爵士名段欣赏002：《 What a wonderful world》的几个版本欣赏
Sisyphus Sky
在继续和大家分享古典主义时期音乐大师“乐圣”贝多芬的生平事迹和伟大音乐作品之前，今天我们穿插一期【爵士名段欣赏】，因为贝多芬的曲目要分享和点评的太多，新的一集无法在一天之内完成，我又不想让栏目开“天窗”。而且听到反馈：“古典的内容连续每天分享有些受众一时还适应不了”，所以在今后的西方音乐史分享过程中我都会每隔一两天就穿插一些爵士乐或通俗音乐的纯欣赏内容。
《What a Wonderful World》是由Bob Thiele和George David Weiss创作的一首爵士歌曲，Louise Armstrong 1967年首次以单曲形式录制发行，此版本1999年入选格莱美名人堂。
路易斯·阿姆斯特朗是爵士乐史上的天才音乐家，如何评价他在爵士音乐中的重要性都不为过，他对爵士音乐发展的贡献相当古典音乐的巴赫、摇滚音乐的猫王，今天和您分享的这首“What A Wonderful World（多美好的世界啊）是他最经典的曲目之一”（曾作为电影《早安，越南》的插曲。）如今作为爵士标准曲之一已经成了很多爵士大师的必备曲目。
路易斯·阿姆斯特朗生于新奥尔良，他有着令人眩目的小号演奏技巧和富创新精神的演唱方式， 20年代他的乐团所录的演奏音乐，真的可以说已成为今日一切爵士乐原型的决定性演奏。他不仅是一位伟大的小号演奏者，同时也是爵士乐史上最初的天才音乐家，包括他的歌声对爵士乐的影响都无法估计。 Louis Armstrong 是纯粹的美国音乐的源泉，他的歌曲具有完美的定调和旋律。他即兴的演奏和歌唱能像月光一样轻盈。就像其他爵士音乐的革新者一样，他的影响贯穿爵士音乐和美国音乐，他成为美国式情感的指引者。
How about all them wars all over the place?
You call them wonderful?
And how about hunger and pollution?
That ain't so wonderful either.
" Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute. Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is see what a wonderful world It would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other we'd solve lots more problems. And then this world would be gasser. That's wha' ol' Pops keeps saying."
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom, for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
I see skies of blue, and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces, of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, sayin',
"How do you do?"
They're really sayin', "
I love you"
I hear babies cryin',
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more,
than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Oh yeah!
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