歌谱控

歌手：james taylor
2012-12-14、歌谱控、人气:（载入中...）

 

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james taylor简介：一首友谊之歌《You've Got A Friend》成为街头巷尾传唱金曲，至今仍频出现在电视,电影,广告之中成为重点衬乐，并为James Taylor赢得第一座葛莱美“最佳流行男演唱人”奖。踏入歌坛近40个年头，James不时的写出关怀人心正面之语辞来鼓励大眾，虽然自己曾有过毒癮以及精神方面的问题，但是勇於面对并决心改正，将成果与过程与乐迷分享，更常将精力转移到公益,慈善表演上，诚实剖析自己心境，辅以简单清爽乐器伴奏，James的音乐一直是那么温暖的感动每位聆听著的心。大事记自从80年代中期成立后，詹姆斯·泰勒四重奏乐队就在灵魂爵士和疯克音乐中不断探索，为了描述他们独特的音乐，一位记者杜撰出一个新名词——酸性爵士（acid jazz）。 詹姆斯·泰勒一开始在英国摩登派复兴乐队Prisoners中弹奏Hammond B-3风琴，1985年他成立了自己的四人爵士乐队，开始演奏当时在伦敦十分风靡的疏纹爵士疯克。 1982年，Prisoners乐队在肯特郡崛起，发行了两张专辑《A Taste of Pink》和《The Wisermiserdemelza》，80年代中期，泰勒退出后，乐队又推出一张录音棚专辑后解体。泰勒很快邀得前乐队伙伴艾伦·克洛福德（Allan Crockford）和西蒙·霍华德（Simon Howard）担任贝司和鼓手，让自己的兄弟大卫（David）担任吉它手，组成了一支四人乐队。 1985年，乐队为几家小公司录音，直到1986年，Radio 1的DJ约翰·皮尔（John Peel）帮助他们与 Re-Elect the President Records公司签约，詹姆斯·泰勒乐队于87年发行了迷你LP专辑《Mission Impossible》和《The Money Spyder》两张唱片；此后他们又改投Urban/Polydor旗下推出了88年的《Wait a Minute》。没过多久，霍华德和克洛福德离开乐队，与另一名前Prisoners成员格林汉姆·戴（Graham Day）成立了Prime Movers组合。剩下的詹姆斯和大卫为了填补器乐的空缺，不停地招募乐手加入，录制新专辑，后来乐队虽然名字没变，却扩充为一支6人组合，约翰·威尔莫特（John Willmott）吹萨克斯和长笛，贝司手加里·克洛凯特（Gary Crockett）、鼓手尼·罗宾森（Neil Robinson），小号手多米尼克·克洛弗（Dominick Glover）。 乐队与Acid Jazz Records的合约，促进了他们唱片在美国的发行量，《Mission Impossible》、《The Money Spyder》和1995年的《In the Hand of the Inevitable》通过Hollywood Records公司在美国陆续推出。 2000年，乐队发行了《The Penthouse Suite》和《Living Underground》两张专辑，次年又出版了《Bigger Picture》。 When people use the term "singer/songwriter" (often modified by the word "sensitive") in praise or in criticism, they're thinking of James Taylor. In the early '70s, when he appeared with his introspective songs, acoustic guitar, and calm, understated singing style, he mirrored a generation's emotional exhaustion after tumultuous times. Just as Bing Crosby's reassuring voice brought the country out of the Depression and through World War II, Taylor's eased the transition from '60s activism and its attendant frustrations into the less political, more inward-looking '70s. He was rewarded with a series of hit albums and singles (surprisingly, many of the latter were covers of old songs rather than his own compositions), and he managed to survive his initial fame to achieve lasting popularity. He continued to tour successfully for decades, and, starting with his 1970 breakthrough Sweet Baby James, all but one of his regular album releases for the rest of the century went gold or platinum, while his 1976 Greatest Hits album achieved a diamond certification reflecting sales of more than ten million copies. Taylor was the son of Dr. Isaac and Gertrude Taylor. His three brothers Alex (1947-1993), Livingston, and Hugh - and his sister Kate - all became musicians and recorded albums of their own. In 1951, Dr. Taylor was appointed dean of the medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the family moved from New England to the South. Taylor studied cello as a child, but first took up the guitar in 1960. In 1963, he began attending Milton Academy, a prep school in Massachusetts. That summer, he met fellow guitarist Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar while staying on Martha' s Vineyard, and the two formed a folk duo. Taylor dropped out of school at 16 and formed a band with his brother Alex. Having moved to New York, he suffered from depression and checked himself into McLean Psychiatric Hospital in Massachusetts, a stay that would inspire some of his early songs. While there, he earned a high school diploma. Upon release, he returned to New York in 1966 and formed a new group, the Flying Machine, with Kortchmar and Joel O'Brien. The band played in Greenwich Village and was signed to a fledgling record label, Rainy Day Records (the name taken from Taylor' s song "Rainy Day Man"). It released one single, "Brighten Your Night with My Day" / "Night Owl," both songs written by Taylor. The record was unsuccessful, and the band broke up in the spring of 1967. By 1968, Taylor had become addicted to heroin. In an attempt to overcome his addiction, he moved to London, where he submitted a demo tape to Peter Asher, former member of Peter and Gordon, then working for the Beatles' Apple Records label. As a result, Taylor was signed to Apple and recorded his debut solo album, James Taylor, released in the U.K. in December 1968 and in the U.S. in February 1969. Initially, it received little attention. A more pressing concern, however, was that Taylor had not been able to kick heroin. As a result, he returned to the U.S. and checked into the Austin Riggs Hospital in Massachusetts. By July 1969, he had recovered sufficiently to make his solo debut at the Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles, but soon after he was in a motorcycle accident and broke both of his hands, which put him out of commission for several months. Freed of his Apple Records contract, Taylor signed to Warner Bros. Records, moved to California, and, retaining Asher as his manager and producer, recorded his second album, Sweet Baby James. It was released in February 1970 and became a major success during the course of the year, spurred by the single "Fire and Rain," a song that reflected on his experiences in mental institutions, which peaked in the top five in October, the same month that Sweet Baby James achieved the same status on the LP charts. With that, interest in Taylor's first album was re-stimulated, and it belatedly reached the charts along with the single "Carolina on My Mind," as did James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine - 1967, a short collection of unfinished recordings made by his '60s band. Sweet Baby James then spawned a second hit single, "Country Road," which peaked in the Top 40 in March 1971. The same month, Taylor appeared on the cover of Time magazine, touted as the founder and leading proponent of the "singer/songwriter" trend in popular music. Meanwhile, Taylor had acted in a feature film, Two-Lane Blacktop, co-starring with the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson. It was not successful, and Taylor never pursued an acting career, though it has been well-reviewed subsequently. Taylor also worked on a new album, returning to record stores in April 1971 with Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. As he toured the U.S., the LP spent the summer in the Top Ten, eventually peaking just below the top of the charts, paced by its first single, "You've Got a Friend," written by Carole King, which hit number one in July and went gold. A second single, "Long Ago and Far Away," reached the Top 40, and the album eventually sold more than two million copies. On March 14, 1972, Taylor won the 1971 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, for "You've Got a Friend." Taylor took what was then considered a long time - more than a year and a half - to come up with his next album, One Man Dog, released in November 197

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