Duke Reid | zh

Before 2012 Duke Dumont was known as a ‘producer’s producer’. He was the name on a 12” record the DJ knew to reach for when he wanted to please the crowd, without them knowing who had constructed the mesmerising sonic confection they were dancing to. In 2012, two EPs on Tiga’s Turbo Recordings (with whom Duke has had a long standing relationship) changed all that. ‘For Club Play Vol. 1 & 2’ offered up sweet ecstatic deep house & UK bass cuts that have united people across the spectrum of music, from early club adopters like Annie Mac, Erol Alkan,...

Irving Sidney Jordan (born April 1st, 1922 in New York City – August 8th, 2006) was an American jazz pianist. An imaginative and gifted pianist, he was also a regular member of Charlie Parker's so-called "classic quintet" (1947-1948), featuring Miles Davis. For example he participated in the Parker Dial Session that produced "Dewey Square", "Bongo Bop", "Bird of Paradise", and the beautiful ballad "Embraceable You". He had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards, after periods accompanying Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His most notable composition, "Jordu", became a jazz standard...

人称“艾灵顿公爵”的Duke Ellington原名爱德华.甘乃迪.艾灵顿(Edward Kennedy Ellington)，1899年生于华盛顿特区，他出身于一个富裕的中产阶级家庭，7岁开始弹奏钢琴，15岁时曾经在冷饮店打工赚点小钱，这时他谱写出第一首曲子，名叫<冷饮机散拍乐>(Soda Fountain Rag)，艾灵顿公爵的少年时期正是散拍乐大为流行的时代，散拍乐是一种由切分节奏构成的音乐，在钢琴上演奏起来，就像是左手跟右手打架一样，非常有趣而且富有活力，在艾灵顿公爵早期作品里经常可以听到散拍音乐的痕迹。 艾灵顿公爵崛起的契机，源于他和他的乐团从1927年开始，在纽约哈林区的棉花俱乐部演出，那段时期他们录制了数十张精彩的唱片，但更重要的是，他们的演出经由现场电台转播到全国，在经济大萧条的年代，艾灵顿公爵的音乐受到全国听众广大的欢迎，也奠定了他日后成为最著名的爵士大乐团领导者的基础。 艾灵顿公爵虽然是钢琴家，但他作曲时却是用整个乐团的角度来思考的，他能够充分地运用各种乐器不同的音色，来组织成一首整体演奏时富有和谐感，独奏部分却又非常杰出的曲子，在排练的过程中，艾灵顿公爵会针对不同乐手演奏时的特性，给予他们特殊的指示，或为他们谱写能够让他们充分发挥特长的乐段，因此艾灵顿公爵所领导的乐团之中，几个特别优秀的乐手，如小号手Bubber Miley、竖笛手Barney Bigard，以及最知名的中音萨克斯风手Johnny Hodges，都留下了许多精彩的录音，成为爵士史上大乐团演奏的典范。 .