Umculi waseMelika u-James Taylor, ogama lakhe lilotshwe kuze kube phakade ku-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, wayedume kakhulu ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 wekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Omunye wabangane abaseduze beciko ngu-Mark Knopfler, umbhali okhaliphile nomculi wezingoma zakhe, enye yezinganekwane zomdabu.
Izingoma zakhe zihlanganisa inkanuko, amandla nesigqi esingaguquki, "esimboza" isilaleli ngegagasi lobuqotho obuthinta inhliziyo obuthinta ekujuleni komphefumulo.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaJames Taylor
UJames Taylor wazalwa ngoMashi 12, 1948 engumdlali we-opera okhulayo uGertrude Woodart kanye nodokotela u-Isaac Taylor. Ithalente likamama ladluliselwa kumfana. Kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zokuphila kwakhe, waqala ukubonisa isithakazelo emculweni. I-violin yayiyinsimbi yokuqala yokuzikhethela ekwenzeni umculo. Nokho, ukunambitheka kwashintsha ngokushesha, futhi ngo-1960 uJames wayesekwazi ukudlala isiginci.
Ngo-1963, umculi wangena Milton Academy, lapho wafunda eyinkimbinkimbi lokusungula iminyaka engu-16. Phakathi nezifundo zakhe, wakwazi ukwenza ubungane noDanny Korchmar, ongumdlali omuhle kakhulu wesiginci. Futhi ngokushesha abangani benza i-duet, benza izingoma ngesitayela esithandwayo sabantu kanye nama-blues.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, uJames wathola iziqu futhi wadala elinye iqembu, lapho umfowabo u-Alex waba umlingani wakhe. Ibhendi yathatha igama elithi The Corsayers futhi yadlala emigoqweni emincane yasendaweni namathofi. Umdwebi uyithandile impilo enjalo yokuvakasha-mbumbulu.
Kodwa-ke, ngo-1965, umculi kwadingeka aye ekolishi nasezivivinyweni ezinzima zokuphila, okwaphela ekwelapheni ukucindezeleka esibhedlela sezifo zengqondo.
Ukuqala komsebenzi kaJames Taylor
Ngemva kwenkambo yokuvuselelwa, uJames wabuyela eNew York. Lapho, noDanny Korchmar, wakha ithimba elisha lokudala, Umshini Wokundiza, uchungechunge lwawo lwalusekelwe ezingomeni zikaTaylor.
Ekuqaleni kuka-1966, iqembu lazuza "ingxenye" yokuqala yokuthandwa, lidlala kwesinye sezikhungo ezihlonishwayo zaseGreenwich Village. Izingoma eziningi ezikhishwe azizange ziphumelele kakhulu, futhi ngokushesha uJames walishiya iqembu. Njengoba akhumbula kamuva, kwakunezidakamizwa eziningi ngaleso sikhathi.
Isikhathi esilandelayo sokuhlunyeleliswa kanye nokwelashwa kokuluthwa yizidakamizwa kwaphoqa umculi ukuba acabangele kabusha izinto eziza kuqala kuye. Eya eLondon, wathola i-Apple Records, akhipha ngayo i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa, enesizotha ebizwa ngokuthi James Taylor.
Umsebenzi awuzange uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle, futhi impumelelo yezohwebo ayizange itholakale. Esahlushwa wumlutha, lo mculi waya eMelika ukuze aqhubeke nokwelashwa.
Ngo-1969, umculi waqala ukwenza ngezigaba ezinkulu. Ngokokuqala ngqa, waqaphela ukuthi abalaleli babejwayele izingoma zakhe, futhi bakulungele ngisho nokubekezelela noma yisiphi isimo sezulu esibi ukuze bahlangane nesithixo sakhe esiteji.
Ubufakazi balokhu kwaba ukusebenza komculi eNewport, lapho ukubonakala kwakhe kuqedile uhlelo lwekhonsathi. Ngawo lowo nyaka, uJames waphelela embhedeni esibhedlela ngenxa yengozi yesithuthuthu. Kodwa akazange ayeke ukubhala izingoma ezintsha.
osekukade ilindelwe ukuthandwa kukaJames Taylor
Ngo-1970, i-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo ka-Sweet Baby James yakhululwa, yaqoshwa kulebula ye-Warner Bros. amarekhodi. Umsebenzi omusha ngokushesha "uqhume" kwabathathu abaphezulu beshadi le-Billboard futhi wathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi nesigamu. Impumelelo enjalo yandisa intshisekelo yomphakathi jikelele emsebenzini walo mculi. Futhi irekhodi lokuqala nalo laqala ukuba yimpumelelo.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, umculi wamenywa ukwenza amafilimu. Umphumela wokuhlolwa kwaba indima efilimini ethi Two-Lane Blacktop. Abagxeki bathola ifilimu ngokupholile kakhulu, futhi uJames wanquma ukungasabalalisi kumaphrojekthi amaningi, egxile emculweni. Futhi umsebenzi olandelayo, owavela ngo-1971, waqinisekisa ukunemba kwendlela ekhethiwe.
Izingoma ezimbalwa ezivela ku-Mud Slide Slim kanye ne-Blue Horizon zithathe phezulu kumashadi ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi zathola izimo "zegolide". Ngenxa yengoma yamazwe ngamazwe ethi Uthole Umngane, iciko lithole indondo ye-Grammy emfanele. Enquma ukuthi angagcini lapho, umculi waqala ukuqopha i-disc elandelayo.
Ngo-1972, kwenzeka izenzakalo ezimbili ezibalulekile ngesikhathi esisodwa. I-albhamu ethi One Man Dog yakhululwa, cishe ngokushesha yaba igolide, futhi kwakukhona ulwazi mayelana nomshado kaJames Taylor nomculi odumile uCarly Simon. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, lo mbhangqwana ojabulayo uye waqopha izingoma ezifakwe kumaphrojekthi abo odwa.
Okusha okukhishiwe nokuvakasha komculi
Impilo yokuvakasha yomculi yaphazamiseka ukuze kuqoshwe amarekhodi amasha. I-Walking Man yaphuma ngo-1974 kwathi iGorilla yaphuma ngo-1975. Womabili ama-albhamu ngokushesha abe "igolide", izingoma zazishintshana eziteshini zomsakazo. Ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesikhombisa Ephaketheni, umqambi wayeka ukusebenza ngelebula le-Warner Bros. Amarekhodi futhi ahanjiswe ngaphansi kwephiko le-Columbia Records.
Ngenxa yengoma ethi Handy Man evela ku-albhamu ye-JT, umculi uthole indondo yesibili ye-Grammy. Kwathi ngo-1979 waqopha omunye umsebenzi wasestudio, iFlag. Wabe eseqala ukuvakasha. I-albhamu entsha ethi, Ubaba Uyawuthanda Umsebenzi Wakhe, yakhululwa ngo-1981. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, umculi ngisho nangokwengeziwe wayecabanga ukuqeda umsebenzi wakhe. Akazange alokothe ashiye isiteji, uqophe i-albhamu ethi Never Die Young, ekhishwe ngo-1988.
Ngefrikhwensi encane ekhishwe amarekhodi afana nalawa: Inyanga Entsha Shine (1991), Hourglass (1997), October Road (2002), Covers (2008) kanye nethi Before This World (2015). Umsebenzi wokugcina ungabizwa ngokuthi ophumelele kakhulu kuwo wonke umsebenzi womculi. Phela, nguye owakwazi ukufika endaweni yokuqala ku-Billboard 1.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaJames Taylor
Ngemva kwemishado emibili engaphumelelanga kakhulu, lapho umculi eshiya khona izingane ezimbili, ekugcineni wathola injabulo yomndeni enokuthula noKaroline Smadwing futhi ukhulisa amawele azalwa ngumama oshade naye. Umndeni uhlala eMassachusetts, edolobheni laseLenox. Akafuni ukukhuluma ngempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu.
