Paul Hardcastle出生于英国伦敦，是一位音乐制作人兼键盘手，他从1993年开始录制唱片，由于善于把握时尚元素，将Smooth Jazz与电子、舞曲风格完美结合，他的音乐在全球各地引起了强烈反响，拥有成千上万的爵士迷，创造了Smooth Jazz的传奇，是近15年来现代爵士界最成功和创作最丰富的作曲家之一。他的Jazzmasters系列混合了爵士和舞曲并取得了巨大的成功，专辑Hardcastle 4 中，依然展现了他新键盘声音的迷人风格。
Born in Kensington in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce (née Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000).
Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 electro-funk/freestyle/instrumental track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached number two on the dance chart. "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hardcastle is best known for the 1985 single "19", which went to No.1 in the UK (for five weeks), a number of other countries worldwide, and reached number 15 in the US Pop Charts and number 1 in the US Dance and Club charts. The follow-up single to "19" was "Just For Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK. It also charted in several other European countries.
In 1986, Hardcastle released a remix to "One Wish" by Hiroshima.In the same year, Hardcastle's "The Wizard" was adopted as the theme tune for the BBC's Top of the Pops weekly chart show. The theme tune was used from 3 April 1986 to 26 September 1991.
Hardcastle has also recorded several synth jazz albums, alternating releases under the pseudonyms Kiss The Sky (with Jaki Graham) and The Jazzmasters, as well as under his real name Paul Hardcastle.
他在Smooth Jazz领域有两个非常知名的Project，一个是他和一些器乐演奏家一起录制的The Jazzmasters系列，而另外一个是他个人的Hardcastle系列，两个系列都是乐迷珍藏的经典。旋律轻柔流畅，器乐创新搭配，节奏舒缓时尚，魅力女声Helen Rogers的轻吟浅唱，这些都是Paul Hardcastle的成功法宝，使他的Smooth Jazz如同和煦清爽的凉风与清凉透心的泉水流淌全身，令人舒适之极。
Paul Hardcastle is a producer and keyboardist from London. He recorded solo in the mid-80s with his 19, a record featuring news reports and other sources on Vietnam, becoming a major hit in Britain. Later, he produced and did remixes for artists such as Ian Dury and Phil Lynott. He sells well in the specialty dance market and occasionally releases records as part of the duo Kiss the Sky (with Jaki Graham), as well as names like the Def Boys, Beeps International, and Jazzmasters. Among his releases: 1985s Zero One, 1994s Jazzmasters II, and 1996s Hardcastle 2. 1997s two-disc Cover to Cover assembled his greatest hits, along with a bonus record of newly recorded cover versions. 1999 saw the third installment in the Jazzmasters series, and in 2005, a collection of his greatest moments over the past two decades was issued along with a new album, Hardcastle 4.
Paul Hardcastle出生于英国伦敦，是一位音乐制作人兼键盘手，他从1993年开始录制唱片，由于善于把握时尚元素，将Smooth Jazz与电子、舞曲风格完美结合，他的音乐在全球各地引起了强烈反响，拥有成千上万的爵士迷，创造了Smooth Jazz的传奇，是近15年来现代爵士界最成功和创作最丰富的作曲家之一。他的Jazzmasters系列混合了爵士和舞曲并取得了巨大的成功，专辑Hardcastle 4 中，依然展现了他新键盘声音的迷人风格。
Born in Kensington in London in 1957, he is the son of Joyce (née Everett, 1930–1991) and Louis Hardcastle (1915–2000).
Hardcastle achieved some success with his early singles, including the 1984 electro-funk/freestyle/instrumental track, "Rain Forest", which along with the track "Sound Chaser", reached number two on the dance chart. "Rain Forest" also hit number five on the soul chart and number fifty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hardcastle is best known for the 1985 single "19", which went to No.1 in the UK (for five weeks), a number of other countries worldwide, and reached number 15 in the US Pop Charts and number 1 in the US Dance and Club charts. The follow-up single to "19" was "Just For Money", which reached No. 19 in the UK. It also charted in several other European countries.
In 1986, Hardcastle released a remix to "One Wish" by Hiroshima.In the same year, Hardcastle's "The Wizard" was adopted as the theme tune for the BBC's Top of the Pops weekly chart show. The theme tune was used from 3 April 1986 to 26 September 1991.
Hardcastle has also recorded several synth jazz albums, alternating releases under the pseudonyms Kiss The Sky (with Jaki Graham) and The Jazzmasters, as well as under his real name Paul Hardcastle.
他在Smooth Jazz领域有两个非常知名的Project，一个是他和一些器乐演奏家一起录制的The Jazzmasters系列，而另外一个是他个人的Hardcastle系列，两个系列都是乐迷珍藏的经典。旋律轻柔流畅，器乐创新搭配，节奏舒缓时尚，魅力女声Helen Rogers的轻吟浅唱，这些都是Paul Hardcastle的成功法宝，使他的Smooth Jazz如同和煦清爽的凉风与清凉透心的泉水流淌全身，令人舒适之极。
Paul Hardcastle is a producer and keyboardist from London. He recorded solo in the mid-80s with his 19, a record featuring news reports and other sources on Vietnam, becoming a major hit in Britain. Later, he produced and did remixes for artists such as Ian Dury and Phil Lynott. He sells well in the specialty dance market and occasionally releases records as part of the duo Kiss the Sky (with Jaki Graham), as well as names like the Def Boys, Beeps International, and Jazzmasters. Among his releases: 1985s Zero One, 1994s Jazzmasters II, and 1996s Hardcastle 2. 1997s two-disc Cover to Cover assembled his greatest hits, along with a bonus record of newly recorded cover versions. 1999 saw the third installment in the Jazzmasters series, and in 2005, a collection of his greatest moments over the past two decades was issued along with a new album, Hardcastle 4.
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