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| ![]() Carol Kidd(卡萝姬)
 对于爵士音乐发烧友来说,可能会认识四大爵士女伶——Ella Fitzgerald、Billie Holiday、Sarah Vaughan、Nina Simone,不过对于音响发烧友来说,可能会听Carol Kidd的发烧唱片。事实上,Carol Kidd的专辑不难买到。
 
 Carol Kidd,生于苏格兰,15岁就加入了传统的爵士乐队,在1960年代开始她的演唱生涯,1990年代初参加了当时很著名的“爱丁堡爵士音乐节”,由Frank Sinatra的慧眼挖掘到她的声音。其实,我并不是非常感动于她所唱的歌,总觉得有点儿不够喉的感觉,不过,对于她的年纪来说,还拥有年轻如30多岁少艾的歌声,我也实在感到非常惊讶。
 
 Carol Kidd一直是英国音响名厂LINN旗下的台柱女歌手,她的歌曲尤其受到音响发烧友所喜爱。对于爵士歌曲,也许听得最多的还是黑人歌手演唱的爵士歌曲,或是白人学黑人唱腔的歌曲,而Carol Kidd的歌声,如她的肤色一样,没有黑人歌手浓浓的爵士味,却也很宁静、自然和温暖,唱的歌曲多以抒情为主,歌声也很甜美。
 
 Carol Kidd的演唱,感觉上就是,她的歌唱凸于乐器之前,空间感极佳,每一个发音、牙齿磨擦声、呼吸声都能清晰地听到,典型的人声发烧唱片。爵士乐器声容易让人放松而逐渐进入梦乡,而Carol Kidd的歌声又使我神游。乐器声、人声加起来,能让人很放松地入睡。
 
 Carol Kidd --When I Dream
 [wmv]http://211.176.63.161:8080/5/HIGH_MP3/035/35720.mp3[/wmv]
 
 I could build the mansion
 that is higher than the dreams
 I could have
 all the gifts I want
 and never ask please
 I could fly to Paris.
 It\'s at my beck and call,
 Why do I live my life alone
 with nothing at all
 But when I dream, I dream of you,
 Maybe someday
 you will come true.
 When I dream, I dream of you
 Maybe someday
 you will come true
 I can be the singer
 or the clown in any role
 I can call up someone
 to take me to the moon
 I can put my makeup on
 and drive the man insane
 I can go to bed alone
 and never know his name
 But when I dream,
 I dream of yon
 in any role
 I can call up someone
 to take me to the moon
 I can put my makeup on
 and drive the man insane
 I can go to bed alone
 and never know his name
 
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