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电子吹管,英文名字有的叫MIDI SAX,但更多人叫它EWI(Electric Woodwind Instrument)
目前只有AKAI和YAMAHA两个公司生产电子吹管产品,而AKAI所生产的电子吹管型号都为EWI,因此很多人就把这乐器直接叫EWI了
这个乐器外表看上去有点象黑管或者竖笛,还是比较传统的。

 

 

Gerald Albright's versatility has placed him at the forefront of the "smooth" jazz scene. As Albright points out, sax isn't the only instrument he plays on the album.

"A lot of people don't know that I play the other instruments like
bass guitar and a little bit of keyboards," Albright says. "I also play flute, and all the saxophones and clarinet and EWI, which is an electronic wind instrument. So, I like doing different things. It's just the passion for trying to reach the higher ground in this wonderful music business."

Albright pays tribute to "The Godfather of Soul" James Brown
on the track, "What Would James Do?" He says Brown, and the great horn players that accompanied him, provided plenty of inspiration while growing up.

"One of my early influences was James Brown, and I have an older brother who literally had every James Brown record that he had made," Albright explains. "And we used to play this music over and over again in our household, so this is what I was digesting as a young kid. In listening to James Brown I heard Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley and all these wonderful horn players as part of James' group. So, it just really inspired me, and that R&B richness is definitely in my blood, and that's what comes out in my productions, my songwriting, and even in my live performances. I have to have that R&B influence in a very strong way."

Albright's "What Would James Do?" features James Brown's longtime band member Fred Wesley on
trombone.

Other highlights include remakes of Michael Jackson's "Get On The Floor," and The Carpenters' hit song "Close To You," as well as Albright's
foray into world music.?

"We also have a tune called 'Cape Town
Strut' which hints at the South African flavor of music, and 'Bobo's Groove' which is, of course, Latin," Albright says. "So, you have all these elements within the project that will hopefully make it global, and the whole planet will embrace this CD as one that makes them feel better."

Also featured on Pushing The Envelope is "The Road To Peace," dedicated to the people of Haiti, as well as a tune featuring
Grammy-winning guitarist Earl Klugh called "I Found The Klugh."

 

 

 

 

gig

1. 【口】(爵士乐、摇滚乐等)演奏,公演[C]

The band played a final gig before splitting up.

乐队散伙前作了最后一次演出

 

 

'人物简介

"Maceo! Blow your horn!" That's how James Brown would dynamically signal his favorite horn player to take another stinging sax solo -- and Maceo Parker never once let his boss down. Parker's jabbing workouts in the midst of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "Cold Sweat" made him a household name among '60s funk fans -- not bad for a kid fresh out of college who got the gig primarily because Brown coveted his brother Melvin's drumming chops.

Now Parker is a star in his own right. His Verve albums Roots Revisited and Mo' Roots impeccably spotlight his soul-drenched alto sax on a sizzling hybrid of funk, R&B, and jazz. And he's brought along his ex-section mates from Brown's band -- trombonist Fred Wesley and saxist Pee Wee Ellis -- to stoke the almighty groove. The North Carolina product quit Brown several times. Along with his bandmates, Parker mutinied in 1970 to form Maceo & All the King's Men, only to return to the fold three years later; later in the decade, he worked with Parliament/Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band. But when Brown was incarcerated, Parker was there for him, releasing a rap song that urged the Godfather of Soul's immediate freedom. With his newfound solo fame, however, it's doubtful that you'll see Parker back in Brown's horn section anytime soon. Parker's solo albums include Us People (1974), Funky Music Machine (1975), For All the King's Men (1989), Roots Revisited (1990), Mo' Roots (1991), the seminal Life on Planet Groove (1992), Southern Exposure (1993), FunkOverlord War (1998), dial:MACEO (2000), Made by Maceo (2003), and Schools In! (2005). ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide