★歌舞劇之王佛瑞‧亞斯坦感性傳唱爵士經典曲,搭配錯落有致踢踏舞即興,唱跳俱佳地揮灑出最搖擺的爵士風情
★薩克斯風手菲利‧菲利普、鋼琴手奧斯卡‧彼得森、吉他手巴尼‧基索及低音提琴手雷‧布朗等一流好手跨刀聯演,完美烘托佛瑞‧亞斯坦所流洩之飛舞美聲
「演得不好,唱得不好,額頭太高,但還能跳點舞」曾是一位製作人給予初踏入影壇的佛瑞‧亞斯坦之評語,但原僅為擔任伴舞的他,憑藉著臨時代打登場的優異表現,讓過往因沒有挺拔體格及俊俏外型而被忽略的他突然令人為之驚豔,不僅以一身高禮帽、白襯衫、黑色西裝和手杖的優雅衣著打造出個人鮮明印記,更以一首首深情雋永的情歌傳唱及優雅輕盈的美麗舞步擄獲歌迷及樂迷芳心。亞斯坦既會唱、又會跳、更能演,進而稱雄於三零至五零年代的黑白電影和百老匯歌舞,進而擁有歌舞劇之王的至高美譽,所合作女星包含奧黛麗‧赫本、凱‧湯普森、茱蒂‧嘉蘭及金潔‧羅傑斯更是一時之選,可見他在演藝圈之如日中天地位。本輯為亞斯坦於1952年在製作人諾曼‧葛萊茲旗下所錄製的作品,伴奏樂手如菲利‧菲利普、奧斯卡‧彼得森、巴尼‧基索、雷‧布朗跨刀聯演更是蓬蓽生輝,亞斯坦在專輯中任其感性嗓音隨著搖擺旋律及輕快節奏無盡流洩,美聲迴盪不絕而耳,歌唱之際同時搭配著錯落有致的踢踏舞即興,兩兩交織優雅揮灑,宛若和煦春風陣陣吹拂,舒坦且宜人…….
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Overture. The Astaire Blues |
2. | Isn't This A Lovely Day |
3. | Puttin' On The Ritz |
4. | I Used To Be Color Blind |
5. | The Continental |
6. | Let's Call The Whole Thing Off |
7. | Change Partners |
8. | 'S Wonderful |
9. | Lovely To Look At |
10. | They All Laughed |
11. | Cheek To Cheek |
12. | Steppin' Out With My Baby |
13. | The Way You Look Tonight |
14. | I've Got My Eyes On You |
15. | Dancing In The Dark |
16. | The Carioca |
17. | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
18. | New Sun In The Sky |
19. | I Won't Dance |
20. | Fast Dances (ad lib) |
編號 | 曲名 |
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1. | Intermission. Jam Session For A Dancer |
2. | Top Hat, White Tie And Tails |
3. | No String, I'm Fancy Free |
4. | I Concentrate On You |
5. | I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket |
6. | A Fine Romance |
7. | Night And Day |
8. | Fascinating Rhythm |
9. | I Love Louisa |
10. | They Can't Take That Away From Me |
11. | Medium Dances |
12. | You're Easy To Dance With |
13. | A Needle In A Haystack |
14. | So Near And Yet So Far |
15. | A Foggy Day (In London Town) |
16. | Oh, Lady Be Good! |
17. | Slow Dances (ad lib) |
18. | I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown |
19. | Not My Girl |