Paul Hardcastle

Paul Louis Hardcastle是英国 作曲家，音乐家，制片人，词曲作者，电台节目主持人和多乐器演奏家。他最出名的是他的歌曲“ 19 ”，1985年排名第一。Paul Hardcastle出生于英国伦敦,是一位音乐制作人兼键盘手,是近15年来现代爵士界最成功和创作最丰富的作家之一,在smooth jazz领域被称为Chill out大师。他的Jazzmasters系列混合了爵士和舞曲并取得了巨大的成功,2003年的专辑《The Jazzmasters Vol. 4》更是获得AMG四星的评价。Paul Louis Hardcastle is a British composer, musician, producer, songwriter, radio presenter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his song "19" which went to number 1 in 1985.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.