Candy Dulfer

小簡介
Candy Dulfer是當代爵士樂壇不可多得的絕代才女，首次在公眾面前露面是在搖滾鬼才Prince的音樂錄影帶《Partyman》之中。杜弗爾不僅擁有漂亮的金發(fā)和俏麗的面龐，她吹奏中音薩克斯的技巧也堪稱一流。
杜弗爾從小便受到吹奏高音薩克斯的父親的熏陶，桑尼·羅林斯、寇曼·霍金斯、德克斯特·戈登都是她心中的偶像。由于她的父親是荷蘭一位很有名的樂手，杜弗爾很順利的被介紹進入爵士樂界。她從12歲起便跟著Rosa King這位從美國流亡到荷蘭的樂手的樂隊演出。15歲組建自己的Funky Stuff樂隊。由于個性突出，這支樂隊還被著名搖滾歌手Madonna邀請參加她的歐洲巡演。在因與Prince的合作而名聞天下后，杜弗爾得到音樂制作人DaveStewart的協(xié)助，錄制了一些大受好評的樂曲。
杜弗爾的首張個人專輯在1991年推出，她的略帶放克風格的薩克斯一經(jīng)面世便帶起了流行旋風，成為當代爵士一種重要的構(gòu)成因素。她隨后推出的作品承接吸收了越來越多的音樂元素，顯示了更為豐沛活躍的創(chuàng)造力。
by Richard Skelly
Alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer was brought into the limelight by Prince, who introduced her to the world via his video for Partyman. Raised in a family heavily involved in the Dutch jazz scene, Dulfer is the daughter of Hans Dulfer, a respected jazz tenor saxophonist. Thanks to him, she listened to and studied the recordings of Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, and Dexter Gordon. He also introduced her to the stage early in life. When she was 12, she began playing in a band with Rosa King, an American expatriate who lived in Holland. Her career began by playing with brass bands but soon she was fronting her own band, Funky Stuff, who were invited to backup Madonna for part of her European tour. She began leading the band at age 15. Her appearances with Prince led to session work with Eurythmics guitarist/producer Dave Stewart, who gave Dulfer a credit on Lily Was Here, which reached number six in the U.K. and number one on the Dutch radio charts in 1990. Recording sessions for her debut album were followed by more guest star dates with Van Morrison, Aretha Franklin, and Pink Floyd.
Her debut, Saxuality, released later in 1990 for RCA Records, was very successful in Europe and the U.S. While it was by no means a straight-ahead jazz album, her funky alto sax stylings caught on with fans of contemporary jazz at several recently launched smooth jazz radio stations around the U.S. Saxuality was nominated for a Grammy and certified gold for sales in excess of a half-million units worldwide. Her 1991 album Sax-a-Go-Go includes Sunday Afternoon, a song by Prince, and also teams her up with some of her musical mentors, the JBs and the Tower of Power horns. Her other influences include Sonny Rollins and David Sanborn, and while Dulfer hasnt carved the niche for herself that Sanborn has in the jazz world, she does have a great career ahead of her as she continues to synthesize classic R&B, blues, pop, and jazz in her own unique, creative ways. In 1999, she released What Does It Take with Girls Night Out and Right In My Soul following in 2001 and 2003 respectively.