专辑名称:Joyful 专辑艺人:Bobby Lyle 发行公司:Lightyear Records 发行时间:2002年11月19日 专辑风格:Smooth Jazz 资源品质:MP3 320kbps 136M Amazon.com: ★★★★★
在美国有很多音乐家都是全才,要么可以非常熟练的掌握两种以上的乐器,要么 就是演奏,混音以及制作都可以一人独立完成。用超级全才形容黑人钢琴家Bobby Lyle一点都不为过,他的钢琴技艺先放在一边稍候再说,他还是一个非常出色的 制作人、编曲人、音乐发行人、乐团领袖、音乐艺术指导等等。再说他的钢琴, Bobby Lyle曾经在他的音乐生涯中一直是以演奏传统爵士为主,Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans以及风琴演奏家Jimmy Smith都很大程度的影响了他。随后他又开始跟 随象George Benson这样的商业流行爵士的开拓先锋,而开始了自己的现代爵士之旅。
Bobby Lyle六岁时跟他在教堂里弹奏风琴的母亲学习钢琴,中学时学习过一段时间 的单簧管,后又回到钢琴上。据他自己而言,早期受到过Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner等人的影响。1964年起,把音乐作为他的职业, 在George Benson, Phyllis Hyman和Esteher Phillips 等人的录音中,他也曾经被 邀请参加演出。在八十年代初,和George Benson一起巡回演出,并成为了Bette Midler的音乐指导,也曾经担任过Anita Baker的监制。
This master of the elegant funk tune launched a promising solo career in the late '70s, long before the term smooth jazz was coined, then hit again in the late '80s and early '90s with a series of hits on Atlantic. Bobby Lyle has been out of the loop in that radio format for a few years, but pianist/Three Keys Music founder Marcus Johnson -- a big fan from childhood -- had the insight to sign the versatile Lyle on to help launch his new label of music best described as metropolitan smooth. No doubt Lyle's old fan base would he come out of the woodwork to support a recording with 13 fresh tracks that range from radio friendly to wild, jamming, and improvisational, but a little big-name support couldn't hurt. Fortunately, Lyle doesn't let his popular cohorts overshadow the melodic foundations of his keyboards and acoustic piano. He enjoys doubling with Norman Brown's crisp guitar licks on the easy funk of Give Me Your Heart, then going to the high for a few extra notes. The song plays like a laid-back conversation between old pals. Rain Walkin is a bright and bouncy retro-soul piece that also plays like happy chatter between Lyle's catchy melody and Peter White's responsive acoustic guitar harmony. Lyle jumps squarely into the new millennium groovewise on the chunky Spankin, whose melody harks back to his early days via Fender Rhodes. He plays all the verses, then joins with Rick Braun's trumpet and Gerald Albright's sax for a jamming, percussive chorus. The same trio effect works well on the more lighthearted acoustic piano jaunt Millennium Dance, which features a unique call and response by Lyle's own high- and low- lines. Not that he needs cover tunes, but his take on Sade's Sweetest Taboo is fairly sensual, though less thoughtful than How Do You Keep the Music Playing? Bridging today's pop scene with his own history (his 1977 debut was called The Genie), he can't resist a feisty, blues-drenched romp through Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle, featuring a few bars of Middle Eastern exotica and Everette Harp on sax and EWI. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
01 You And I (04:53) 02 Give Me Your Heart (04:27) 03 Sweetest Taboo (04:57) 04 Rain Walkin (05:17) 05 Don't Make Me Wait (04:50) 06 Genie In A Bottle (05:22) 07 Spankin (04:30) 08 Caught Up (featuring Howard Hewitt) (05:11) 09 I Love Your Smile (03:55) 10 Millennium Dance (04:51) 11 T.S.F. (04:30) 12 Midnight (04:20) 13 How Do You Keep The Music Playing? (03:22)