最近比較少買CD 了，上次再逛誠品時看到一張Solveig Slettahjell
"Slow Motion Orchestra"的爵士CD。戴起耳機試聽，果然不同凡響。這是一張在奧司陸Oslo 的BLA現場錄音。裡面翻唱了法蘭克辛‧那屈的"All the way"，艾拉‧費茲傑羅（Ella Fitzgerald） "Comes love"，比莉‧哈樂黛的 "What a little moonlight can do"，蓋希文的 "I've got crush on you" 等等的爵士曲子。 這張CD 錄音非常棒，加上主唱的獨特唱腔與聲音表情。在慢慢的旋律裏好像來到了爵士酒吧。伴奏的是由13人組成的Slow motion Orchestra慢動作大樂團，也非常稱職，鼓聲，鋼琴聲，吉他聲，都被細細收錄。雖然不突出，確適如其份的出現在音樂裏，讓人激賞。
最喜歡第一首，"All the Way"，雖然沒聽過辛那屈的原唱。卻覺得她唱的十分有韻味，配上Slow Motion 樂團的伴奏，小喇叭加減音器的間奏，讓時間和情緒都慢了下來，柔軟又深情。
第二首的Comes love, Slow加上一點Swing，經過第一首的熱身，也開始熱情不少。想像一個爵士小舞池，女聲與大提琴合唱，女生與男生慢舞。大提琴加上鋼琴的間奏，讓人不能自己的爵士情懷。
第三首Blame it on my Youth，深情款款，聲音降低年齡，像一個張著大眼的年輕女孩兒，說著，
"如果我期待在第一個吻裏找到真愛，請原諒我還年輕"，
"If I expected love when we first we kissed, Blame it on my youth"
小提琴和鋼琴的間奏，成熟與青澀之間的情懷，
"請別要責怪我的心，責怪我的年輕吧"
第四首"My heart belongs to Daddy"與第五首"What a little moonlight can do "就很有力了，鼓聲與其他樂器開始亂飆，各自發揮，也是發揮音響極限的時刻了，突如其來的低頻鼓聲與鈸的細碎聲響，自然被吸引到演奏的細節；這時就慢慢享受各個樂器的音色與樂手solo 自由自在的表現。
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其他的就讓各位自己去欣賞吧。
All the way
Cahn/van Heusen
When Somebody Loves You
當有人愛你
It's No Good Unless He Loves You All The Way
除非是全心的愛你
Happy To Be Near You
When You Need Someone To Cheer You All The Way
當你需要有人全心的鼓舞
快樂就會在身邊
Taller Than The Tallest Tree Is
That's How It's Got To Feel
高過最高的樹
這才是真正的感覺
Deeper Than The Deep Blue Sea Is
That's How Deep It Goes If It's Real
深過那深藍的海洋
那才是深的真實
When Somebody Needs You
當有人需要你
It's No Good Unless He Needs You All The Way
最好是全心的需要
Through The Good Or Lean Years
這些美好或者依賴的年歲
And For All Those In Between Years Come What May
也許是處於這些之間的年歲
Who Knows Where The Road Will Lead Us
Only A Fool Would Say
只有傻瓜才會說
'誰知道我們將會如何'
But If You'll Let Me Love You
It's For Sure I'm Gonna Love You All The Way All The Way
但如果你讓我愛你
我將會百分之百的全心愛你
Taller Than The Tallest Tree Is
That's How It's Got To Feel
Deeper Than The Deep Blue Sea Is
That's How Deep It Goes If It's Real
When Somebody Needs You
It's No Good Unless She Needs You All The Way
Through The Good Or Lean Years
And For All Those In Between Years Come What May
Who Knows Where The Road Will Lead Us
Only A Fool Would Say
But If You'll Let Me Love You
It's For Sure I'm Gonna Love You All The Way
All The Way
I'm Gonna Love You All The Way
歌詞取材
http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/view/Celine%20Dion/All%20The%20Way/
照片取材
http://www.hjc.no/2002/solveig_slettahjell.htm
