摘要
没有埃拉,会是何种光景?少了她的声音、少了那摇摆动感、快速且精准的唱歌技巧,以及貌似源源不断的即兴创意,又会如何?1996年去世、享年79岁的埃拉·菲茨杰拉德,依然是女性爵士歌手的极致代表。顶级演唱家我们珍爱比莉·哈乐黛的诠释深度、莎拉·沃恩的惊人音域、卡门·麦克蕾的深情格调、黛娜·华盛顿令人赞叹的嗓音,同时也理解菲茨杰拉德为何能独得“爵士乐第一夫人”的称号。
Where would we bewithout Ella?without that voice,that propulsive sense of swing,that fleet technique and that seemingly inexhaustible well of improvisational creativity?Ella Fitzgerald,who died in 1996 at age 79,remains the ultimate female jazz singer.
