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爵士乐专辑介绍

The most surprising aspect of this CD and its focus on three Windy City musicians is the ease in which critically acclaimed jazz and world-music guitarist Fareed Haque slips into the smooth-jazz genre. Like French guitarist Marc Antoine, Haque adds a definite international flair to this date, including sitar sounds over hip-hop grooves on "Bombay Streets," and monster flamenco chops on "Myths and Legends" and "A Place in Time." Two of the best things about the Urban Knights IV album, trumpeter Ron Haynes and keyboard wiz Kevin Randolph, are the other soloists here, with the latter having a firmer stamp on these proceedings. Cut out of the Ramsey Lewis/Jeff Lorber '70s keyboard mode, Randolph's playing highlights the funky mix of old-school style with 21st-century beats that sets the contemporary jazz scene in Chicago apart from other sounds. His groove is always steady and he stands out even when the spotlight is on his band mates. Haynes, best known for his stint with the Chicago acid-jazz group Liquid Soul, is much more subdued with this group, which is just the right speed for smooth jazz and this heavily sequenced but enjoyable production.

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Answer 1

本CD将关注点聚焦于三位来自多风城（注1）的乐师，而让人感到惊讶的是备受好评的爵士乐与世界音乐（注2）吉他手Fareed Haque，在他转换至轻柔爵士乐风格时所表现的从容自若。犹如法国吉他手Marc Antoine，Haque在这添加他绝对的国际性才华，包括在嘻哈歌曲"Bombay Streets"中加入的西塔琴声及"Myths and Legends" 和 "A Place in Time"中那魔鬼般的弗拉门戈盖章声。
本专辑Urban Knights IV其中的两个最佳点是喇叭手Ron Haynes及键盘奇才Kevin Randolph，后者的表现给人的印象更深刻。作为七十年代的Ramsey Lewis/Jeff Lorber钢琴作风的翻版，Randolph的演奏突出了将老校风格与二十一世纪节奏的蓝调与爵士乐融为一体的形式，在芝加哥当代的爵士乐舞台显得与众不同。他作品的水平一直很稳定，就算聚光灯是集中在他的队友身上，他还是鹤立鸡群。作为芝加哥迷幻爵士组合Liquid Soul一员而驰名的Haynes在这团体里面的表现显得较缓和，正好符合轻柔爵士乐的速度以及这部频密连续发行但令人享受的制作。

注1：这里的Windy City应该不是指日韩组合的乐队；而是芝加哥的别名“多风城”。
注2：世界音乐大致可分为两种：广义的世界音乐，泛指世界各国的民族音乐；另一种是狭义的概念，即民族音乐、传统音乐与流行音乐相结合的混合体。自1980年代，世界音乐的概念在流行音乐中不断的得到提升，慢慢地它变成了一种国际流行音乐的发展趋势。

Answer 2

有点难度呀！

Answer 3

那是什么来的啊！能换成中文吗？