Dreams-Carmen Cuesta

独孤飘零

Carmen Cuesta的笔触充满诗意。她所写的歌词，可以是浪漫缱绻的，可以是哀伤绝望的，有时又道尽了人世间的悲欢离合，这就是Carmen—一位来自西班牙的爵士女诗人，会写能唱的她，以清新时尚风格深深吸引着听众的心。
Carmen Cuesta以其圆润嗓音风靡欧美，在各大Smooth Jazz电台名声响亮，清新派的时尚风格显得与众不同，气质歌声、音乐创作加上语文能力，让Carmen的作品总是充满惊喜。
Carmen Cuesta-Loeb原本是活跃于西班牙乐坛的歌手，她曾经参加戏剧演出。1979年与来自美国干负盛名的smooth Jazz吉他手恰克洛柏(chuck Loeb)初次相遇，相恋三个月就闪电结婚。当时洛柏与萨克斯飙大师史坦盖兹(stan Getz)正在法国、西班牙等国家适行巡回演出，为他们证婚正是史坦盖兹。后来卡閠与洛柏共演《并行线》（paralelo）拉丁爵士乐坒，活跃于纽约地区的各大爵士俱乐部，合作的对象也都是东岸爵士乐名人，其中包括曾获得十项以上葛莱美奖的萨克斯风手麦可布雷克(michael Brecker)。卡结婚后仍致力于录音与词曲创作的工作，不但参与洛柏的每一张专辑，也曾经帮吉他大师吉姆霍尔(jim Hall)、厄尔克鲁(earl Klugh)，跨界爵士萨克斯风手小格佛盛頳(grover Washington Jr.)、阿根廷萨克斯风大师卡多巴比耶里(gato Barbieri)以及《爵士光环》乐坒（spyro Gyra）等撰写词曲，是个才能备受肯定的创作歌手，不但如此，卡閠还拥有足球教练的执照，真是令人惊讶。
卡閠创作不懈，维持续参与乐坛活动，再加上她特殊的拉丁女性魅力、自然而充漨质感的滋润嗓音，个人专辑发行后干受好评，她的歌曲在归洲各大smooth Jazz电台有很高的播放率，清新派的时尚风格十分受欢迎。这是一张将拉丁曲风、爵士乐与流行乐统合在一起的跨界杰作，而且参与演出的可以说是目前爵士乐坛最强的跨国阵容—除了麦可布雷克与她丈夫恰克洛柏两位老班底以外，还有出身纽约布鲁克林的贝斯怪杰约翰帕特楚西(john Patitucci)，德国爵士乐坛第一把交椅的小喇叭手提尔布罗讷(till Brö;nner)，布詹姆斯(bob James)则是知名爵士乐手《爵士四人行》（fourplay）。

As the new night comes along bringing new light
She knows her loneliness will go away for a while
And slowly she will close her eyes thinking of him
Of the stranger she meets in her dreams
He'll come alone to her from out of the shadows
And brighten up the stars always so dim
He’ll lead her to a dance in the moonlight
Then she’ll kiss him like she never did
And the music will go on
And she won't be alone
She leaves her nightly dreams with abandon
She likes to feel the rain on her skin
She doesn't know his name, never asked him (had to)
'cause he takes her where she’s never been (wants to be)
They’ll be walking on the streets of a new world
There'll be no familiar places, no one they know
Only they will fill up all of the spaces with emotion
It's her dream, and she knows he'll be gone soon
Soon, soon, soon
So soon...
When she opens up her eyes
The lover of her life
When she opens up her eyes
He’ll be there right by her side
A stranger in the morning, her lover in the night

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