(好久不見了,我終於開始動工了,可喜可賀啊!)


Stacey Kent生於1968年3月27日,New Jersey。 

今天介紹的這首"The Ice Hotel",是專輯"早安.幸福"(Breakfast on the morning tram)裡的一首,可以說是她這張專輯裡頭,我最喜歡的。原因為何,也說不上,就是覺得聽來特別讓人覺得分外地輕鬆。希望你們聽了也會喜歡。

對了,這首歌目前進入了國際作曲比賽(International Songwriting Competition)的Final,是開放給大家投票的比賽,如果覺得這首好聽的話,可以幫她去投個票喔,只要輸入你的生日與e-mail就可以投票了,最大的好處,是比賽的每一首曲子,都有開放下載來聽喔,喜歡到處挖掘音樂的人,一定要去哪!網址:http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/

另外,最讓我驚豔的,此張專輯,裡頭有五首是石黑一雄寫的詞,其中一首便是"The Ice Hotel"。石黑一雄是位日裔英國作家,在1989年獲英國「布克獎」,他的著作《長日將盡》曾被翻拍成同名電影。而我曾看過他的《我輩孤雛》,所以當我在Stacey Kent的CD上發現了石黑一雄的名字時,便特別地懷念以及好奇了。

此張是她加入Blue Note的第一張專輯,在此之前她還發行了六張專輯,並且為她贏得了2001年英國爵士音樂獎、2002年BBC最佳爵士演唱獎、2004年小酒館後台獎、2006年最佳爵士專輯等榮耀。 

可能有人會認為她是科班出生的,不過原本她是在紐約Sarah Lawrence College就讀,主修比較文學(Comparative Literature),後來因為有需要而到了歐洲學習法文 德文等,但人生也是因為這樣而不一樣。她曾因為對音樂的興趣,在英國Guidhall School of Music and Drama學習一年的音樂,而她則是在那遇到了現任丈夫Jim Tomlinson,當時他是一位薩克斯風手,在兩人相遇後,Stacey Kent開始了她演唱的生涯,她跟著Jim Tomlinson到處演唱,磨練演唱技巧。後來廣播節目主持人Humphrey Lyttelton發掘了她,讓她開始有了知名度,並且在之後獲得了唱片合約,於1997年發行了個人專輯《Close your eyes》。

此張專輯裡頭,Stacey Kent演唱了多首經典曲目,像是Fleetwood Mac"landslide"與Louis Armstrong"What a wonderful world",不過不用擔心你會聽到熟悉的味道,因為這些曲子都已經被賦予了Stacey Kent的獨特風味。

Stacey Kent不像很多Jazz女歌手擁有很渾厚的聲音,反而是清新 乾淨的音質,也是因為這樣,讓人多聽而不膩,煩悶的心情,遇見了Stacey Kent的聲音,就像聞到了青草,解脫了一般。當然"The Ice Hotel"也是不例外的。 

來聽聽吧。


{The Ice Hotel}



Let's you and me go away to The Ice Hotel 
The Carribean's all booked out 
And that's just as well 
Once I'd have been much keener 
On Barbados or Antigua 
But just now I think the arctic will suit us well 

Let's you and me go away to The Ice Hotel 
They've built it all with ice that's pure and clear 
The sofas, the lobby 
Even the chandelier 
A thermostat guarantees A steady minus five degrees 
What other place could serve our needs so well 
Let's you and me go away to the Ice Hotel 

Romantic places 
Like Verona or Paris 
They'll always lead you astray 
You'd have to be a novice 
To ever trust Venice 
And those dreamy waterways 
And what the tropics can do 
I know only too well 
So, let's you and me go away to the Ice Hotel 

Heavy clothing at all times 
Is the expected norm 
Even candlelight at dinner 
Is considered too dangerously warm 
And when the time comes for us to sleep 
We'll spread out our reindeer fleece 
And curl up together 
On an ice block carved for two 
But then in the morning 
Provided we've made it through… 
We'll step out together 
To watch the sun rise over 
That vast expanse of cold 
And who knows if we're lucky 
We may find ourselves talking 
Of what future may hold 
This is no whim of the moment 
I want you to realize 
Let's go away to that palace made of ice 

Let's you and me go away to the ice hotel 
The Bahamas are all booked out 
And that's just as well 
I don't think we're quite ready 
For Hawaii of Tahiti 
And we will be 
Only time will tell 
Let's you and me go away to The Ice Hotel



*Stacey Kent中文官網:http://staceykent.blog.com.tw/
*Stacey Kent全球官網:http://www.staceykent.com/
*關於石黑一雄Kazuo Ishiguro :
http://www.locuspublishing.com/writer.asp?auId=261
*遇見Stacey Kent:裡頭除了敘述他遇到Stacey Kent的過程,也有她其他專輯的介紹喔!
http://blog.yam.com/giggle_yblog/article/5147903
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