曲,啟蒙他的恩师包含了Nadia Boulanger与Henri Challan,其中Nadia Boulanger是法国知名的作曲家与教育家,曾栽培法国音乐菁英无数。
勒葛宏十五岁时,看了一场来自美国的爵士小号手Dizzy Gillespie领衔的乐团演出,咆勃乐急促的音符、摇摆的节奏与炫技型的演奏形式,让这位音乐学院的年轻学生大受震撼,他从此不但成为爵士乐迷,更对爵士钢琴演奏产生浓厚的兴趣。十七岁时,勒葛宏於音乐学院正式结业,受到父亲喜爱香颂的影响,他刚毕业头几年主要的差事,都是为知名的法国流行歌手,如Henri Salvador、Juliette Gr?co、Zizi Jeanmaire与Catherine Sauvage…等担任钢琴伴奏。

这张录制於一九五九年的专辑,可能是勒葛宏最早的爵士钢琴作品之一。当时勒葛宏主要的工作是替菲利浦发行的专辑编曲,并为法国知名的流行歌手伴奏。坦白讲,在巴黎国立高等音乐舞蹈学院学习时,获奖无数的葛勒宏,原本应该顺应家人对他的期待,走向演奏古典音乐一途。不料事与愿违,勒葛宏不但没有成为古典音乐钢琴家,竟然还替流行音乐编曲,甚至录制了爵士乐专辑。诚如Paris Jazz Piano内页说明,这可让葛勒宏的老爸尷尬到了极点!
Paris Jazz Piano可视为之前发行的I Love Paris的姊妹专辑,曲目的选择与编排都是以讚颂花都巴黎为主,但是在詮释手法方面截然不同,Paris Jazz Piano以钢琴三重奏的爵士风格为主,I Love Paris则是融合了古典与流行乐的编曲手法,以管弦乐团演奏为主。在Paris Jazz Piano专辑中,担任钢琴演奏的勒葛宏,选择以甜美、浪漫的旋律来呈现这些与主题「巴黎」有关的曲子。虽然可以从他的演奏手法听到Art Tatum或是Oscar Peterson这些大师们的影响,例如琶音或装饰音的运用,不过,勒葛宏的手法称不上「华丽」或「炫技」,反而带著流行音乐的简洁与清晰的旋律识别性。这是一张亲和力很高的作品,即使是不懂爵士乐的乐迷,也可以听得很过癮。

Near the beginning of his career, Michel Legrand was primarily known as a jazz pianist, so it shouldn't be surprising to learn that none of his compositions are present on these 1959 studio sessions, which originally were issued by Phillips. With bassist Guy Pederson and drummer Gus Wallez, Legrand covers songs by French composers of the day along with the ever-popular "Moulin Rouge" and a somewhat upbeat arrangement of the Edith Piaf's usually maudlin "La Vie en Rose," as well as standards from the Great American Songbook by Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Vernon Duke, and Mack Gordon. Most of the songs have a Parisian theme to them, Legrand's piano style is hard to define, as he shows a variety of influences without letting any of them overwhelm his sound. Michel Legrand's eventual fame as a composer would grow tremendously during the decades that followed the making of this recording, but this CD reissue from the Jazz in Paris series is well worth purchasing to get a taste of his early career. ~Ken Dryden, AMG
Personnel:
Michel Legrand, Piano
Guy Pedersen, Double Bass
Gus Wallez Bongos, Drums
Digitally remastered on 24-bit
Recorded 1959 at the Blanqui studio, Paris: on October 20 (5, 7, 10), October 21 (1, 9), October 23 (8) and November 9 (2, 3, 6)
Reissue of the Philips LP 76 519
#32 in the Jazz in Paris series