Kubo bonke ababhali beengoma ezithandwayo zaseMelika, akukho namnye umntu ofanelana nokuziphatha kakubi ngokwesondo kodwa okhe wacela umngeni ngokwasemoyeni kunoCole Porter. Porter wayeyinkosi yento uAlec Wilder awayeyibiza ngokuba bubuhle bemidlalo yeqonga. Iingoma zakhe zinobuqili, ngamanye amaxesha ziyathandeka, kodwa azithandani-ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngokwesini ngaphandle kokuthakazelela inkanuko. Akukho mntu wakha waphulukana ne-Let’s Misbehave okanye Let’s Do It (Lets Fall in Love).
Nakwiibhaladi ezinzulu zikaPorter, uthando alufane luphele. Into enqwenelekayo ihlala ikude, ngaphaya nje kokufikelelwa sisihloko, sigutyungelwe ngamaphupha (Konke Ngobusuku) okanye umgama (Ndigxila kuwe). Mhlawumbi ugcino lweemvakalelo lomculo kaPorter lukhulile ukusuka ekungakwazini kwakhe, enikwe amaxesha, ukuba avume esidlangalaleni ubufanasini bakhe, okanye mhlawumbi yayiyindlela nje yesangqa sakhe sobukhosi eNew York, eyotyiweyo, urbane-ukudinwa kwehlabathi.
Nokuba yeyiphi indlela, ukuhlala u-Porter emsebenzini kufuna ukuba kwenziwe ngokuqinileyo ukubonelela ngengqondo yeemvakalelo. Iingoma zakhe azixhamli kutoliko olumnandi okanye oluneentloni. Nangona kunjalo ihlala ifika into esiyifumanayo.
Uninzi lweetoliki zakhe lubonakala ngathi lucinga ukuba ukuze enze iPorter ngokuchanekileyo, kufanelekile ukubamba ukungakhathali kunye neempazamo zoluntu lwasePorter. Ngapha koko, kukutolikwa okunzima kwePorter okusebenza ngokwenene.
Oko kusizisa kwi-Indiana Historical Society's You are sensational: Cole Porter in the 20's, 40's, & 50's, a three-CD follow up to Ridin 'High: Cole Porter in the 1930's. Nangona le ngqokelela ngokuqinisekileyo inamaxesha ayo, ngelishwa igxininisa i-Porter e-ethe-ethe ngaphezulu kwePorter egqobhoza ngokwasemphefumlweni.
Ingqokelela ibandakanya iingoma ezibhaliweyo ngexesha leminyaka ejikeleze eyona minyaka ilishumi iphumelelayo kunye nempumelelo yePorter, 1930's. Kuninzi onokukhetha kuzo, kokubini ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo nakwimidlalo: yonke into ukusukela ngokurekhodwa kwe-Old-Fashioned ngo-1919 ngu-Olive Kline ukuya kwi-1988 yokurekhoda iTale ye-Oyster yimvumi uJoan Morris kunye nomqambi ophumelele amabhaso kaPulitzer. -umyeni, uWilliam Bolcom.
Ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha seengoma yimigangatho eyinyani. Zininzi izinto ezivela kumanqaku omculo kaPorter aqhubekekayo, Kiss Me Kate, kubandakanya amanani amabini olawulo u-Alfred Drake, Ngaba Babebubuso Bakho Obukhethekileyo kwaye Buphi Ubomi Obusemva Koko Ndabukhokelayo?
Kodwa kukwakho ne-effete enkulu ye-jazz ye-cocktail, kwaye uyayi-fizzles evuselelayo xa isiya kwelicala. Ndikuluthando kwakhona, ngumdlali wepiyano kunye nemvumi uDaryl Sherman, kunye nokujonga kuwe, ngu-duo Jackie noRoy, bobabini banengxaki yokunqongophala kwe-moxie. Kukho okubi kakhulu: Inguqulelo ethi Ndiyakuthanda, uSamantha ngumntu omathandathu weqela le-cappella, iiKing's Singers, akunyamezeleki. Kungekudala emva kowe-1949
Inguqulelo ethi Ndiyakuthanda yajikwa nguBilly Eckstine noSara Vaughan.
Ingoma enje ngoku uneJazz, edibanisa uLouis Armstrong kunye noBing Crosby, eyenze ukuba ibe yingqokelela iyimfihlakalo. Nokuba sisiqwenga sekhithi siyasilela. Porter, owayengazi kwanto ngejazz kwaye ephantsi kwemiyalelo yokuqamba ingoma malunga nejazz, wenza uphando ngokuya kwiikonsathi kunye nokuthetha noFred Astaire. Ungayichaza indlela olungaphumelelanga ngayo uphando lukaPorter xa usiva intshayelelo kaCrosby kule nombolo: Bantu abathandekayo baseNewport, okanye mhlawumbi mandithi, iminqwazi neekati… Ugh.
Esinye seziphumo zokuhlelwa kokuqokelelwa kokuqokelelwa kukuba uMabel Mercer, imvumi emnyama yesiNgesi enelizwi eliqaqambileyo nelindilisekileyo nongomnye wenkulumbuso yeetoliki zomsebenzi kaPorter, ubambekile ngengoma enye kuphela, i-Ace kwiHole. Kusuka kwi-albhamu yakhe eqaqambileyo, Mabel Mercer Ukucula Cole Porter (WEA / Atlantic / Rhino), nabani na onomdla wokudlula ePorter okanye kwingoma ethandwayo yaseMelika. Ngeli xesha, uCrosby – hayi uBing onesibindi wee-1920's kodwa ihammy Buh-Buh-Bing yee-1950's- noFred Astaire bafumana iingoma ezine nganye nganye.
Okwangoku, baninzi abaphumeleleyo. Omnye wabo uvela ePorter ngokwakhe njengoko ejongana neentsana ezimbini ezincinci kwiWood, ipiyano ehambelana nazo zonke. Lumkiswa: Awuzange uve mntu ucula njengoCole Porter. Kwaye emva kokukuva, ngekhe uphinde ufune kwakhona. Yincasa efunyenweyo, kodwa iyasebenza. Ilizwi elithandekayo likaPorter kunye nepiyano emnandi edlalayo igxininisa ubuncwane bengoma ethi, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, imalunga nendoda endala enentshebe echola amantombazana amabini amancinci ehlathini, iwasa eNew York kwaye ibanxile.
Kukho nenguqulelo ye-sexy ka-1928 ethi Ungandijongi ngaloo Ndlela yimvumi yaseCorsican cabaret uIrene Bordoni. Umdlali wepiyano kunye nemvumi uLeslie Hutchinson, umhlobo kaPorter kunye nomanduleli kuBobby Mfutshane (ngakumbi kuye kamva), wenza ingxelo ebhalwe kakhulu ethi Masiyenze (Masithandane). Iphumelele ngokuyintloko kuba uHutchinson uthatha indawo yakhe ephucukileyo yonke indlela, ehlakulela ukudinwa kwehlabathi ngokungazikhathazi ngokuchaza ukuba ziyenziwa 'yingoma yengoma.
Amanye amanqaku aphezulu abandakanya iinguqulelo ze-Let’s Misbehave ngu-Banjo Buddy; Masibe ngamaBuddies edlalwa ngu-Ethel Merman noJudy Garland ngo-1963, kwiminyaka engama-23 emva kokuba beqale ukuyibonisa ePanama Hattie; kunye ne-delirious Masingathethi Ngothando nguDanny Kaye. U-Elaine Stritch utsala lonke ulangazelelo Kutheni singazami ukuhlala ekhaya? U-Lee Wiley ubamba ukuphelelwa lithemba kweNdlu eshushu iRose. U-Mae Burns uvakala ngathi angatsiba ngaphandle kwesithethi kwaye akubethe ngesidenge ngexesha lenguqulelo yeLaziest Gal eKapa. La ngawona maxesha mahle, xa ukususwa kweemvakalelo okuhambelana nomsebenzi kaPorter kulungiswa yimidlalo yobukrwada.
Abaphulaphuli abaninzi bayoneliseka kukuva nje iingoma ezimnandi zikaPorter eziculwa nangubani na onokuthi aphathe ingoma. Kodwa nkqu nomgca ophakamileyo womculo wethrekhi efana neDance Dancing ayinako ukoyisa ubumdaka bomdaniso wephupha lomculo, ukuya kwiparadesi kumgangatho wokugqibela. Emva koko kukho uBobby Mfutshane, i-Upper East Side i-cocktail-jazz impresario, eteketisa iFender Rhodes kwaye exhaswa licandelo lama-27 leentambo kwi-jazz samba rendition yeNdinothando.
Ndikhe ndeva abantu bethetha ngokuqaqambileyo ngoMnu uMfutshane njengomboniso wefomu ephezulu yecocktail jazz, kodwa oku akuncinci ukundenza ndiqiniseke ngeetalente zakhe (okanye mhlawumbi ngaphezulu ukuya kwinqanaba, incasa yakhe). U-Porter wabhala i-urbane, efundile kunye neengoma ezinobukroti kwi-urbane, efundileyo kunye nesiqhu. Mhlawumbi kungokwemvelo, ke, ukuba iingoma zakhe ziya kufumana iimbongi zabo phakathi kweepiyano kunye neemvumi zentlalo yecocktail. Kubi kakhulu, nangona. I-Porter yayihlala ihamba kakuhle kwelinye icala lomzila.
-William Berlind
Schneider: UkuYikhupha
UMaria Schneider, intyatyambo encinci ye-strawberry blonde evela kwithafa laseMinnesota, wavuthela eNew York embindini wama-80’s enesidanga se-master esivela e-Eastman School kwaye kungekho rekhodi ye-jazz yokuthetha ngayo. Kungekudala, wayekhonza njengomncedisi wenkampu yesinye sezithixo zakhe zomculo, umqambi womcwangcisi uGil Evans. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-80, wayesele eqokelele eyakhe ibhendi enkulu evela kwi-crackerjack sidemen ezixhaphakileyo kwesi sixeko kwaye, ngokungakumbi, ukwazile ukuyibamba kunye.
Kwiminyaka emihlanu kwi-90's, iMaria Schneider Jazz Orchestra yayidlala rhoqo ngoMvulo ebusuku kwiklabhu yeVisiones engasasebenziyo ngoku. Kodwa izinto ziyatshintsha. Njengoko iprofayili kaNks. Schneider iqhubekile nokunyuka kunye neekhomishini ezihloniphekileyo kunye neekonsathi zaseYurophu, uye waba yinto enqabileyo edolophini. Igigi yakhe ezayo kwiJazz Standard (Okt. 3-8) kunye nealbham yakhe entsha, uAllégresse (Enja), kuphela kwisithathu somsebenzi wakhe, unika ithuba lokuphendula umbuzo wokuqala obuzwe nguRogers noHammerstein: Usombulula njani unengxaki njengoMaria?
Ewe, ayongxaki ngqo. Kodwa kufanelekile ukuthi UNks Schneider uphuma kwisithethe somculo wejazz esithi, ngaphandle kwesangqa esifanelekileyo sabahlohli bejazz kunye nabalawuli berediyo yeYurophu, akafumani ntlonipho ingako. Ukuqala ngenkokheli yeqela elinempumelelo kunye nomdlali wevayolin uPaul Whiteman, iimvumi ezimhlophe eziqeqeshwe kakuhle bezizama ukwenza inenekazi ngejazi ukusukela kwiminyaka yama-20. Njengokuba uluhlu lokuzalwa olulula lwenzayo, iWhiteman Orchestra yazala iqela likaClaude Thornhill lama-40’s, nelazala ingqondi enye, uGil Evans, owayezokuhlangula igama losapho lomculo ngokudibana noMiles Davis. Intsebenziswano emithathu evakalayo yomculo kaEvans-Davis ukusukela ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-50- iMiles Phambili, iPorgy kunye neBess kunye neeSketches zaseSpain- zincedise ukuhambisa i-prismy symphonic jazz kwi-jazz epholileyo, kwaye namhlanje isemgangathweni wabaqambi bejazz abakhetha ukugxininisa umbala weokhestra kunye Iinkcukacha ngaphezulu kwe-sledgehammer yecandelo lokuhlawula.
Ngokumangalisayo, iinzame zokuqala zika-Ms Schneider ze-1992, i-Evanescence (i-Enja), yasondela ekufezekiseni loo mgangatho. Ityala kuEvans lakhutshwa ngokuhloniphekileyo kulwakhiwo lwetayitile lwanikezelwa kumcebisi wakhe ongasekhoyo, owasweleka ngo-1988. Idiski yomfundi wesibini kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, ethi Coming About (Enja), yayingumcimbi wokungabi nantlonelo, ngaphandle kwamazwi ahlukileyo esosophonist uRich Perry. kunye nesiginci uBen Monder.
Ukusikwa kabini kwecwecwe elitsha, uAllégresse, khange kundenze ndaziva ndinethemba ngakumbi. I-Hang Gliding ngumlinganiso olinganisiweyo oya ungabi mnandi ixesha elide uhlala uhleli phezulu, kwaye umdlali wepiyano ococekileyo webhendi, uFrank Kimbrough, akanako ukucoca iNocturne efunyenwe yiChopin yevumba layo elingafunekiyo.
Kodwa kwanele ngokubi. Iziqwenga ezibini zeSchneider ezenza ubungakanani obuphakathi bealbham, iAllégresse kunye noDissolution, yimizekelo emihle yokuqamba. Ukupheliswa, phantse imizuzu engama-21 ubude kwaye ibambelele kwisolo elide kuloo ndawo ithembakeleyo yokuhambisa, i-soprano sax, khange ibonakale ithembisa ngakumbi ephepheni. Kodwa i-saxophonist uTim Ries uthatha umntu okhohlakeleyo we-snake-charmer persona, ekhupha i-souk efanelekileyo yeesetingi zomculo ezicwangcisiweyo. Kwitraki yesihloko sealbham, sifumana umboniso wexilongo u-Ingrid Jensen's post-bop solo oqinileyo oqulunqwe ngamavili amakhulu endlovu avela kwicandelo lengcongolo.
Ngokwempumelelo yakhe, UNks Schneider uxela ukuba u-Eastman A-umfundi aqhubeke ngokupheleleyo, angene kwingcinga ye-jazz engalindelekanga ebonisa umnombo ophakamileyo ka-Ellington no Strayhorn.
-UJoseph Hooper
Osborne: Ngaba iyadika
Emuva xa uJoan Osborne wayesakhwele impumelelo engummangaliso yoMnye wethu kwi-albhamu yakhe ka-1995, u-Relish, wathembisa ukuba irekhodi lakhe elilandelayo liya kufezekiswa ngcono. UNks. Osborne, okuphela komntu obonisa into engenamsebenzi kwasekuqaleni kwe-90's rock blues-jam rock evelise ii-Spin Doctors kunye ne-Blues Traveler, ekugqibeleni uye wakhupha i-albhamu elandelayo, i-Righteous Love (Interscope) -kanti nangona ethe wasigcina isithembiso sakhe , iziphumo zikhuselekile kakhulu ngesiqingatha.
Umvelisi wecwecwe, uMitchell Froom, onamaqhina asonte kwixesha elidlulileyo kowayesakuba ngumfazi wakhe uSuzanne Vega, kunye no-Elvis Costello noCibo Matto, kuvakala ngathi ujikelezisa amavili akhe apha. Imizila yokudumisa ithambekele ekubeni inxibe nokuba incasa kodwa i-anemic root-pop okanye iBeatles-esque iziphumo: isitya seLeslie-isithethi esondliwe apha, indawo ethile yomculo waseIndiya apho.
Nangona obu buchule bokugqibela buthetha ukungabikho kwengcinga kwicala lika Mnu. Froom, ulungile u-Osborne. Ukutsiba kwakhe, kubonakala ukuba bendiyindoda yakho kwaye ndibaleka lixesha, kukuba uthanda ukuthanda kweQawwali xa ecula. Khawufane ucinge ngo-Eartha Kitt osisithethi se-huskier emva kokufunda kunye no-Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, u-Ms Osborne awayefunda naye ngaphambi kokuba asweleke.
Kwenye indawo, uthatha ivangeli ye-Staple Singers-style yeendaba ezilungileyo (ukhuseleko kwinombolo, ubuso beengelosi) kunye nescreen uPhil Spector pop (isihloko esisikiweyo). Ngalo lonke ixesha, uzisa engqondweni ixesha eliye lavakaliswa ziimvumi eziliwaka: Loo njakazi ingacula!
Kodwa ekugqibeleni, akwanele. Uqhubeka ngothando olungileyo uqaphela izihloko zeengoma ezingacingelwanga: Uthando lomntwana, Grand Illusion kunye nayo yonke ingoma endiyichazileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Ukrwela entloko kwisigqibo sikaNks Osborne sokurekhoda iingoma ezimbini- Uthando lukaGary Wright luphilile kunye noBob Dylan's Yenza ukuba uve uthando lwam- ezigutyungelwe yi-nauseam. Kwaye, ngaphezu kwako konke, uqhubeka ulinde into kwi-albhamu ukuhambisa.
Ke, kanye xa ungayilindelanga, kukho into eyenzayo. Iiapile ezinetyhefu (Haleluya) bekufanele ukuba kukunqunyulwa kokugqibela kothando oluLungileyo endaweni yesiphelo. Ikhanya ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na into ekwi-albhamu.
Kuyo, UNks Osborne ucula njengoKaren Carpenter ozelwe ngokutsha, kodwa enomphefumlo ongaphezulu. Ukudanduluka kwakhe Haleluya! U-spellbinding, kwaye uyabalandela kunye nenye echaphazela ngokwenene i-couplet yerekhodi: Ukuba ndiyafa ngaphambi kokuba wenze / Ndikholelwe, ndiza kukukhathaza.
Uthando oluchanekileyo ngelusebenzise ezinye iitrekhi ezinkulu njengeeapile ezinetyhefu. Ngaphandle kwabo, UNks Osborne kuzakufuneka athathe isihlalo sokubuyela kwisithuba sonyaka esidala sopopu, uShelby Lynne, ogama lakhe likwi-Am Am Shelby Lynne yirekhodi yabantu abadala yokuqaqambisa kulo nyaka. Kwaye oko kubi kakhulu; Ndandixhasa uJoan.
-Rob Kemp
