Badi Assad

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Badi Assad（貝蒂-阿薩德）
一位有獨特才能的巴西吉他演奏家，同時是天才的即興創(chuàng)作歌手。 她用毫無瑕疵的技巧在巴西爵士樂和古典吉他音樂演奏上嬴得很多獎項。
Tom Jobim 曾說過巴西人似乎從生下來就懷抱吉他。Badi Assad是巴西人天生對音樂敏感的深動寫照。Badi Assad 1966年出生于巴西圣保羅，當她還是一個小女孩的時候，她的夢想是當一名舞蹈家。后來她逐漸認識到她的家庭不僅要把她培養(yǎng)成一名舞蹈家，還應是歌唱家，一名出色的吉他演奏家----簡言之，要把她培養(yǎng)成一名全才藝術(shù)家。14 的時候 , Badi 開始學習吉他，她的父親Jorge Assad 彈曼陀林，而她的二位兄長是全世界著名的吉他二重奏Sergio Assad和Odair Assad兄弟 。
Badi在里約熱內(nèi)盧大學學習古典吉他。 Badi把她的古典音樂知識融入流行音樂和爵士樂。她的 Takamine 吉他，幾名舞者和她的歌聲，讓你暢游于“節(jié)奏”世界。 她不做“學院派”音樂，她說“我要新的音樂”。 Badi's 的新聲音使她越來越受歡迎。
她首演是在1984年，當時她在里約熱內(nèi)盧青年器樂演奏大賽中獲獎。二年之后，她更出名了，參加了里約熱內(nèi)盧的吉他管弦樂隊（吉他演奏家 Turbio Santos任歸指揮）。到1987年，她當時只有20歲，Badi已經(jīng)同吉他演奏家Franoise-Emmanuelle Denis一起在歐洲，以色列和巴西演出。他們組成“Romantique二重奏”。
她的第一張專輯“Dance of Sounds”1989年在巴西發(fā)行，收錄她兄長Sergio Assad和布羅威爾、迪恩斯的作品。她自己寫了她兄長作的兩首歌的歌詞。
她的第二張專輯“rhythms”（節(jié)奏）開創(chuàng)了嶄新的吉他演奏風格，她融彈、敲、唱、舞為一體，且作曲和編曲，有人稱她為“古典吉他界的陳美”，而且她除了運用打擊樂品、口技并結(jié)合各式吉他技巧的彈奏外，也沒有忽略在純器樂演奏上的探索精進。專輯中有即興意味的“O Choro de Juliana”，結(jié)合口技、Rap的“ Rhythms”則令人有一種忍俊不住的雀躍，而純吉他演奏的“Song For Badi”是由其好友Kevin Callahan為她所譜的一首小品，曲中充滿西班牙的典雅含蓄，似乎提供我們欣賞貝姬才情的另一種視野。還有她的創(chuàng)作曲“Ica”則運用人聲吟唱，泛音音場由遠至近營造出一種空間深邃的神秘感，尤其在2:55有爆棚的音效展示。Badi Assad將毋庸置疑地成為90年代巴西新音樂的代言人！
by Craig Harris
Badi Assad is one of Brazils most talented performers. A heartfelt vocalist who sings in English and Portuguese and is known for her Bobby McFerrin-like improvisations, Assad is also one of the countrys truly accomplished guitar players. In 1995, Assad was voted Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist by editors of Guitar Player, while readers of the magazine named her album Rhythms the Best Classical Album of the Year. Although her earlier albums focused on unique interpretations of songs by songwriters such as Egberto Gizmonte, Milton Nascimento, Ralph Towner, and George Harrison, Assad displayed her songwriting talents on her 1998 album Chameleon, co-writing nine of the albums 12 tracks.
The younger sister of famed guitarists Sergio and Odair of the duo Assad, Badi, who grew up in Rio de Janeiro, studied piano at age eight. By age 14, however, she had switched to the guitar and was accompanying her father, who played chorinhos or Brazilian music on the bandolim. Sharpening her skills at the University Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro, Assad placed first in a Young Instrumentalist Contest in 1984. Assads professional debut came as a member of the Guitar Orchestra of Rio de Janiero, conducted by Turbio Santos, in 1986. The same year, she sang and acted in a musical, Mulheres de Hollanda, written by Tatiana Cobbett and based on works by Chico Buarque.
Assad returned to music in 1987, performing throughout Israel, Europe, and Brazil along with guitarist Francoise-Emmanuel Denis as Duo Romantique. In 1988, she wrote and starred in a solo performance piece, Antagonism, in which she played guitar, sang, acted, and danced.
Dança dos Tons, Assads debut album, was released in Brazil only in 1989 and limited to 2,000 copies (it was re-released with bonus tracks as Dança das Ondas in 2004). Her first worldwide release, Solo, was recorded in April 1993 at St. Stephens of Hungary Church in New York. Assad followed her debut with three critically acclaimed releases including Rhythms in 1995, the instrumental Echoes of Brazil in 1997, and Chameleon in 1998.
Unfortunately, a series of personal and medical problems plagued Assad during the late 90s and early 2000s. Primarily, Assad was diagnosed with a motor skills disability that made it extremely difficult for her to play guitar. It was also during this time that she separated from her husband, guitarist Jeff Young, and, after having spent many years working in the United States, moved back to Brazil.
Ultimately, Assad made a full recovery from her disability and once again began to work. Focusing on collaborations with other guitarists, she appeared on two albums including Nowhere with Young in 2002 and Three Guitars with jazz artists Larry Coryell and John Abercrombie in 2003.
Assad returned to solo work with the release of Verde in 2005 and followed that up with the Alice in Wonderland-inspired Wonderland in 2007.