Diana Krall 戴安娜·克瑞儿《When I Look In Your Eyes》2002 SACD-DSD-DFF

专辑英文名: When I Look In Your Eyes

专辑中文名: 温柔眼神

歌手: Diana Krall

音乐风格: 爵士

版本: [SACD-R]

发行时间: 2002年11月26日

地区: 美国

语言: 英语

声道: 双声道(Stereo)

资源格式：SACD-DSD-DFF

专辑介绍

       来自加拿大的戴安娜．克瑞儿从四岁开始学习钢琴，受到喜爱爵士乐的祖母影响，从小就跟著唱片哼哼唱唱。十多岁受僱於家乡的一家夜总会在週末做定期表演，让他熟悉许多经典曲目。尔后赢得奖学金前往波士顿百克里音乐学院继续进修。1995年在GRP唱片发行的第一张专辑《相信您的心》(Only Trust Your Heart)就引起爵士乐迷的热烈迴响，位第二张专辑《真心献给你》(All for You)催生。在这张像纳京高致意的作品中，月手的才华与自然的摇摆曲风赢得乐评与听眾的一致青睞，使该辑停留在告示牌的前10名达40週之久，并获得葛莱美奖提名。接著，广受喜爱的《爱情故事》(Love Scenes)在1997年9月出版以来，分别在三个年度坐上告示牌爵士乐第一名的宝座，在加拿大更写下第一个以爵士乐专辑拿到白金唱片的纪录。

新作《温柔眼神》专辑则愈见黛安娜的洗鍊。这是她首次跳脱听眾熟悉的三重奏形式，专辑中有多首编曲大师Johnny Mandel的优雅弦乐，陪衬她聪敏易感的音乐天赋，呈现一种新的亲密聆感。倘若艺术作品反映作者成长轨迹，黛安娜毫无疑问以达成熟圆融的最佳状态。

专辑第一首歌曲"Let’s Face The Music and Dance"最能詮释这种完美组合，Russell Malone的吉他轻巧地滑进Bossa Nova节奏，Mandel的弦乐也自然地顺流而下，改变了Irvin Berlin作品的原貌，是营造音乐情境的杰出作品。三重奏的合作默契在弦乐加入后更表露无遗，像"Easty of the Sun (Water of the Moon)"一曲，吉他与贝斯轻鬆穿梭於琴音间，在弦乐的烘托下轻鬆挥洒即兴趣味。

新专辑也记录了女歌手的嫵媚姿采，如充满情挑意味的"Do It Again"，或是全是拉丁爵士乐名家Michael Frank名曲"Popsicle Toes"的淘气表现，都是她日形收放自如的证明。专辑特别收录的"Why Should I Care"一曲为热爱爵士乐的克林伊斯威特在新片《迫切的任务》当中的片尾曲。该曲不仅由伊斯威特本人创作，意味深长的词句中展现克瑞儿独有的抒情面貌，让人爱不释手。

Description

With this CD, the young Canadian singer/pianist/arranger joins forces with producer Tommy LiPuma, who places his orchestral stamp on eight of the 13 tracks. It is the latest attempt to push Krall to an even wider pop/smooth jazz audience than she already enjoys. After all, Nat Cole, Wes Montgomery, and George Benson, among others, went this route. Wonder if she'd agree the cuts sans strings were more fun and challenging? Krall does get to it with central help from bassists John Clayton and Ben Wolfe, drummers Jeff Hamilton and Lewis Nash, and guitarist Russell Malone, all stellar players. Krall's voice is sweet and sexy. She's also flexible within her range and at times a bit kitschy, mostly the hopeless romantic. On this CD of love songs, it's clear she's cool but very much in love with this music. Bob Dorough's "Devil May Care" and the insistent "Best Thing for You" really click. Favorites are a decent Shearing-esque "Let's Fall in Love" with vibist Larry Bunker; a suave slow bossa on the opening number, "Let's Face the Music"; the lusher-than-lush title track; and especially an incredible horn-fired fanfare intro/outro on the hip "Pick Yourself Up." Some might call this fluff or mush, but it depends solely on your personal taste. This will certainly appeal to Krall's fans, lovers, and lovers at heart. [When I Look in Your Eyes was also made available in a DVD-Audio version with a bonus track.] Michael G. Nastos.

专辑曲目

01. Let's Face the Music and Dance

02. Devil May Care

03. Let's Fall in Love

04. When I Look in your Eyes

05. Popsicle Toes

06. I've Got You Under my Skin

07. I Can't Give you Anything but Love

08. I'll String Along with You

09. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon

10. Pick Yourself Up

11. Best Thing For You

12. Do it Again

13. Why Should I Care