James Newell Osterberg Jr., better known as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Designated the "Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of influential proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1967 and have disbanded and reunited multiple times since.

“酷” 派爵士的传奇人物Paul Desmond以中音萨克斯风闻名於世，他的吹奏理念源自早期的Benny Carter及Pete Brown。Desmond避免使用中音萨克斯风的人声效果，亦甚少引用蓝调字汇，以吹奏谱出美丽的旋律为主，而这正是“酷”派的原则。Desmond於 1951年自组四重奏，其间推出的一张“Take Five”更被誉为爵士国度中的一首“国歌”。50年代末期，这支组合完美的结束，亦将Desmond带入了Fantasy公司，在此，Desmond与吉他手Jim Hall组成四重奏，成为爵士史上最富旋律感的配搭。Desmond与Gerry Mulligan的双萨克斯风组合，在此时期亦大放光芒，虽然Desmond并非可以成功地於不同的阵型中表现特出，但重要的是适当的组合却有效使得 Desmond的萨克斯风发挥出有史以来最美妙的声音之一。
这张从名称可以看出是基于桑巴和波萨诺瓦风格。阵容：Paul Desmond - alto saxophone, Jim Hall - guitar, Eugene Wright - bass, Gene Cherico - bass (仅曲目9), Connie Kay - drums
为当年美国最大的唱片公司，RCA除了在古典音乐方面有着伟大的业绩，在爵士乐方面亦是猛将云集，见证了乐坛最辉煌的一段历史。最近，BMG重新以CD形式发行了 RCA的一系列爵士名盘，除了曲目原封不动，连唱片封面也彻底照搬，唯一不同的是录音经新科技处理；既保存 了原版 LP的'音乐味"，更给予现代音响发烧友更强的Hi- Fi感，实在值得收藏。
Paul Desmond（ 1924-1977）这个名字老一辈爵士迷肯定都认识，这位大师级的Alto Saxophone乐手，更是一位天才的作曲高手，早在40年代，他便和 Dave Brubeck等人在爵士音乐界占有重要的位置。60年代初，美国爵士乐坛发生了巨大的变化，南美的音乐元素--Bossa Nova慢慢渗入了传统爵士乐，个中佼佼者当首推 Stan Getz；由于潮流所趋， Pan l-Desmond亦积极创作了不少带有森巴节奏的作品，这张 1964年出版的唱片便是非常具有代表性的录音。
碟中除有 Desrnond精彩绝伦的Sax吹奏，还有Jim Hall的吉他， Eugene Wright的低音大提琴及 Connie Kay的鼓击；每一位都是赫赫有名的爵士乐顶尖高手，音乐之动人无需多洒口水，您都能想像。
原版唱片属 RCA 60年代的Dynagroove"动态音槽"系列，当时的制版技术已相当出色，而大师级录音师Bob Simpson的妙手炮制，更令该录音最现出一流的活生感。如此本质优异的母版再经过最新数码重新混音处理，令失真更低，效果更出跳。您可听见早期立体声录音典型的"左、中、右"三点式定位在这张唱片中大显神威，乐器的质感和量感堪称无敌，音色自然，胆味盎然，每一粒弹跳出来的音符都证明当年的录音技术经得起时间考验，实属发烧玩家的必藏珍品！

This duet session is as much pianist Albert Dailey´s date as Stan Getz´s. Getz lets Dailey, who passed away a little over a year later, dominate the music and the lyrical pianist comes up with some fresh ideas during the standards set. "Confirmation," "A Child Is Born" and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" are highpoints as are Dailey´s unaccompanied solo performances of "´Round Midnight" and "Lover Man

If this were your first exposure to Eric Clapton, a bit of bewilderment would be in order. This is the legendary guitar icon? This is (as his early apostles once proclaimed) God? Ranging from the mid-´80s through the late ´90s, The Clapton Chronicles owes less to the groundbreaking blues-rock of Clapton´s ´60s and ´70s classics than to the polished-to-a-glare pop of Phil Collins, who produced one of the tracks included in this 14-song anthology. His reinterpretation of his greatest recording--the once-gripping, now-placid "Layla"--perhaps best illustrates Clapton at middle-age: Who wants to bask in his darkest period? Not Clapton, who converts his surging, purging charge into a soothing stroll. And perhaps not fans of such docile MOR fare as "My Father´s Eyes," "Tears in Heaven," and the two new tracks, "Blue Eyes Blue" and "Get Lost."

喬許·溫斯洛·葛洛班是一個曾被提名葛萊美獎的美國創作歌手，憑藉他成熟，感情豐富和男中音聲線而廣為人知。雖然他的願望是繼續從事歌劇，但近來仍然專注於唱歌及唱片灌錄。 葛洛班目前居住在洛杉磯。

DARKNESS AND LIGHT is the new album from acclaimed, multi-platinum selling, Oscar, Golden Globe and 10x Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter John Legend. This new 12 song collection is produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes), and features multiple guest collaborations including Chance the Rapper, Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard, and Miguel. The lead single and video from DARKNESS AND LIGHT, is the anthemic track, "Love Me Now," written and produced by John Legend with Blake Mills and John Ryan (One Direction).
John Legend's work to date has garnered him ten Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, the BET Award for Best New Artist and the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, among others. His debut album, Get Lifted, was released in December of 2004 through Columbia Records. The critically acclaimed album spawned the artist's first hit single, "Ordinary People," and scored Legend multiple Grammy Awards in 2006, including Best R&B Album, Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. The follow up was 2006's platinum-selling Once Again, which brought Legend another Grammy, Best Male R&B Performance, for his single "Heaven," and included collaborations with Kanye West, will.i.am and Raphael Saadiq. Legend's next release was 2008's Evolver, led by the hit single "Green Light" featuring Andre 3000. His 2010 collaboration with the Roots, Wake Up, won the Grammy for Best R&B Album a year later. Legend s highly acclaimed fourth studio album Love In the Future arrived in 2013, and featured the worldwide hit "All of Me," his highest selling and charting song to date. Following the success of the platinum album Love In The Future, Legend won his first Academy Award, first Golden Globe Award, his 10th Grammy award, and a Critic's Choice Award for his song "Glory," that he wrote and performed with Common, for the film SELMA.
The next chapter of John Legend's continually building career is DARKNESS AND LIGHT. The music on this new album not only reflects Legend's continued evolution as an artist, but also his role as a husband and a new father. John married his longtime girlfriend, model Chrissy Teigen, in September of 2013. In 2016, the couple had a daughter named Luna.