参演艺人：LARRY CARLTON / RICHARD BONA

演出场地：北京 Blue Note Beijing

演出时间

日期/Date：2019年9月5日（周四）

*场1st

入场时间/Door Time：6:00 PM

演出时间/Show Time：7:30PM

第二场2nd

入场时间/Door Time：9:30PM

演出时间/Show Time：10:00PM

票价信息

B2剧场票价Ticket Price：

500（边座）/600（主座）RMB

Mercedes-Benz JAZZ MASTER SERIES

梅赛德斯-奔驰特别呈现爵士大师堂系列

乐队成员

Larry Carlton - guitar

Richard Bona - bass/vocals

Gene Coye- drums

Ruslan Sirota - keyboard

Paul Weimar- sax

LARRY CARLTON

Larry Carlton的音乐传奇是从南加利福尼亚开始的。他在六岁的时候*拿起了他的*把吉他。在上初中的时候，他听了Joe Pass当时所在的乐队The Gerald Wilson Big Band的专辑《Moment of Truth》，这是他*次接触爵士音乐。后来Larry逐渐开始喜欢Barney Kessel, Wes Montgornery和传奇布鲁斯大师B.B. King。萨克斯演奏家John Coltrane对Larry也有很大影响。

1968年他录制了他的*张慢转密纹唱片《With A Little Help From My Friends 》，业内对这张专辑的巨大反响使Larry有机会参加一系列活动，其中包括为福特汽车录制商业电视和广播广告。Larry 凭借精确无误的演奏和他那Gibson ES-335给人们带来的甜美而富有灵性的音色逐渐声名鹊起。

1971年，在传奇爵士/摇滚乐队Crusaders担任吉他手的Larry在《Crusader One》一曲中用他的音量踏板技巧开拓了吉他演奏的新天地。在Crusader担任吉他手期间（到1976年为止），Larry参与制作了乐队全部专辑当中的13张，为乐队做出了巨大贡献。

1973年，Larry在Blue Thumb Records旗下发行了他的第二张个人演奏专辑《Singing/Playing》。正如专辑名称描述的那样，Larry不仅参与了吉他演奏部分，而且还在 8首歌中担任了主唱。此后Larry不断被作为嘉宾邀请参加各种演奏会，风格也是多种多样，从Sammy Davis, Jr., Herb Alpert到Quincy Jones, Paul Anka, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Jerry Garcia，Dolly Parton。同时他一年还要与Crusaders举行超过50场的演出。在Larry 彻底开始单飞生涯前，他是过去三十年中*炙手可热的录音乐手之一。他参加过电影原声、电视主题曲和超过100张金唱片的录制。后来Larry大幅减少了暖场和嘉宾演出，但是继续与Crusaders一起演出和录音。他把更多的精力放在编曲和制作上面，而且在他的家中建立了自己的录音室-Room 335。在这一阶段，Larry为Barbra Streisand, Joan Baez 和Larry Gatlin做过录音工作。离开Crusaders之后，Carlton在1977年转到Warner Bros. Records旗下。

在1978-1984年之间，Carlton为Warner Bros. Records录制了六张专辑。80年代之前，Carlton一共参加过3000场录音，赢得了4次葛莱美提名。1981年他更是凭借"Hill Blues"（与Mike Post合作）主题曲赢得了葛莱美大奖，同时他被NARAS连续三年评选为*有价值演奏家并随后为他颁了荣誉退休演奏家奖。

1985 年，Larry被刚刚成立的MCA大师系列邀请制作一张原声爵士专辑。他为该系列制作的*张专辑《Alone, But Never Alone》被Radio & Records 和Billboard Jazz同时列为*专辑。

1987年是Larry单飞生涯中*辉煌的一年。除了凭借《Minute by Minute》赢得葛莱美提名之外，Larry更是以现场专辑Last Nite赢得了葛莱美*爵士融合演奏奖。在两张原声专辑和一张现场专辑的巨大成功之后，Larry钻进了录音室开始了下张专辑《On Solid Ground》的录制工作。这张全电声专辑赢得了1989年葛莱美提名。

1990年，MCA收购了GRP Records，然后把爵士艺术家都归到GRP旗下。同年GRP发行了一张Larry的合辑。1991年，Carlton与John Ferraro, 键盘手Matt Rollings, 贝斯手 Michael Rhodes 和口琴演奏家Terry McMillan一起制作一张布鲁斯风格的专辑。但是迫于唱片公司和歌迷的要求，Carlton暂停了这张布鲁斯专辑的制作，于1992年发行了一张爵士专辑Kid Gloves。这张流行爵士专辑是Carlton*次把原声歌曲和电声歌曲放在同一张专辑中。在巡演期间，Carlton重新开始了布鲁斯专辑《Renegade Gentlemen》的制作。Carlton在Nashville与Michael Rhodes和Terry McMillan重新会合，同时召集了鼓手Chris Layton（Stevie Vaughan&Double Trouble乐队的鼓手）和键盘天才Chuck Leavell又录制了4首歌。Carlton在1993年发行了这张专辑。随后Carlton进行了大规模的巡演。

1994年又随*爵士乐队Stanley Clark And Friends (Stanley Clark, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johnson 和 Najee).一起进行巡演。这个五人组合在1994年发行了《Live A t The Greek》。Carlton与吉他大师Lee Ritenour在1995年的合作为他赢得了第八次格莱美提名。

1996年Carlton发行了The Gift，97年又发行了《Larry Carlton Collection Volume 2》。在Lee Ritenour离开Fourplay单飞之后，Carlton加入了这个*乐队。到现在为止，他与Fourplay一起共发行了两张专辑：98年的《4》和99年10月份的《Snowbound》。

2000年，Carlton发行了专辑《Fingerprints》。Larry Carlton的艺术生命力横跨30年（两个世纪），他的艺术生涯为真正的艺术设定了标准。毫无疑问，在可预见的将来，爵士、布鲁斯、流行和摇滚都将烙上Larry Carlton的印记。

2010年和日本B'Z乐队吉他手松本孝弘联手推出专辑《Take Your Pick》，并荣获第53届格莱美“*流行乐器专辑”。

Larry Carlton’s own musical story began in Southern California. He picked up his first guitar when he was only six years old. He was introduced to jazz in junior high school after hearing The Gerald Wilson Big Band album, Moment of Truth, with guitarist Joe Pass. Larry then became interested in Barney Kessel, Wes Montgornery and the legendary blues guitarist B.B. King. Saxophonist John Coltrane was also a major influence on Carlton, beginning with Coltrane’s 1962 classic Ballads.

In 1968 he recorded his first LP, With A Little Help From My Friends (Uni). The enthusiastic industry response garnered him a place among jingle singers The Going Thing, recording on camera and radio commercials for Ford. Mid-season in his second year, he segued to Musical Director for Mrs. Alphabet, an Emmy-nominated children’s show on the same network. It was here that Carlton showcased his acting skills, performing as the show’s co-star, "Larry Guitar."

With more than 3000 studio sessions under his belt by the early 1980s, Carlton had picked up four Grammy nominations. In addition to winning a Grammy (`81) for the theme to "Hill Street Blues" (a collaboration with Mike Post), he also was voted NARAS’s "Most Valuable Player" for three consecutive years. NARAS then named him "Player Emeritus" and retired him from eligibility.

In 1985 he was approached by the newly formed MCA Master Series to consider doing an acoustic jazz album. His first release for the new label was Alone, But Never Alone, a consensus No. 1 album on the Radio & Records and Billboard Jazz charts. The twelve months of 1987 brought some of the biggest highlights in Carlton’s solo career. In addition to winning the Grammy for "Minute by Minute," Carlton received a Grammy nomination for "Best Jazz Fusion Performance" for his live album Last Nite. Coming off of the success of two acoustic albums and one live album, Carlton was on a hot streak and entered the studio to work on his next project, On Solid Ground. The all-electric project was nominated for a Grammy in 1989. The release of On Solid Ground came almost one year after Carlton was brutally shot in a random act of violence outside his Los Angeles studio.

In between touring, Carlton resumed work on the bluesy Renegade Gentlemen. Taking the original six tracks to Nashville (his first time to record in that city), and joining up once again with Michael Rhodes and Terry McMillan, plus drummer Chris Layton (from Stevie Vaughan’s band Double Trouble) and keyboard wizard Chuck Leavell, he recorded four tracks, plus did additional production and mixing on the blues rocker in time for a ’93 release.

Carlton delivered his self-titled debut for Warner Bros. in 1978, shortly after he was recognized for his ground-breaking guitar playing on Steely Dan’s Royal Scam album. (Carlton contributed the memorable guitar solo on "Kid Charlemagne.”) He released four more albums for Warner Bros., Strikes Twice (1980), Sleepwalk (1981), Eight Times Up (1982), and the Grammy-nominated Friends (1983), before being dropped from the label.

Carlton’s most recent albums include two releases in 1996 for GRP Records, Gift and With a Little Help from My Friends. His other recordings include 1990’s Collection and 1992’s Kid Gloves for the same label, Playing/Singing (1995, Edsel), and Renegade Gentleman, a 1993 release for GRP.

Despite the tragedy that was foisted on him in the late ’80s after he was shot by gun-wielding infidels, dragging him through a long and dark period of hospitalization and rehabilitation, Carlton’s output over the years has been steady through the 1980s and 1990s. Carlton seems to have slowed down his touring schedule a bit, but certainly not his recording schedule. Always happy to meet with the press, Carlton has a sweet, peaceful personality, and one can hear it in his unique, rhythmic, warm guitar chords and ringing guitar tones. — Richard Skelly, All-Music Guide 

RICHARD BONA

Richard Bona看似毫不费力的嗓音、高超的贝斯技巧、独特的作曲/编曲技能，以及仅仅通过观看*能学会任何乐器的能力，使他成为一位罕见的非洲艺术家，在国际上建立了超越文化边界的声誉。他的新专辑是受西非和古巴丰富的民俗和传统音乐的启发而创作的。坐下来，有目的地体验艺术Richard Bona和Mandekan Cubano精心打造了一种声音的融合，通过他们所说的通用音乐语言将不同文化融合在一起。

音乐不仅仅是一个曲调的陈述，它是一个人灵魂的流露，以一种非常个人化的方式，而这正是《Heritage》的作用。它是一扇窗，让我们得以一窥多年来流传下来的民间故事，以及Bona和Mandekan Cubano的音乐才华。虽然这是Bona的*张官方非洲-古巴唱片，但这并不是他在非洲音乐领域的*次尝试，相反，这是他数十年不同音乐流派经验的*之作，通过声音真实地表达了文化。保留西非奴隶“卡维尔多斯”的传统，Bona和Mandekan Cubano带来的音乐，舞蹈，仪式和岛上的口述历史。Bona的艺术主题从他的起源中寻找灵感，处理国际问题，这反映了他的愿望，即利用音乐对那些影响到受压迫的或被遗忘的文化的问题采取立场，这些人勇敢地为我们现在的生活铺平了道路。在许多曲目中，多节奏的节拍矛盾地充当了非洲音乐和古巴音乐之间的桥梁。

在当今社会，我们经常陷入僵化的生活方式，只反映了一种类型的音乐影响或文化。然而，我们的世界是广阔的、多样的，并由多种背景的美丽交织所支持。如果没有这种多样性，坦率地说，我们的世界将不再是一个“世界”。它的定义本身*揭示了它是“地球由所有的*、人民和自然特征组成”。因此，这张专辑旨在教育听众，从保持对自己本源的真实出发，走出自我，向他人学习，从而创造出美丽。各自独立我们会成功，但在一起，我们会茁壮成长。      

Richard Bona’s seemingly effortless voice, fierce skills on the bass, unique songwriting/arranging expertise and ability to learn just about any instrument simply from watching, position him as a rare African artist to have established an international reputation that transcends cultural boundaries. His new album is a compilation of art inspired by the shared heritage, rich folkloric and traditional music of West Africa and Cuba. Sit back and experience art with a purpose; Richard Bona and the Mandekan Cubano have carefully crafted a fusion of sounds, which merge cultures together through their ability to speak the universal language of music.

More than just a statement put to a tune, music is an outpouring of one’s soul in a deeply personal manner and that is exactly what “Heritage” serves to do. It is a window into the years of oral stories that have been passed down and placed in the musical prowess of Bona and the Mandekan Cubano. While this is Bona's first official Afro-Cuban record, it is not his first endeavor in the African music scene—rather, it is the culmination of his decades of experience in various genres, which produces an authentic expression of culture through sound. Preserving the traditions of the western African slave "Cabildos," Bona and the Mandekan Cubano bring the music, dance, rituals, and oral history of the island to the comfort of your home. Seeking inspiration from his origins, the themes of Bona’s art address international issues, which mirror his desire of utilizing music to take a stance on issues affecting the oppressed or the forgotten cultures of the people who so courageously paved the way for the life we presently live. The polyrhythmic beat felt in many of the tracks paradoxically serves as the bridge between African and Cuban music.

In present day society, we often get trapped into rigid lifestyles that reflect only one type of musical influence or culture. However, our world is vast, diverse, and is supported by the beautiful interweaving of multiple backgrounds. Without such diversity, our world would cease to be, quite frankly, a “world.” Its very definition reveals that it is “the earth, together with all of its countries, people, and natural features.” As a result, this album serves to educate listeners of the beauty that is created from remaining true to ones roots, yet also stepping outside of oneself to learn from others. Separately we succeed, but together, we thrive. 

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