★傳奇「爵士藍調天后」黛娜•華盛頓縱橫爵士年代蕩氣迴腸之即興奔放情懷
★黛娜•華盛頓與小號名家克里佛•布朗、克拉克•泰瑞及薩克斯風手加農砲•艾德利、班•韋伯斯特等高手聯演,交相烘托出獨樹一格的搖擺韻味
在大導演克林•伊斯威特執導的電影「麥迪遜之橋」(The Bridges of Madison County)裡,透過雋永唯美歌聲刻劃男女主角心情及烘托情迷氛圍除了男歌手強尼•哈特曼外,就是擁有「藍調天后」(Queen of the Blues)美譽的黛娜•華盛頓。自幼深受福音詩歌洗禮的她,青少年之際從歌唱比賽中脫穎而出,並自四零年代從萊諾•漢普頓樂團中崛起,她的聲線以厚實有勁著稱,大鳴大放中帶有狂野豪邁的率直特性及雄渾激昂的陽剛況味,再加上渾然天成的轉音技巧及收放自如的嗓音變化,詮釋起草根味十足的藍調曲式或跌宕起伏的靈魂樂章別有一番風情,傳唱起爵士歌曲更是賦予獨樹一格的搖擺韻味,其演唱特色相較於同時期的黛女士比莉•哈樂黛的愁苦淒美歌聲、甜姐兒艾拉•費滋潔拉的超凡擬聲唱功及天賜歌手莎拉•沃恩的十足寬廣音域而言亦不遑多讓,曾有樂評就以名列二十世紀最偉大的四大女伶抑或五零年代最受歡迎的黑人女歌后來盛讚之。
本套裝收錄集結華盛頓於1954年至1959年所錄製「閒情時刻」(After Hour With Miss D)、「即興演出」(Dinah James)、「給戀愛中的人們」(For Those In Love)、「搖擺黛娜」(The Swinging Miss D)及拿下葛萊美獎最佳節奏藍調演唱的「一天的轉變」(What A Difference A Day Makes!)等五張出類拔萃的人聲經典,在小號名家克里佛•布朗、克拉克•泰瑞及薩克斯風手加農砲•艾德利、班•韋伯斯特等好手贊襄下,讓華盛頓的聲線更能在毫無忌憚下恣意揮灑,蕩氣迴腸的歌聲妙韻傾洩不止,滿載令人嘆為觀止的爵士奔放情懷!...
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Blue Skies |
2. | Bye Bye Blues |
3. | Am I Blue |
4. | Our Love Is Here To Stay |
5. | A Foggy Day (Mono Version) |
6. | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart |
7. | Pennies From Heaven |
8. | Love For Sale |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Lover Come Back To Me |
2. | Alone Together |
3. | Summertime |
4. | Come Rain Or Come Shine |
5. | No More |
6. | I've Got You Under My Skin |
7. | There Is No Greater Love |
8. | You Go To My Head |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | I Get A Kick Out Of You |
2. | Blue Gardenia |
3. | Easy Living |
4. | You Don't Know What Love Is |
5. | This Can't Be Love |
6. | My Old Flame |
7. | I Could Write A Book |
8. | Make The Man Love Me |
9. | Ask A Woman Who Knows |
10. | If I Had You |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | They Didn't Believe Me |
2. | You're Crying |
3. | Makin' Whoopee |
4. | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
5. | But Not For Me |
6. | Caravan |
7. | Perdido |
8. | Never Let Me Go |
9. | Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? |
10. | I'll Close My Eyes |
11. | Somebody Loves Me |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | I Remember You |
2. | I Thought About You |
3. | That's All There Is to That |
4. | I Won't Cry Anymore |
5. | I'm Thru With Love |
6. | Cry Me A River |
7. | What A Diff'rence A Day Makes |
8. | Nothing in the World |
9. | Manhattan |
10. | Time After Time |
11. | It's Magic |
12. | A Sunday Kind Of Love |