99年专辑《我要我们要在一起》的成功让范晓萱摆脱了小魔女的儿童歌手形象，做自己喜爱的音乐是她一直所追求的目标。随着由福茂唱片转换至擎天娱乐旗下，让歌迷们引颈长盼两年的全新作品《绝世名伶》终于出炉。
《绝世名伶》共15首全新作品，除了“最好的爱煞人武器”是粤语歌曲外，其它全部由国语演唱。大部分由范晓萱亲自操刀创作，歌词也都是和自己生活、性格等相关的内容。音乐风格虽然多样，但就如专辑名称《绝世名伶》一样，始终洋溢着五、六十年代的音乐味道。开场曲“姐妹们的聚会”是与好友阿雅、SOS姐妹共同合录的，在欢快的节奏中可以听出四人甚好的友情和在一起时的无限快乐；“等”是专辑最早收录的作品，急促的节奏、快速转换的旋律将等待的心情完整呈现；而“失控的胖子”、“如果我先死了怎么办”、“起毛球”则表露出范晓萱在青春期对感情及一些事情的看法和困惑。“You don`t trust me at all”、“回忆”两首都是慢版的情歌，在经历了成长后的范晓萱将作品演绎得感人至深。
在《绝世名伶》推出前夕，范晓萱受到《壹周刊》摇头性爱派对报导的打击，在承受了突如其来的压力和痛苦后，专辑依然决定按原订日期推出，但将不拍宣传照、Music Video、不做任何宣传。在写给媒体的亲笔信中，范晓萱说到：“我没办法再去相信许多事了！所以之后我将没有所谓的宣传活动，在我还没想出如何在这个社会生存及面对之前，我想我是不会主动出现了，也谢谢我的唱片公司给我的空间！我希望喜欢我音乐的人，请不要因为任何事而否定了我这几年的努力及心血，或影响对这张专辑的评价，如果它是不错的音乐，就请给它一点鼓励吧！”

Lady in Satin is an album by jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 1157 in mono and CS 8048 in stereo. It is the next to final album completed by the singer and released in her lifetime (Her final album, "Billie Holiday" being recorded in March 1959 and released just after her death). The original album was produced by Irving Townsend, and engineered by Fred Plaut.
The song material for Lady in Satin derived from the usual sources for Holiday in her three decade career, that of the Great American Songbook of classic pop. Unlike the bulk of Holiday's recordings, rather than in the setting of a jazz combo Holiday returns to the backdrop of full orchestral arrangements as done during her Decca years, this time in the contemporary vein of Frank Sinatra or Ella Fitzgerald on her Songbooks series. The album consists of songs Holiday had never recorded before.
The arrangements were by bandleader Ray Ellis, Holiday familiar with his Ellis in Wonderland album. Soloists on the album included Mel Davis, Urbie Green, and bebop trombone pioneer J.J. Johnson. The song "The End of a Love Affair" did not appear on the stereo release, CS 8048, the final track of side two being "I'll Be Around."

1976 年12月7日，在瑞典斯德哥尔摩旧城区的Stempen爵士俱乐部，举行了几场爵士热演，其中包括瑞典最著名的萨克斯大师Arne Domnerus和颤音琴大师Lars Erstrand，以及钢琴、贝斯与爵士鼓等五位名家的合力演出。俱乐部舞台稍高出地面，许多顾客就坐在四周，录音师Gert Palmcrantz则躲在小厨房，用总共三支立体麦克风和简单的录音器材很精确的记录了演奏的细节与动态，音乐优美甘甜，空间的细微噪音也一并完整收集，所以现场感强烈，舞台立体浮凸的在眼前呈现，即使不用多声道系统，环境包围感一样叫人惊讶无比。聆听这张唱片，你会情不自禁认为自己就置身现场，俱乐部内那种烟雾弥漫围绕着酒酣耳热，看着台上乐手忘我尽情地演奏与爵士乐现场的那种即兴鲜活感完全地保留与表现出来。
1977年演出的部分录音由瑞典的宝碟Proprius公司制成双黑胶LP唱片《Jazz at the Pawnshop》出版，由于录音把俱乐部现场完美的重现立即成为爵士乐和发烧唱片的楷模，此后宝碟把其余的录音制成了第二和第三集。此唱片传入香港后，港人给它起了个响亮的名字：《当铺爵士》。后来又有了CD版，HDCD版，XRCD版，SACD版等众多的版本，此唱片也是有史以来版本最多的唱片之一。几乎所有的音响杂志、收藏家都会推荐的专辑、对发烧迷与音响设计师与制造商来说，更是测试片的终极模板。
2007年宝碟Proprius公司全球限量发行了3000套（每一套都有编号）：当铺爵士30周年终极纪念版《Jazz at the Pawnshop 30th anniversary》，内容包括三张SACD外加一张DVD访谈，其中第三碟的第六、七曲是从未发表过的录音。

Annie Yi, also known as Annie Shizuka Inoh, is a famous Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer

《上海老百乐门绝版爵士》非凡之处，乃是上海老百乐门首席乐队，同时也是中国第一支爵士乐队Jimmy King 的元老级爵士乐手们唯一留传在世的原人原奏作品。所谓绝版，是指不可复制性，因而弥足珍贵。

在20世纪40年代，上海百乐门被誉为“远东第一乐府”，是中国爵士音乐的起源地，而顶梁乐队Jimmy King极盛时甚至与巴黎红磨坊，纽约百老汇的乐队齐名，和周璇，李蚝兰等的歌声一起成为旧上海隽永的记忆符号。

岁月流逝后的1990年，Jimmy King 乐队硕果仅存的元老爵士乐手们带着历史的使命感，齐聚在一起，原汁原味的演奏当年的著名曲目，如《香格里拉》、《夜上海》、《夜来香》等，同进运用了现代的高保真数码录音技术，为中国爵士音乐界留下了这珍贵的绝版作品，在老艺术家们娴熟从容的演绎中，浓浓的旧上海韵味恣意蔓延，仿若隔世……

70%的耳朵听到泛滥的旋律
15%的耳朵因HIF而沉迷
硕果仅存的15%
只为真正的音乐敞开耳膜
最源头的音乐品牌 印证你我音乐理想
老百乐门乐队Jimmy King的元老级爵 士兵手们唯一留传在世的源人原奏作品17首当年上海老百乐门经典爵士曲目原味重现
单点身历声PCM数码声录音
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“百乐门”系英文“PARAMOUNT”的谐音！寓有一流及请君进门，百事快乐这意。

01婆娑起舞
02香格里拉
03夏威夷天堂
04兰姆酒与可口可乐
05烟雾蒙住你的眼睛
06夜上海
07最后的圆舞曲
08夜来香
09似水流年
10曼丽享尼
11玫瑰玫瑰我爱你
12恋歌
13沉睡的珊瑚礁
14蔷薇蔷薇处处开
15快乐舞曲
16夏威夷日出
17兴致勃勃

这是Universal Music唱片公司于2001年出版发行的一套(2CD)精选爵士女声合辑，集合了Nina Simone， Diana Krall， Laura Fygi，Billie Holiday，Ella Fitzgerald，Sarah Vaughan，Patti Page ，Dinah Washington...... 等爵士名伶。如果你也喜欢爵士乐女歌手对于情歌丰富的情感及细腻的诠释，这绝对是一张让你爱不释手、一遍又一遍反复聆赏的「极致佳酿」，唱歌的人轻轻柔柔唱出在子夜里的独白，钢琴前奏更舒展了女人晨起前的内心戏。。。

《诺拉琼丝：家的感觉》2003春天——她的初试啼声感动了整个世界，超过2千万颗的心得到抚慰。2004春天——那个满怀着8座葛莱美奖的女孩，即将再度用她温暖的声音，拂去你辛劳的尘埃，陪伴你迎接每一天。首张专辑全球突破2000万张的销售量蝉联Billboard流行专辑TOP40长达46周，2003葛莱美奖8项大奖最大赢家与制作人Arif Mardin再度合作，备受瞩目的全新专辑13曲全新作品，全心收录。



☆ 首支浪漫主打Don't Know Why调曲创作人Jesse Harris客串吉他演奏/Norah与贝斯手Lee Alexander共谱　柔美情歌/电影《蝴蝶》英文主题曲Those Sweet Words。
☆ 大破美国iTUNES网站Digital Download单日点选最高纪录，媲美Come Away With Me全新推曲Sunrise/Norah首次尝试轻快节奏/乡村天后桃莉芭顿热情跨刀合唱曲Creepin'in及重新演绎汤尼冯查德经　典之作的Be Here To Love Me。
☆ 特立风格葛莱美奖传奇歌手汤姆威兹与夫人Kathleen Brennan共同谱写新作The Long Way Home。
☆ 特别推荐艾灵顿公爵Duke Ellington名曲Melancholia首次演唱版本Don't Miss You At All。

“ 我喜欢把期望值降低一点，因为这样的话，一旦成绩还不错，你就会享受到意外的惊喜。”2002年2月，诺拉琼丝在Blue Note唱片公司旗下发行她的首张个人专辑《Come Away With Me远走高飞》时，这位当时只有22岁的年轻歌手并不晓得这张专辑发行后，排山倒海而来的成串惊喜。《远走高飞》专辑在商业与口碑方面都获得了压倒性的胜利，不但让诺拉抱走了8座葛莱美奖，专辑的销售数字也直线狂飙，成为一张多白金唱片。

去年四月，诺拉与她的乐团伙伴们在纽约郊区的一间录音室里开始新专辑的录制工作。就像在第一张专辑一样，在这张最新专辑《Feels Like Home家的感觉》中透着乡村、流行与爵士等各式不同曲风色调。在这张新专辑中，诺拉再度与制作人Arif Mardin以及与她默契娴熟的乐团成员们倾力合作演出，自己身兼歌手/创作者与钢琴演奏者三重身分。专辑中的13首歌曲，除了诺拉自己以及她与老搭档 Lee Alexander共同谱写的伤口之外，也收录了几首由与诺拉合作的乐团成员及好友所创作的歌曲，并首次尝试以翻唱的方式，重新演绎Townes Van Zandt的Be Here To Love Me、Tom Waits与夫人Kathleen Brennan合的 The Long Way Home 以及诺拉四年前就构思完成，将艾灵顿公爵（Duke Ellington）的Melancholia填上歌词，并名改为Don't Miss You At All的作品等三首经典老歌。首支单曲Sunrise 带着明亮、活泼的感觉，这首歌曲是由诺拉与Lee Alexander共同谱写的。另外两首由Don't Know Why创作者Jesse Harris客串吉他演奏的慢板抒情曲Carnival Town,Those Sweet Words,及乡村音乐传奇歌后桃莉芭顿（DollyParton）、 著名摇滚经典团体The Band的鼓手Levon Helm以及风琴手Garth Hudson、诺拉的好友吉他手Jesse Harris与Tony Scher、鼓手Brian Blade，还有键盘乐器手Rob Burger等，亦同时为这张专辑带来令人兴奋的感动。

灵感上正是 “Feels Like Home”专辑的核心。诺拉在努力维持《远走高飞》专辑一样的浓醇音乐的同时，她也强调她并不想复制《远走高飞》的成功模式：“我很高兴大家喜欢我的上一张专辑，那纪录了当时的我在音乐上的想法，现在这张专辑则反映出我现在的想法。这就是我对录制唱片的感觉，就像拍快照一样，纪录下当时的心情。录这张专辑带给我们好多乐趣。”

01 Sunrise 日出
02 What Am I to You? 对你来说我算什么
03 Those Sweet Words 那些甜言蜜语
04 Carnival Town 狂欢之城
05 In the Morning 在清晨
06 Be Here to Love Me 留在这里爱我
07 Creepin In 早早来看我
08 Toes 脚趾
09 Humble Me 轻视我
10 Above Ground 地面上
11 The Long Way Home 漫漫回家路
12 The Prettiest Thing 最美丽的事
13 Don't Miss You At All 不去想你

Canadian version of 2002 live release includes one exclusive bonus track, 'Charmed Life' & the U.S. bonus track, 'Just The Way You Are' (Studio Version/Billy Joel cover). The first-ever live concert recording from Grammy winning vocalist/pianist Diana Krall, recorded at the Paris Olympia Theatre winter 2002. Here finally, captured in amazing audio quality, is an album showcasing the magic of Krall's concert performances. Krall & her band - perform some of the tunes from Krall's studio recordings, such as 'East of the Sun (West of the Moon)' & 'Devil May Care'. Joined by special guests John Pisano (acoustic guitar) & Paulinho DaCosta (percussion) for several tracks, including the Gershwin's 'S'wonderful'. The Orchestre Symphonique European, conducted by Alan Broadbent with special guest conductor Claus Ogerman, is featured on the upbeat 'Let's Fall in Love' & a haunting interpretation of 'I've Got You

Recorded at the historic Olympia Theatre in Paris in November 2001, this is Diana Krall's first live album. Backed by her quicksilver combo of bassist John Clayton, drummer Jeff Hamilton, and guitarist John Pisano (on some tracks), Krall's jazz heritage comes through loud and clear on this program of standards, ballads, and bossa novas. On Peggy Lee's "I Love Being Here with You," Bob Dorough's "Devil May Care," and Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon," Krall's snappy, postbop piano playing shows off her debt to Nat "King" Cole and Jimmy Rowles. Her cool contralto vocals are illuminated by the Orchestre Symphonique Europeen, under the direction of Alan Broadbent, as well as the London Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Claus Ogerman. Krall's deep take on Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" is a great choice for an encore, and the CD concludes with Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" (a studio track from a film called The Guru), with tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker and bassist Christian McBride. This collection only hints at what Diana Krall has to offer in the future.--Eugene Holley Jr.

2001 covers album for the UK pop-star. Featuring duets with Nicole Kidman, Jane Horrocks, Jon Lovitz & Jonathan Wilkes. Tracks include, 'Something Stupid', 'Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me', 'Mack The Knife', 'I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen', 'Well, Did You Evah' & 'Mr. Bojangles'.

It is not just the timbre of Norah Jones's voice that is mature beyond her 22 years. Her assured phrasing and precise time are more often found in older singers as well. She is instantly recognizable, blending shades of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone without sounding like anyone but herself. Any way you slice it, she is a singer to be reckoned with. Her readings of the Hank Williams classic "Cold Cold Heart" and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" alone are worth the price of the CD. Jones's own material, while not bad, pales a bit next to such masterpieces. They might have fared better had she and producer Arif Mardin opted for some livelier arrangements, taking better advantage of brilliant sidemen such as Bill Frisell, Kevin Breit, and Brian Blade; or if the tunes had simply been given less laconic performances. Jones has all the tools; what will come with experience and some careful listening to artists like J.J. Cale and Shirley Horn is the knack of remaining low-key without sounding sleepy--sometimes less is not, in fact, more. --Michael Ross

Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd.
Recorded At – Epicurus Studio
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Hiroshi Yaginuma, Keiji Hori
Art Direction – Ben Nishizawa
Baritone Saxophone – Takemi Ishikane
Bass – Yoshinori Ishida (2)
Bass Trombone – Kenichi Sudare
Composed By – Bingo Miki
Drums – Kazuhiro Ebisawa
Engineer – Yoshihiko Kannari
Ensemble – The Tokyo Union
Guitar – Kenichi Araya, Takao Naoi
Leader, Tenor Saxophone – Tatsuya Takahashi
Liner Notes [Poem] – Kayoko Fuyumori
Percussion – Yuji Imamura
Piano – Masahiro Kanayama
Producer – Takeshi "Tee" Fujii*
Synthesizer – Mickey Yoshino*
Tenor Saxophone – Seiji Inoue
Trombone – Eijiro Miyazaki, Kiyotaka Uchida, Koichi Okada
Trumpet – Hiroshi Abiko, Motoharu Suzuki, Tomokazu Saio, Yoshifumi Tada
Notes
Later press. Single sleeve Cover. Comes with insert.
Recorded May, 15 & 22 1977. at EPICURUS Studio Tokyo