Nat King Cole 纳京高 - 爵士钢琴家及最伟大的男歌手

zmzhu

Nat King Cole，毫无疑问，他才是我最最最喜欢的男歌手。听了20年歌，古典的不算，Nat King Cole应该是最会唱歌的男歌手了，论嗓音，论台风，登峰造极，没人能和他比。说实话，我还没听过他的钢琴，我只收集他的歌唱专辑，也还没收全，实在太多了，首首都是金曲。不听Nat King Cole的歌将会是一生的遗憾，不用发烧机听Nat King Cole，也是一生的遗憾，女孩子不听Nat King Cole唱的情歌，更是一生的遗憾。


（转帖）Nat King Cole，1917年出生於蒙哥马利，而成长於芝加哥。12岁便於教堂弹奏钢琴并演唱，1963年开始与人合作，组成自己大受欢迎的爵士三重奏。亦成为日後诸如Art Tatum、Oscar Peterson等三重奏的学习范本，影响甚远。40年代中期，Nat King Cole在卓越钢琴技巧之外拓展歌唱事业，丝绒般温暖厚实的嗓音，迅速虏获听众的心，中慢版抒情的曲调叫人难以抗拒沈醉其中。50年初，一首Mona Lisa夺下冠军，改变Nat King Cole的一生，从此他的名声远播，跨界至流行乐领域，也奠定他伟大爵士乐歌手身份。除了歌唱事业以外，Nat King Cole更拥有个人电视节目St. Louis Blue，对当时仍嫌保守的美国人而言，在节目找不到贊助厂商的情况下，Nat King Cole的表现是黑人族的第一人，其音乐成就无庸置疑，时代意义更是永垂不朽。


    鲜有人能同时扬名於两个领域，Nat King Cole一首首称霸流行榜的浪漫情歌并未使Nat King Cole忘怀自专的爵士根基。虽然Nat King Cole已於1965年因肺癌过世，享年只47岁，然而其身後追封的终身成就奖及企鹅爵士指南的推崇，还有至今早已逾5000万张的唱片销售成绩，再次证明了他对当代美国文化的贡献。在这张2000最新发行的精选辑中，收录了12首Nat King Cole在1950年至1962年间大家耳熟能详的作品，可说是将他璀璨的歌唱生涯，作了一个最佳的回顾。深长的情感，令人对这位乐坛的传奇永志难忘。


    Nat King Cole是情歌史上最杰出的男性之一，只有Frank Sinatra,Bing Crosby和Billy Eckstine的嗓音能与之相提并论。他发自内心的对歌曲的演绎方式绝对是独一无二的，他谱的乐句无与伦比，表演技能那么的娴熟，在理解和表达美国乐曲方面， Nat达到了一个与众不同、高人一等的大师境界。在不到三十年的娱乐生涯里，Nat丰富了“音乐”一词的内涵；建立了Capitol Records；为后来的黑人艺员托出了一条珍贵的事业之路。尽管那时他已是炙手可热的新星，愿意接纳一个黑人作表演的饭店和宾馆还是少之又少，实际上他仅在可怜的一家作过表演。一张张拒绝的面孔上写满了傲慢与偏见，但Nat还是克服过来了。他早年在拉斯韦加斯的成功演出冲破了肤色的界线，后来在电视中的演出更为黑人演艺员打开了成功之门。这个演唱专辑统领排行榜、横跨各种乐风的全能艺人还一直在不断地取得突破，Nat把能做得都作了！他与制作人Nelson Riddle取得的巨大成功连Sinatra的作品文案引言中都曾提到过。Cole和Riddle1953年还创作了第一章概念性专辑‘Sings for Two in Love'，Sinatra的大做‘Songs for Young Lover’（也是和Nelson Riddle一起完成的）虽然一直被认作首张概念专辑，实际上却比前者要晚上几个月。在死后的三十五年里，Nat Cole的专辑仍保持着一周五千多的畅销量，而这仅仅是在美国本土而已。

[ 本帖最后由 zmzhu 于 2008-10-23 13:01 编辑 ]

zmzhu

Unforgettable - Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole 此歌是Nat King Cole的女儿Natalie Cole用他父亲1961年的录音混音合成制作的对唱，为纪念Nat King Cole而作，此曲及同名专辑获1992年7项格拉美大奖。



Unforgettable, that's what you are
Unforgettable though near or far
Like a song of love that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more

Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am unforgettable too

<instrumental interlude>
No never before
has someone been more ooh

Unforgettable in every way
And forever more, that's how you'll stay
That's why, darling, it's incredible
That someone so unforgettable
Thinks that I am unforgettable too

zmzhu

Mona Lisa (1950)- 蒙娜丽莎，出自电影Captain Carey, U.S.A.也是他的名曲,1950年蝉联排行榜8周冠军



Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely, they have blamed you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?

musical interlude

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa

zmzhu

Ramblin' Rose



Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why you ramble, no one knows
Wild and wind-blown, that's how you've grown
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?

Ramble on, ramble on
When your ramblin' days are gone
Who will love you with a love true
When your ramblin' days are GONE

Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why I want you, heaven knows
Though I love you with a love true
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?

SPOKEN
<One more time, everybody, now>

Ramblin' rose, ramblin' rose
Why I want you, heaven knows
Though I love you with a love true
Who can cling to a ramblin' rose?

zmzhu

When I Fall In Love 也是他的名曲，翻唱者无数，最有名恐怕是西雅图不眠夜里Céline Dion 和 Clive Griffin的对唱版本了，情歌经典




When I fall in love it will be forever
Or Ill never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before its begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or Ill never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you

zmzhu

Too Young - Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole



They try to tell us we're too young
Too young to really be in love
They say that love's a word
A word we've only heard
But can't begin to know the meaning of

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not too young at all

<instrumental interlude>

And yet we're not too young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not too young at all

zmzhu

Fascination



It was fascination
I know
And it might have ended
Right then, at the start
Just a passing glance
Just a brief romance
And I might have gone
On my way empty hearted

It was fascination
I know
Seeing you alone
With the moonlight above
Then I touch your hand
And next moment
I kiss you
Fascination turned to love

It was fascination
I know
Seeing you alone
With the moonlight above
Then I touch your hand
And next moment
I kiss you
Fascination turned to love

zmzhu

Smile - 出自卓别林的经典电影摩登时代，卓别林作曲



Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

<instrumental interlude>

That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

zmzhu

quizas quizas quizas  - 最后来首大家最熟悉的



Siempre que te pregunto
Que cuándo cómo y dónde
Tú siempre me respondes
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Y así pasan los días
Y yo desesperado
Y tú, tú, contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás,

Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
Hasta cuando, hasta cuando

Y así pasan los días
Y yo desesperado
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás

steveking

这个沙发要抢抢抢！！！

steveking

我总觉得 NAT KING COLE 长的像苗条版泰森

WTFAUS

我超喜欢他。尤其那首when i fall in love 和 Ramblin' Rose。我有一张的他的纪念CD，太好听了。这种声线也只有黑人才有。
我还喜欢louise Armstrong

steveking

同意坏蛋的观点，黑人醇厚的嗓音，别色人种无法模仿。哪怕是RAP里面饶舌的部分，真是赞，我特别推荐 chamillionaire 。

老陶

when i fall in love 和 Unforgettable 也是我最喜欢的

孔武

原帖由 steveking 于 2008-10-23 13:05 发表
我总觉得 NAT KING COLE 长的像苗条版泰森

这个好像有点道理的说~~

steveking

Nat King Cole 的 Mona Lisa 和 胡里奥伊戈来西亚斯的版完全不同的风格哇

双鱼妈妈

精华帖，能够看到真是太幸运了

huoniao9876

huoniao9876

tarely

最喜欢 他的I wish you love，他的版本最好听，其次是小野丽莎，其他版本的翻唱都听不惯。