92℃'s fantasia

新世纪柔顺爵士氛围。

音乐分享：Winter Heliotrope

时代的迁移，爵士领域当中不再是简单的架子鼓、萨克斯、钢琴、人声演唱等等，由中规中矩的单一化向着多元化潜移默化。电子音乐不仅是对传统音乐颠覆也是现代音乐的领军者。

Smooth Jazz同样也是现代音乐领域里的时尚代表，所以这二者是很容易一拍即合的。Soul Ballet和The Jazzmasters一样是Smooth Jazz领域中很有名气的project，后者是来自英国伦敦的音乐绅士Paul Hardcastle的看家宝，而前者则是年轻的音乐奇才Rick Kelly的独门绝技，在若干年里，Rick Kelly成功地把Soul Ballet推向全美的Smooth Jazz电台网。

Familiar to TV viewers over the years with his roles on Nip/Tuck, Cold Case, and Days of Our Lives, Rick Kelly has also slowly become a force in the world of ambient, techno, and trance-driven smooth jazz with several popular recordings under the Soul Ballet moniker. His career as artist, producer, and mastermind of this popular outfit reaches a commercial high point with his debut for 215 Records. Kelly's approach to music fully reflects the impressionistic way he once tackled two other related creative endeavors, metal sculpting and oil painting -- a collage of soundscapes, samples, and fresh key changes over seductive grooves, with colorful elodies on top. He captivates immediately with the easy retro-soul ambience, cool grooves, and lighthearted dancing piano melody of "She Rides" before adding spacy sonic effects on the trippy "S. Beach" (which features a blend of synth melody and the trumpet harmony of Ken Ross). Ross' horn also colors "Feel This Beat," which blends exotic, romantic-minded voices with a slow-burning groove. A sizzling interplay of trumpet and piano also drives the disc's most popular radio single, "Cream." ~ Jonathan Widran Includes bonus disc of remixes.