Sun 27 Apr 2008
周二回到宁波,下午给学生上课。周四就又到杭州,然后当天晚上赶回。周五一早在宁波上课,下课马上坐十点五十的火车到杭州,因为星期五浙江大学传播所召开了首届全球华文新闻与传播期刊国际论坛。见到了杨溟老友,他还在头天晚上把新加坡的GUO先生从上海送到杭州,然后开了一天的会,期间还签了浙江大学出版社的协议。晚上在楼外楼晚宴,可惜没吃几口就送杨先生第一个到机场,返回路上来到下沙的中国计量学院,那里有国际公共关系协会的全国大学生公关策划大赛的活动,见到了蒋楠老师,还有协会的马秘书长和老友贺有光所长,席间被众人感激,居然也厚脸皮应承,因为这个活动本来就是俺策划的嘛,呵呵。还有张雷教授,好在同席一并感谢中。
周五晚上2点回到宿舍,因为国际论坛没有俺的房间,第二天一早再到会务帮忙,送了不少回程的专家。中午送南京大学杜骏飞老师到火车东站。下午请假回宁波。还错过了分院的活动,真是心生抱歉。 昨天晚上随便进家茶馆居然遇到道道夫妇和朱妹夫夫妇,而他们之前已经在同一个茶馆里遇到不下十个熟人,可见宁波的狭小。
今天下午去淘碟。开始还以为店主搬家了,找了半个多小时见面以后才知道,老板Z居然要到杭州去了,俺在宁波最后的碟片乐土也就此要搬到杭州了。Z是地道宁波人,居然也因为宁波买碟的太少,只能搬去他乡,他的生意不算兴隆,但居然也买了尼康的D80,和几个烫手的镜头,令我心生钦佩。不过我听说他的新店居然(太多个“居然”了)在百脑汇,不禁喜出望外,反复问“是楼下有KFC,在教工路的百脑汇么?”他也很意外,只是感叹附近房租太贵,不比宁波,店址没有最后确定。他临行前,宁波所有的淘友都来过了(所以尖货早被人淘光了,Z也抱怨我来太晚),大家都问候过我,只可惜同在一城,同好音乐,彼此却谋面很少,还要碟店老板代为问候,也算笑话一件。Z说等我来过,他就回老家(似乎是宁海),然后就五一到杭州开业了。听着让人唏嘘,也有几分感动。于是这次宁波最后的疯狂淘碟,也就不知不觉大大超过预算了。他送了我好几套CD和DVD,让旁边的几位顾客心生羡慕。
他帮我把几箱CD和往常一样搬上车,然后大家挥手再见。看着他在我的后视镜里依然望着我,似乎一个曾经的时代和他的身影一起远去了。
买的CD都不便宜,他留了似乎全套的PRESTIGE的JAZZ,特别是RIVERSIDE的珍贵录音。(一个小插曲,我看到JOHN LEE HOOKER和HOPKINS的CD都没买,还向友人炫耀自己在某年某月某日和某人一起买过。大家都笑,说,知道你买过,但你一定找不到。果然,刚才我停笔找了二十分钟依然还是没有找到,郁闷中。)我最后还是出让了RIVERSIDE实在是因为经费有限,而我选择的全部是自己喜欢的音乐。不知道为什么,以前喜欢早期爵士,那种BLUES的调调,激情掺杂着忧伤。但这次选的都是乐器少的JAZZ,喜欢那种淡淡的张力。全部都是冲音乐而不是录音或版本买的,连买碟都需要改变了,呵呵。
晚上拆开听的第一张CD是Z送的原声大碟BODYGUARD,现在听的是一张很棒的JAZZ CD。女钢琴家HAZE SCOTT的首张爵士录音,早先由DEBUT公司录制,1955年1月21日纽约HACKENSACK录音。这张CD是限量版(不知不觉又脱离音乐写录音了,抱歉) ,以前只在DEBUT(首演)公司12张一套的MINGUS录音里收录过两首。HAZE SCOTT的名字连GOOGLE里都没有,实在是太不被重视了。买这张CD的原因是因为总共只有三件乐器,钢琴已经介绍过了。而BASS和DRUM真是如雷贯耳。分别是CHARLES MINGUS和MAX ROACH,简直是当时最牛的组合了。两大高手会为一个默默无名的女钢琴家担任伴奏。按我去买碟前路上和朋友无意中说起的一个名字,简直是“张艾嘉”级人物,罗大佑、李宗盛等无不为其所用,(朋友还报了一长串的大哥名字,没有深究)
CD的名字叫《HAZE SCOTT: RELAXED PIANO MOODS》,三个人如老友般即兴问答,实在好听。在这个落寞的春夜,给我遐想和安慰。
April 28th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
何老师,习惯了定时的看你的博客,觉得你是一个很难得的人,现在没你的课了,祝福你在杭州的生活,一切都好!
April 29th, 2008 at 4:59 am
谢谢落落。其实我最好的思想都在课堂上了,BLOG只是个人情绪的宣泄,谢谢捧场。也祝福你不论在哪里都好!
May 15th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
你说的是Hazel Scott吗?Relaxed Piano Moods 美版全新这张TAOBAO上还是很常见的你可以搜索一下看看 如果名字打错了少个字母GOOGLE是搜索不到了 呵呵 我也很喜欢音乐!http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db1-de633969f6a281c9d543d8f567d5f7be.jhtml
May 18th, 2008 at 10:11 am
非常感谢yao pu真不知道您是谁,有空请你吃饭。
Hazel Scott
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a jazz and classical pianist and singer.
She was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on June 11, 1920 and raised in New York City from the age of four. She performed extensively on piano as a child, then trained at the Juilliard School. She appeared in the production Priorities of 1942 and played twice at the famed Carnegie Hall. Her motion picture career included the films Something To Shout About, I Dood It, Broadway Rhythm, The Heat’s On, and Rhapsody in Blue.
She was known for improvising on classical themes and also played bebop, blues, and ballads. She was the first African American woman to have her own television show, The Hazel Scott Show, which premiered on the DuMont Television Network on 3 July 1950. However, she publicly opposed McCarthyism and racial segregation, and the show was cancelled in 1950 when she was accused of being a Communist sympathizer. The last broadcast was 29 September 1950.
Her most successful recording was “Tico Tico.” Her album Relaxed Piano Moods, with Charles Mingus and Max Roach, is the album most highly regarded by critics today.
She was married to Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from 1945 to 1956, by whom she had one child before their divorce.
She died of cancer at the age of 61 on October 2, 1981 in New York City.