The Satchmo Legacy
- 艺人
- Benny Bailey
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- 星外星音乐
- 发行时间
- 2005年01月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
“Satchmo”（大嘴先生）是“爵士乐之父”路易斯·阿姆斯特朗（Louis Armstrong，1901-1971）的绰号。2000年，即这位爵士泰斗的百年诞辰到来的前一年，爵士小号大师Benny Bailey（1925-2005）录制了这张令人耳目一新的录音，以表达对大嘴先生的敬意。令人钦佩的是，当年一起合作演奏的一批美国乐手，都是年近古稀的爵士老将——贝利75岁；钢琴手John Bunch（1921-2010）79岁；吉他手Bucky Pizzarelli（1926-）74岁；鼓手Grady Tate（1932-）68岁，就是当时最年轻的贝斯手Jay Leonhart（1940-）也60岁高龄了。我们在专辑中听到了一种精神——对爵士乐的坚持。正是这种精神让这些爵士老将在古稀之年还能焕发生机，而这种精神也正是他们所敬重的大嘴先生一生所秉持的。
Although Louis Armstrong did not invent jazz, he shaped its language in such an extensive way that it would be hard to imagine how jazz might have developed without him. There is not a single jazz musician today who does not make daily use of something invented by Louis Armstrong. Yet "Satchmo" (as he was called with affection by his many admirers) did not only change the music but American society as a whole. He was the first to break many race borders in diverse parts and aspects of American life - thus becoming a symbol of the American century everywhere in the world: Ambassador Satch. In Dizzy Gillespie's words: "If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be any of us."
On the occasion of Louis Armstrong's upcoming 100th birthday (on August 4, 2001, not - as many still claim - on July 4, 2000), living trumpet legend Benny Bailey delivers an outstanding and refreshingly relaxed tribute to Satchmo's legacy. "It was the young Satchmo who was to lead the way out of darkness to a radiant new world," says Bailey. "He had the magic, he had all the answers, and it came with such effortless ease. I came up at the time when Dizzy and Bird were all the rage. But Pops still knocked me out." One of the last great trumpet giants and an original stylist, Benny Bailey started as a sideman with the orchestras of Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton back in the forties. Since half a century he has been living and working mostly in Europe playing with such as Quincy Jones, Eric Dolphy, Dexter Gordon, Eddie Harris, Sarah Vaughan, and Les McCann. For his latest recording, 75-year-old Bailey joined some of the most tasteful and versatile players in the traditional vein like ex-Goodman veterans John Bunch (79 years) and Bucky Pizzarelli (74 years). The result is a positive and mature tribute to Satchmo that radiates the power, humor, warmth and spirit of Armstrong's music without imitating his recordings. Says Bailey: "I have been wanting to do something like this project for some years now. I for one have become much richer jazzically and added the essential depth to my musical repertoire that I was looking for. Thanks, Pops." - Thanks, Benny.
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