★「爵士樂第一天后」艾拉‧費茲潔拉百歲生日之特別企劃,精選不容錯過的100首名曲
★見證傳奇女伶艾拉‧費茲潔拉席捲樂壇六十載之絕代風華
擁有「爵士樂第一天后」美譽的艾拉‧費茲潔拉,誕生於1917年,在今年剛好適逢其100歲,艾拉以其清亮甜美宛如少女的嗓音、超凡出眾的擬聲技巧及所向披靡的迷人台風等特色讓她與「黛女士」比莉‧哈樂黛及「天賜歌手」莎拉‧沃恩齊名並列爵士樂三大女伶,同時其聲線所蘊含的搖擺興味十足,且特有一種神奇魔力讓人沉浸在其傳唱歌聲中而感到溫暖及愉悅,她不僅可謂廿世紀最受歡迎且最具代表性的聲音,其職業歌唱生涯也幾乎等同於一部當代爵士樂演進史。費茲潔拉自三零年代中期崛起於奇克‧韋伯大樂團,剛出道之際所流洩天真無瑕嗓音早已預言了不朽傳奇,而後經迪吉‧葛拉斯比的大樂團的巡演歷練則更讓她成為自信洗鍊,在五零年代起詮釋柯爾波特、蓋希文兄弟、強尼‧莫瑟、艾文‧柏林、傑若米‧肯恩及艾靈頓公爵等近代美國重要作曲家創作的經典歌曲集,優異唱功使她在樂壇展露光芒而炙手可熱,而後更將演繹觸角擴及芭沙諾瓦、源起非洲節奏的卡利普索或較向主流靠攏的流行歌曲,她依然信手捻來唱出自己的風格;晚年的她,則是更為深沈內斂地精彩獻唱,雖不同於年輕時的風情,但魅力始終無人能及。
艾拉.費茲潔拉擁有歌者所必須具備的一切天賦。如精確的音準、不可多得的節奏感,以及溫暖的聲音和即興的特質。在經典曲目和抒情曲的詮釋,艾拉獨樹一幟地使曲調由柔緩轉為熱情,並毫不吃力地再回到原曲面貌。無怪乎有人稱她為爵士樂的“第一夫人"。著名的製作人暨Verve廠牌創辦人諾曼‧葛蘭茲(Norman
Granz)有計畫的為艾拉‧費茲潔拉規劃演藝生涯,安排她跳脫出當時一般較厘俗的爵士曲目範圍,挑戰一些音樂劇曲目的錄音,嘗試著將艾拉‧費茲潔拉的歌唱境界提昇至藝術的層面。艾拉‧費茲潔拉的作品質量均佳;她輕亮、優美、幸福的嗓音可以更深入傳達到社會大眾的耳中,可跨越三個八度的寬廣音域、揮灑自如的擬聲技法及幽默風趣的臨場台風使其作品量多且質精,均是足以留名青史的歌唱藝術典範逸作,不僅為其超過半個世紀的爵士生涯奠定下深厚根基,更漸建立起“爵士第一天后"的無上美譽,並與比莉‧哈樂黛及莎拉‧沃恩並列爵士三大女伶之列。費茲潔拉一生共榮獲13座葛萊美獎肯定,唱片銷售更突破4千萬張無人能出其右的空前佳績....
誕生於1917年的費茲潔拉,在今年剛好適逢其100歲,故在本套4CD套裝合輯裡特別精選100首她的演唱精華,包含“Cheek To Cheek”、“Let's Call The Whole Thing Off”及“Let's Fall In Love”等膾炙人口名曲,讓樂迷們一次感受這位傳奇女伶席捲樂壇六十載之絕代風華。
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) |
2. | (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It |
3. | Dedicated To You |
4. | Big Boy Blue |
5. | I Got A Guy |
6. | A-Tisket, A-Tasket |
7. | I Found My Yellow Basket |
8. | McPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing) |
9. | F.D.R. Jones |
10. | Undecided |
11. | I Want The Waiter (With The Water) |
12. | Imagination |
13. | Five O'Clock Whistle |
14. | Cow-Cow Boogie |
15. | When My Sugar Walks Down The Street |
16. | I'm Making Believe |
17. | Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall |
18. | And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine |
19. | I'm Beginning To See The Light |
20. | It's Only A Paper Moon |
21. | You Won't Be Satisfied |
22. | Stone Cold Dead In The Market |
23. | (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons |
24. | My Happiness |
25. | Baby, It's Cold Outside |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Oh, Lady Be Good |
2. | That Old Feeling |
3. | I Hadn't Anyone Till You |
4. | Black Coffee |
5. | Soon |
6. | There Never Was A Baby Like My Baby |
7. | Walking By The River |
8. | Taking A Chance On Love |
9. | Until The Real Thing Comes Along |
10. | You Leave Me Breathless |
11. | Lullaby Of Birdland |
12. | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea |
13. | It Might As Well Be Spring |
14. | Miss Otis Regrets |
15. | You Do Something To Me |
16. | I've Got You Under My Skin |
17. | Moonlight In Vermont |
18. | Cheek To Cheek |
19. | Manhattan |
20. | Thou Swell |
21. | I Wish I Were In Love Again |
22. | Blue Moon |
23. | (In My) Solitude |
24. | Comes Love |
25. | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off |
2. | In A Mellow Tone |
3. | I Never Had A Chance |
4. | What Will I Tell My Heart |
5. | Summertime |
6. | Little White Lies |
7. | You Hit The Spot |
8. | You Brought A New Kind Of Love to Me |
9. | Let's Face The Music And Dance |
10. | Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)? |
11. | Puttin' On The Ritz |
12. | You Make Me Feel So Young |
13. | Moonlight Becomes You |
14. | Let's Fall In Love |
15. | My Old Flame |
16. | They All Laughed |
17. | I Can't Be Bothered Now |
18. | My One And Only |
19. | I Got Rhythm |
20. | Stairway To The Stars |
21. | Misty |
22. | Hooray For Love |
23. | Out Of This World |
24. | Come Rain Or Come Shine |
25. | Stella By Starlight |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | I Hear Music |
2. | Love Me Or Leave Me |
3. | Hallelujah, I Love Him So |
4. | The Very Thought Of You |
5. | Warm All Over |
6. | Almost Like Being In Love |
7. | All The Things You Are |
8. | A Fine Romance |
9. | Yesterdays |
10. | Honeysuckle Rose |
11. | On The Sunny Side Of The Street |
12. | Tea For Two |
13. | Trouble In Mind |
14. | See See Rider |
15. | Can't Buy Me Love |
16. | The Sweetest Sounds |
17. | Skylark |
18. | Something's Gotta Give |
19. | Dream |
20. | Cotton Tail |
21. | Duke's Place |
22. | Something To Live For |
23. | Whisper Not |
24. | Time After Time |
25. | Mack The Knife |