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Sea Shells

表演者: Peggy Lee

专辑类型: 专辑/iTunes Plus AAC

介质: 数字(Digital)

发行时间: 1958

唱片数: 1

出版者: Hallmark

专辑简介

详见http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sea-shells/id346305513
　　是我在Itunes Store里无意间遇到的一张录音，它更像民谣，融合了女声，民歌和清脆的乐器，我觉得很好的体现了Peggy Lee的声音特色。此外此张录音融合了大量中国古典诗歌元素，使曲目从其他爵士录音中脱颖而出，清新别有味道。
　　下面引用last.fm上一个会员的留言：
　　1969SL 说： This have to be my all-time favourite Peggy Lee album,I just wrote a review on http://rateyourmusic.com/ today about it. Its magnificent step away from usual Gershwins/Cole Porter stuff and of course it was big artistic challenge for Peggy Lee at the time when other singer were recording pop jingles.She was big star and could afford to record whatever she wanted,in this case collection of chinese poetry backed with only harp and harpsichord,truly beautiful album from the first to the last note.
　　Peggy Lee returned to Capitol Records in 1957 after a five-year stretch at Decca Records, but it wasn't until 1958 that Decca got around to releasing Sea Shells, an LP she had recorded during her tenure with the label. That the recording sat on the shelf for a while is not surprising given the contents, which make it Lee's most unusual album. Accompanied only by harp player Stella Castellucci and harpsichordist Gene DiNovi, she essays a group of art songs and Chinese poetry (thankfully translated into English) on this thoughtful, esoteric project. On several tracks ("Greensleeves," the Lee-composed "The Happy Monks," Debussy's "The Maid with the Flaxen Hair," "Chaconde"), the instrumentalists are on their own with no participation from the singer. Lee ventures into children's fare ("I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard") and Irish music ("The Wearing of the Green"), but throughout, she maintains a calm demeanor and sings or speaks with precise articulation, reflecting on philosophical and metaphysical concerns. All of that is fine, of course, as long as the potential buyer is aware of the approach. Decca may have finally issued the disc in hopes of getting some sales simply on Lee's name, but nobody should pick this one up expecting to hear anything in the vein of "Ma?ana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" or "Lover."
　　神秘的、磁性的、深邃的、俏皮的……佩吉.李（Peggy Lee）是20世纪40年代班尼.古德曼大乐队旗下的当红女星。她的歌声盛满了迷人缱绻的百变风情，俨然已成为美国爵士及流行乐坛最具代表性的女声之一。
　　佩吉4岁丧母，他从小便喜欢听贝西爵士的音乐，14岁时便在当地电台节目中初试啼声。天生丽质的佩吉曾先后两次前往好莱坞寻找机会，然而最终都是怅怅而归。他跟随一支爵士乐团在美国各地演出，1941年在芝加哥的夜总会里被班尼,古德曼发现。之后，佩吉的歌声便一路在流行乐坛大方光芒，和班尼.古德曼合作的《How Deep Is the Oecean》、《How Long Has This Been Going On》、《My Old Flame》等乐曲曾风行一时。1943年，佩吉嫁给吉他手Dave Barbour，离开了班尼.古德曼的大乐队。仅仅一年时间，不干于平坦生活的她重返歌坛，与弗兰克.西纳特拉、班尼.卡特、昆西.琼斯等人合作推出了许多脍炙人口的名曲。1963年，她与Dave Barbour分手，但仍然维持着朋友关系。
　　佩吉思想开放，勇于探索，自60年代末期起，她的作品越来越多地呈现出摇滚风味。佩吉的晚年被疾病所苦，但直至90年代初期，她的身影仍时常活跃在舞台上。

曲目

1. Sea Fever
2. Nine Thorny Thickets
3. Little Old Car
4. Greensleeves
5. Chinese Love Poems : The Fisherman :Autumn Evening
6. The Happy Monks
7. The White Birch and the Sycamore
8. Of Such Is the Kingdom of God
9. A Brown Bird Singing
10. I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard
11. The Maid With the Flaxen Hair
12. The Wearing of the Green
13. Chaconde
14. Chinese Love Poems : Going Rowing : Like the Moon : The Musicians
15. The Riddle Song
16. The Gold Wedding Ring

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