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中文名称:精彩绝伦的爵士现场录音
英文名称:Live(and very plugged in)
版本:2CD 分轨[FLAC]
发行时间:2003年
专辑歌手:
Dave Weckl Band地区:美国
简介:
专辑介绍:JAZZ 精彩绝伦
美国打击乐大师现场演奏专辑
沉稳的鼓点奏出雷厉风行之节
精湛技巧和绝佳风范谱出经典鉅作
虽然是爵士鼓为主题,但是完全没有喧宾夺主的意思,鼓与低音萨克斯以及其他乐器完全融为一体。
现场的录音效果完美无暇,气氛更是令人兴奋。
用一个字来形容这张专辑那就是:WOW !!
曾任 Chick Corea 当家鼓手
双片超值装全长 120 分鐘
Dave Weckl 於 1960 年 1 月 8 日在美国密苏里州 圣路易市 出生。母亲是个音乐爱好者,父亲以弹钢琴为嗜好,因此培养出 Dave Weckl 从小对音乐产生兴趣, 特别是爵士乐及灵魂乐。 他在 8 岁时开始打鼓,此时所听的唱片是鼓王前辈 Buddy Rich 的音乐, 中学时期由於他的出色表演,获得很多由 NAJE (National Association of Jazz Educators) 颁发的奖项。同时在跟随 Bob Matheny 及 Joe Buerger 学鼓期间, 也参与很多本地乐队的表演。
19 岁时 Dave 搬到美国东岸,在 Bridgeport 大学主修爵士乐,之后前往纽约发展,并与不同的乐队到欧洲国家巡迴演出。更加入 Nitesprite 乐团,受到不同音乐家的极力推崇 , 如 Steve Kahn 、 Michael Brecker ,更得到 Peter Erskine 的引荐 , 开始参与 French Toast 的演出,乐队裹还有钢琴手 Michel Camilo 及贝司手 Anthony Jackson 。 80 年代初期他开始与 Bill Connors 、 the Brecker Brothers 、 Tania Maria 、 Paquito D'Rivera 、 Eliane Elias 和 George Benson 等艺人合作。也参与流行歌手及灵魂乐歌手的专辑製作,包括 Diana Ross, Madonna 和 Robert Plant 。 1985 年 Chick Corea 正筹组其新乐队 “ The Elektric Band ” ,并邀请 Dave Weckl 作为乐队中的鼓手。在往后七年与 “ Elektric ” 及 “ Akoustic ” 乐队的合作中,共录製了九张专辑及三张现场演出,并赢得了葛莱美奖。在 The Elektric Band 表演中,他引人入胜及革新结合电子鼓及爵士鼓的技术,使得获得世界各地鼓手的认同。作为一个鼓手演奏家,他也製作九张个人专辑,包括 Masterplan 、 Heads Up 、 Hardwired ,也包括了与 Dave Weckl Band 合作的 Perpetual Motion 、 Transition 、 The Zone 、 Synergy 及 Rhythm of the Soul 等等。
现今乐团大都以主唱为其焦点甚至以主唱的名字为团名,但 Dave Weckl 以鼓手的身份领导他的乐团 Dave Weckl's Band 在世界各地巡回表演,创下一流票房及绝佳乐评。 Dave Weckl 每年也会到不同国家,举行演示交流讲座, 2005 年 5 月他首次踏足台湾,於 台北县新庄文化艺术中心 举行一场讲座,与各位音乐爱好者分享自己的演出经验及学习心得。大师近乎完美的高超技艺 , 为全体乐友带来一种全新的视觉与听觉衝击。
天王级鼓手Dave Weckl 2003年发表之现场演奏专辑。亚马逊网站4颗半星高评价。
Dave Weckl (drums, percussion)
Brandon Fields (tenor saxophone)
Gary Meek (saxophone)
Jerry Hey,Gary Grant (trumpet)
Bill Reichenbach (trombone)
Steve Weingart (keyboards)
Tom Kennedy (electric bass)
Dave Weckl Band - “Live (And Very Plugged In)” - Jazz Review
by John Kelman
Drummer-led ensembles seem to gravitate towards two disparate concepts. First there is the idea of promoting the ensemble and compositions, “music over chops”; leaders including Peter Erskine, Jack DeJohnette and Edward Vesala fit comfortably into this category. On the other hand there are drummers who, while not intending to draw attention away from a group sound, place the drums and technique front and centre. Ralph Peterson and, more specifically, Dave Weckl fall strongly into this camp. This is not to imply anything negative about the second approach; it merely puts the artists and their work into a context. Weckl, with his latest release, Live (And Very Plugged In) offers up an appealing fusion record that will be of most interest to listeners who are looking for dazzling virtuosity; pyrotechnic instrumental ability is one thing each and every member of this ensemble is capable of, and they deliver it in spades.
With material culled mainly from his last two studio releases, Perpetual Motion and Transition Weckl, with keyboardist Steve Weingart, bassist Tom Kennedy and newcomer Gary Meek on saxophones, went into the Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood just before Christmas of 2002 to show what this now-established band could do in a live situation. The result is a high octane two-CD set that sees Weckl and Kennedy, who have been playing together for over five years now, underpinning a set of material that covers a broad spectrum, from the relatively straight-ahead “Just for the Record” to the Brazilian “Tiempo De Festival” to the fusiony funk of “Wake Up” to the Weather Report-like ballad, “Oasis”.
While every member of the band gets a chance to stretch out, this is clearly Weckl and Kennedy’s show. Even during solos by Weingart and Meek, it is the rhythm section which seems to dominate. This is a mixed blessing; Weckl and Kennedy clearly have the chops and ideas to keep things interesting throughout, but a little more sense of space would create a dynamic flow that would allow the listener the chance to breathe. Sometimes one is left with the feeling that there is too much interest in seeing how much can be crammed into small musical spaces.
Still, Live (And Very Plugged In) captures the Dave Weckl Band in an inspired mood. Meek takes an impassioned soprano solo on “Crossing Paths”; and Weingart and Meek turn up the heat during an extended trade-off on “Mesmer-Eyes”. All the while Weckl and Kennedy keep things bubbling underneath.
While a little attention to space would be worthwhile, it is clear that Weckl and his band are developing a chemistry that makes for an exciting band. Fans of high energy fusion could do far worse than spend time with Live (And Very Plugged In); the songs are hot; the playing hotter. Weckl is clearly better off with a consistent band than he is doing the “Weckl and Friends” projects that marked the earlier phase of his career. By cultivating a group sound, Weckl is turning into the leader that fans always knew he could be.
~ review reposted courtesy of Jazz Review.com and John Kelman
Recorded live at Catalina Bar & Grill, Los Angeles, California in December 2002.
专辑曲目:
Disc 101. Wake Up
02. Braziluba
03. Mesmer-Eyes
04. Oasis Listen Listen
05. Crossing Paths
06. Hesitation (Sax/Drum Intro)
07. The Chicken
Disc 201. Toby's Blues
02. Just For The Record
03. Rhythm-A-Ning (Bass/Drum Duet)
04. Cultural Concurrence Listen Listen
05. Tiempo De Festival