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2009年04月11日

THE CODONA TRILOGY / don cherry, nana vasconcelos and collin Walcott




Pure wizardry. The art of the improvisers beyond all borders. Preaching equality for all the idioms, anticipating the gathering wave of “world music”, drawing on traditions from all the continents, Codona was like no other band. Its sound: simultaneously poetic and powerfully evocative and stamped, in every second, with character. Summoned into being by Collin Walcott in 1978, the trio provided an utterly original context for Don Cherry’s starkly melodic trumpet and for the multi-instrumentalism of all three players. This 3-CD box incorporates the albums Codona (recorded 1978), Codona 2 (1980) and Codona 3 (1982).




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2009年04月1日

ECM touchtones經典系列:OREGON同名專輯


First ECM date for the Oregon quartet , pioneer band in the trans-cultural zone, in the original line-up with Ralph Towner, Collin Walcott, Paul McCandless and Glen Moore.


OREGON QUARTET 1983
年於ECM 旗下發行的首張專輯,四位樂手以多種樂器溶合演奏,包括Ralph Towner 演奏鋼琴、合成器、古典結他及十二弦結他,Paul McCandless 演奏色士風、雙簧管、低音單簧管、英國管等各種木管樂器,Collin Walcott負責敲擊樂、印度西塔琴、聲樂部份等,而Glen Moore 則演出中提琴,低音大提琴等。四位大師在各種樂器的演奏上都獨當一面,風格涵蓋古典樂、爵士樂、80年代的電子音樂、印度音樂,在學院派及新派電子樂上的基礎上交織出嶄新的溶合風格。




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LIFE IN LEIPZIG / ketil bjornstad、terje rypdal




Ketil Bjornstad,集鋼琴手、作曲家、詩人及作家等多重角色於一身,自幼即接受嚴格的古典音樂教育,流露溫文儒雅的人文質感與深沈自省的內在思維,後受邁爾戴維斯演奏啟迪轉而投向爵士樂懷抱,無論是獨奏、器樂重奏或是與人聲的搭配,他淡雅幽深的琴聲堆疊總能匯集成最醇美無瑕的即興詩篇;Terje Rypdal,挪威當代融合爵士吉他之神,搖滾、前衛爵士到歐洲學院派交響曲皆出入自如,獨特的電吉他長音,境界深遠旋律曲折。二人早年曾聯同Jon ChristensenDavid Daring合組海洋四重奏,留下對北歐海洋最深邃而沈靜的音樂想像,至今依然令人難忘!。只可惜四位獨當一面的樂人很難維持長久的合作關係,不過Ketil BjornstadTerje Rypdal99年即開始探索以鋼琴搭配電吉他的二重奏編制,最近聆聽去年出版的《Life in Leipzig》,收錄的正是2005年兩人參與德國廣播電臺(MDR),在萊比錫的歌劇院舉行的現場音樂會實況。這不但是BjornstadECM的第一張現場音樂會錄音,也是他在ECM近十年來的最新專輯。


音樂內容上,多取材於
BjornstadRypdal的獨奏與合奏舊作,也有新譜寫的"Le Manfred"等,不過爵士樂迷人的地方在於樂人在既有旋律上如何進行即興演奏,也見證著彼此的演奏功力、即興樂思與默契互動,Bjornstad以一連串像是渾沌不明的低音作開場白,Rypdal撕裂人心的聲響,就在蘊含萬物的汪洋中,順勢爆發開來。誠如Bjornstad自己所言,這次的演出呈現出Bjornstad不同與以往的一面,或許是Rypdal的強烈衝擊,讓他更剛猛。即使是難以駕馭的貝森朵夫鋼琴,都讓Bjornstad榨出如金屬爆裂般穿透力的音色,呈現出有別於以往的音樂肌理,荒涼之美、難忘旋律與戲劇性不協和音卻奇蹟般地和諧並置,令人回味再三。





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IMPERMANENCE / meredith monk



Meredith Monk為美國一代跨域藝術家﹐她不但是歌唱家、編舞家與作曲家﹐也是導演、製片兼演員。自發表Mashi後隔了6 年﹐此乃Meredith Monk的最新作Impermanence。她擅於將自身的嗓音當作樂器、甚至是一種武器﹐打破所有的樂種疆界﹐並以女性的角度出發﹐試圖理解出生、死亡、家庭與記憶在人的一生中扮演的角色﹐這些不斷循環的命題﹐是否也擁有相似之處或可預測性?作品對永恆的存在與否﹐提出質疑與辯證。專輯中彷彿飄渺於充滿霧氣森林的鋼琴彈奏﹐孤寂呻吟的小提琴聲﹐還有低調、靈性的聲樂組合﹐湊出一種詭譎、虛渺、冷酷的寂靜氛圍﹐令聽者迷失在深邃霧氣的森林中。


 “Impermanence” is a non-narrative musical meditation on the themes of death, loss and the fragility of human life, “done with Monk’s inimitable brand of voluptuous sparseness” (San Francisco Chronicle). “In a way, making a piece ‘about’ Impermanence is an impossible task”, writes Meredith Monk in her booklet note. “One can only brush upon aspects of it; conjure up the sensation that everything is in flux, everything constantly changes, we can’t hold onto anything …” The overall tone in “Impermanence” is melancholic and contemplative although in pieces like “particular dance” the album also finds room for exuberance and light-hearted humour. Another important work from the composer and highly influential pioneer of extended vocal technique.



延伸閱讀:Meredith Monk: Of Posterity and 'Impermanence' By Lara Pellegrinelli


Impermanence演出片段



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2009年03月30日

DISTANCES / norma winstone



看一下今年格林美最佳爵士演唱專輯入圍名單,五名入圍者中出現兩位英國女歌手的名字,一位是近幾年走紅,曾來澳演出的Stacey Kent;不過我更想談談另一位入圍的"資深" 英國女歌手Norma Winstone,沒有亮麗的外表與包裝,始終如一的獨特吟唱風格,已經六十七歲的她絕對是近四十年來最重要的英國爵士樂/即興女歌手,她憑去年在ECM出版的《Distances》入圍,不管會不會得獎,Norma Winstone的聲音恐怕已經不需要獎項來證明,她早已經是國寶!


從六零年代後期在
Ronnie Scott'俱樂部與美國傳奇爵士管樂手Roland Kirk同台引起注意,從演唱爵士經典曲到投入歐陸前衛即興音樂運動,與Mike WestbrookJohn SurmanKenny Wheeler、還有她丈夫John Taylor等共同帶動一波英國前衛音樂新浪潮,並與後兩者組成Azimuth,於德國新音樂廠牌ECM先後出版了五張專輯,至今依然讓人回味無窮,她們從爵士樂與低限音樂之間開拓出全新的音樂世界,影響不少後來者,也讓世人見識到Winstone寂靜深沈的人聲演繹。


多年來
Winstone還是安靜而堅定地走她不落俗套的音樂之路,與不同世代、背景、風格的音樂人合作,《Distances》是她與德國管樂演奏家Klaus Gesing和意大利鋼琴家Glauco Venier,繼2002年《Chamber Music》後的第二次合作,也是她離開ECM十年後的再度合作,聆聽Winstone的樂趣除了她別具一格的疏離演唱風格,還有她廣泛涉獵不同音樂文化後的新鮮詮釋,這回不管是沙堤、柏索里尼、加勒比海即興諷刺歌(calypsoPeter GabrielCole PorterJohn Coltrane,看起來風馬牛不太相關的元素,Winstone以她豐富的才情把一切融化成自我風格,在爵詩與留白間遊刃韻動,冷靜、游離而純粹,品味獨具。


Norma Winstone, England’s finest jazz vocalist, returns with a trio featuring German reedman Klaus Gesing and Italian pianist Glauco Venier (both of whom make their ECM debuts here) and a superb programme that takes in songs from Cole Porter to Peter Gabriel, a free calypso, a tribute to Coltrane, adaptations of Satie, folk songs, Pasolini and more and flows like an extended suite. Winstone’s lyrics reveal a real poetic sensibility, and both Gesing and Venier are fine jazz composers who put their considerable instrumental skills in the service of the songs. The result: a unique and special group language and one of the season’s outstanding recordings.




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ECM touchtones經典系列:KULTRUM / dino saluzzi




This album is part of the ECM TOUCHSTONES series: Great music and full-dimensional sound at download price, in cardboard covers with original artwork* Dino Saluzzi's stunning debut for ECM is a thoroughly modern, solo tour-de-force tracing an "imaginary return" to the villages of his childhood, rooted in melody, simplicity and the folk traditions of Argentina. "Though it was Astor Piazzolla who sparked a revival of interest in the bandoneon and accordion, it has been Dino Saluzzi who has performed some of the most significant new music on an instrument that has always held a fascination for the avant-garde...Kultrum is well worth hearing and sets the agenda for what is to be a whole life's work." - Penguin Guide to Jazz / "Endlessly inventive."





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2009年03月17日

CARTOGRAPHY / arve henriksen


近年來受到世人絕對讚賞的挪威小號手Arve Henriksen,巧妙且靈活的把玩古典、爵士、世界音樂、甚至是環境音樂(ambient),輕易地揮灑出實驗性強烈的空間脈動。不輕易得到滿足的他於2008年發行的 「地圖」(Cartography)專輯中,大量運用不同聲響的樂器、電子合成音效,空靈冥幻的人聲背景,醞染出東方氣息濃厚的神秘色彩,截止目前,我們已經無法將Arve Henriksen這位音樂天才譜出的異次元音樂有所歸類及定位。 灰暗憂愁的情緒張力,不難在曲目1Poverty And Its Opposite』中發現,Arve Henriksen那電子液態化的小喇叭音效、敲擊樂手Audun Kleive無法預測的擊奏有如水滴般的音效、電子聲控師Jan Bang營造出無法估測的孤傲之感,寬廣遼闊的哀絕大地,揮別出極大沉痛的哭喊,賦予我們在追求心靈探索的旅途中有著無限的想像空間。空靈飄渺的人聲音牆,電子波動脈衝波濤洶湧地撲面而來,曲目6Recording Angel』再次震懾了汲汲於世俗之物的人們,長達6分鐘樂音徹底洗滌我們的五臟六腑,Arve Henriksen再次奏出淒絕寂靜的哀慟之音,對於有著太多人生包袱的我們來說,聆聽著天靈蒼寂的深沉樂音,是種解脫,也該是卸下軀殼的累贅,真誠地看待我們那受到無比煎熬的靈魂了。

 



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DUST OF TIME / eleni karaindrou



相遇、重逢與分離,複雜地情緒與回憶編織出迴盪人心的經典鉅作,這是希臘大導 安哲羅普洛斯(Theo Angelopoulos)的一貫堅持的拍片態度,而長期與之相輔相成的配樂家 依蓮妮卡蘭德若(Eleni Karaindrou)在新片《歲月風塵》(Dust of Time)中依舊維持極高水準的編曲與錄音品質,在這與安哲羅普洛斯合作的第八部電影配樂中,她更進一步地將事物的本質、表面和激烈震盪的聲音捉住,強調出色彩混合與永恆的懷念之感,構成了如同調色板上顏料融合之微妙平衡力道。 由憂愁善感的小提琴妮妮道來、輔以純淨無暇的豎琴伴奏,曲目5Waltz by the River』清晰地描繪出河岸旁的優雅景色;而有著回聲結構的共鳴腔體,一種獨特的聲響厚度,是以手風琴的流暢優閒地彈奏出來,整體呈現出飄逸、自然又於愉悅的幽情氣息。 牽引出絕對性地哀慟、孤高的絕美篇章,曲目10Memories from Siberia』,彷彿在哭鳴的大提琴與法國號演奏,靈活地勾畫了主角過往在寒冷的西伯利亞之回憶;依蓮妮卡蘭德若出色之處便在於此,「一切盡在不言中」的超然詮釋功力,巧妙地運用每種樂器的個性與定位,成功的襯托出安哲羅普洛斯所需要的哀傷氛圍。




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2009年03月14日

Alina/ arvo pärt


關於愛沙尼亞當代最重要作曲家Arvo Part中文介紹:

 

There have been other recordings of "Für Alina" and "Spiegel im Spiegel" but none like those on this disc, realized with the participation of the composer. Here Pärt, aided by exceptional interpreters, revisits those seminally important compositions which marked the birth of a new, "prismatic" period in his work, establishing a link between compositions embodying the fundamental traits of the "tintinnabuli style."

Three interpretations of the duet 'Spiegel im Spiegel' (Mirror in the Mirror), for violin or cello and piano, become "formal pillars positioned before, between and after two solo renderings of 'Für Alina'", the latter performed with interpretive freedom by Alexander Malter.


Arvo Part - Fur Alina


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2009年03月4日

LIVE AT BELLEVILLE / arild andersen





挪威低音大提琴手Arild AndersenECM近四十年的音樂生涯中從未間斷在六十年代末至今先後與Jan GarbarekPaul Bley ECM元老級樂手合作。然而Arild Andersen的樂風並不曾停留,去年他與在1979年移居挪威的意大利爵士鼓手Paolo Vinaccia、及來自蘇格蘭的樂團指揮兼色士風教師Tommy Smith組成三重奏,完成這張《Live at Belleville》,三人首度合作,以自由爵士貫穿整張專輯,Arild Andersen 低音大提琴及 live electronics作主導,配合Paolo Vinaccia層次豐富的鼓點節拍,及Tommy Smith的次中音色士風狂野與溫柔並存之音色,除三首原創的曲目外,他們亦重新演繹Duke Ellington的名曲”Prelude to a Kiss”在這奧斯陸的「美麗俱樂部」中綻放迴響。


Live recording of Arild Andersen’s exciting new trio, playing in Oslo’s Belleville club and at the Drammen Theatre, spurred on by an enthusiastic crowd. Apart from Duke Ellington’s “Prelude To A Kiss”, played with much feeling by Tommy Smith, the music is all written by Andersen, and it burns. “Live At Belleville” may be Arild’s most powerful trio recording since “Triptykon” with Garbarek and Vesala, back in 1972.


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