真正熟悉JJ的朋友们应该都听过David Foster这个名字吧，他是林俊杰圣所世界巡回演唱会特邀的音乐总监。而他还有一个身份，就是“金牌制作人”。可以毫不夸张的说，但凡被他捧过的，都红了！这些人都是些谁呢？For example，Whitney Houston、Mariah Carey、Celine Dion、Madonna、Michael Jackson、Peabo Bryson丶Kenny G、James Ingram、Babyface and so on. 没错，数不尽的当红歌星都迫切的想找他合作的。

那么，JJ林俊杰本人，又是有何魅力，能够邀请到这么重量级的制作人来担任演唱会的音乐总监呢？我们来看一段视频。

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从这段视频里，我们还可以了解到，林俊杰演唱会的乐手们，可都是全球有名的乐手。其实还有一位重量级人物视频里没说，就是撑起半个好莱坞配乐的大师Hans Zimmer。所以说，圣所演唱会真的是非常值得一看呢！

那么接下来，我们就来详细的介绍一下这位享誉全球的“金牌制作人”。

注：以下英文摘自维基百科，文章较长，建议使用平板电脑阅读。

David Foster 

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger. He has been a producer for musicians including Chaka Khan, Alice Cooper, Christina Aguilera, Andrea Bocelli, Toni Braxton, Michael Bublé, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Kenny G, Josh Groban, Brandy Norwood, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Kenny Rogers, Seal, Rod Stewart, Jake Zyrus, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton-John, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson, Peter Cetera, Cheryl Lynn and Barbra Streisand.Foster has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. He was the chairman of Verve Records from 2012 to 2016.

David Walter Foster, OC, OBC(出生于1949年11月1日)，加拿大音乐家、唱片制作人、作曲家、词曲作者和编曲人。他的以制作人身份为 Chaka Khan, Alice Cooper, Christina Aguilera, Andrea Bocelli, Toni Braxton, Michael Bublé, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Kenny G, Josh Groban, Brandy Norwood, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Kenny Rogers, Seal, Rod Stewart, Jake Zyrus, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton-John, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson, Peter Cetera, Cheryl Lynn and Barbra Streisand等等这些歌手制作过歌曲。福斯特曾经从47项格莱美提名中获得了16项格莱美奖。而2012年至2016年，他还担任了Verve Records（美国唱片公司）的董事长。

Foster was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Maurice (Morry) Foster, a maintenance yard superintendent, and Eleanor May (Vantreight) Foster, a homemaker. In 1963, at the age of 13, he enrolled in the University of Washington music program.In 1965 he auditioned to lead the band in an Edmonton nightclub owned by well known jazz musician Tommy Banks. Tommy mentored David in jazz, producing records, and music business. After a year there, he decided to move to Toronto to play with Ronnie Hawkins. In 1966, he joined a backup band for Chuck Berry. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles with his band Skylark.

 福斯特出生在不列颠哥伦比亚省的维多利亚，莫里斯（莫里）福斯特（维修场院长）的儿子，而他母亲是家庭主妇埃莉诺梅（Vantreight）福斯特。1963年，13岁时，他就读于华盛顿大学音乐课程。1965年，他在著名爵士音乐家汤米班克斯（Tommy Banks）旗下的埃德蒙顿（Edmonton）酒吧里玩乐队。汤米在爵士乐中指导他，制作唱片和音乐事业。在那里待了一年后，他决定搬到多伦多和罗尼霍金斯一起玩音乐。1966年，他加入了Chuck Berry的替补乐队。 1974年，他和他的乐队Skylark一起搬到了洛杉矶。

Career

1971-1999

Foster was a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark, discovered by Eirik Wangberg. The band's song "Wildflower" was a top ten hit in 1973. When the band disbanded, Foster remained in Los Angeles and together with Jay Graydon he formed the band Airplay, whose album of the same name is often labeled as important within the west coast AOR genre. In 1975, he played on George Harrison's album Extra Texture. He followed that up by playing the Fender Rhodes and clavinet on Harrison's album Thirty Three & 1/3 a year later. In 1976 Foster joined Guthrie Thomas on Thomas' 2nd Capitol Records album, "Lies and Alibis," with Ringo Starr and a host of many other famed performers. Foster was a major contributor to the 1979 Earth, Wind and Fire album I Am, both as a studio player and arranger, as well as being a cowriter on six of the album's tracks. The most noteworthy being the song "After the Love Has Gone", for which Foster and his cowriters, Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin, won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.

福斯特是被Eirik Wangberg挖掘的流行乐队Skylark的键盘手。乐队的歌曲“ Wildflower ”在1973年成为十大热门歌曲。当乐队解散时，Foster留在洛杉矶并与Jay Graydon一起组建了乐队Airplay，他们的同名专辑在西海岸音乐流派中经常被认为是重要的。1975年，他在乔治·哈里森的专辑《Extra Texture》中演出。一年后，他又在哈里森的专辑《33 & 1/3》中演奏了Fender Rhodes（一种键盘）和clavinet（一种键盘）。1976年，福斯特与Ringo Starr以及一大群著名的演奏家合作录制了格思里·托马斯(Guthrie Thomas)的第二张专辑《Lies and Alibis》(Lies and Alibis)。福斯特是1979年Earth, Wind and Fire（著名流行放克乐队）的专辑“ I Am”的主要贡献者，他既是作为录音室的演奏者还是编曲人，还承担了专辑曲目的音轨的合写。最值得一提的是福斯特和Jay Graydon和Bill Champlin一起创作的歌曲“ After the Love has Gone ”，这首歌赢得了1980年格莱美最佳R＆B歌曲奖。

Foster worked as an album producer on albums for The Tubes: 1981's The Completion Backward Principle, and 1983's Outside Inside. Foster cowrote such songs as "Talk to Ya Later" co-written with Tubes and Steve Lukather from Toto, the Top 40 hit "Don't Want to Wait Anymore," and the number 10 US hit "She's a Beauty". The 1980 Boz Scaggs album Middle Man saw Foster cowrite and play keyboard on some of Scaggs's most successful songs, including "Breakdown Dead Ahead", "Jojo", and "Simone", followed by "Look What You've Done to Me" from the film Urban Cowboy.

Foster是The Tubes乐队的专辑制作人，如1981年的The Completion Backward Principle专辑，以及1983年的Outside Inside专辑。Foster 与Tubes和Steve Lukather共同创作了歌曲“Talk to Ya Later”，排名前40的热门歌曲“Don't Want to Wait Anymore”，排名第10的美国热门歌曲“She's a Beauty”。 1980年Boz Scaggs的专辑Middle Man，我们可以看见Foster 与其合作并在Scaggs的成功的歌曲中弹键盘，包括“Breakdown Dead Ahead”，“Jojo”和“Simone”等歌曲，接着是“ Look What You Weed To Me ”，这是一首电影Urban Cowboy里的歌曲。

Foster was a major contributor to Chicago's career in the early and middle 1980s, having worked as the band's producer on Chicago 16 (1982), their biggest-selling multi-platinum album Chicago 17 (1984), and Chicago 18 (1986). As was typical of his producing projects from this time period, Foster was a cowriter on songs such as the US Chart No. 1 hit "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", "Love Me Tomorrow" (US No. 22), "Stay the Night" (US No. 16), and "You're the Inspiration" (US No. 3). These four songs were cowritten with the band's lead vocalist Peter Cetera. Foster also helped Cetera co-write (along with Cetera's wife Diane Nini) his US No. 1 solo hit "Glory of Love" in 1986. Foster cowrote Kenny Loggins's songs "Forever" (US No. 40), from the 1985 album Vox Humana, and "Heart to Heart" (US No. 15), from the 1982 album High Adventure. Foster also worked with country singer Kenny Rogers on the hit albums What About Me? (1984) and The Heart of the Matter (1985), the latter of which featured "The Best of Me" a song co-written by Richard Marx that was covered by Cliff Richard in 1989, resulting in a number-two UK hit.

福斯特是20世纪80年代早期和中期芝加哥乐队（美国著名摇滚乐队）职业生涯的主要贡献者，曾在他们的专辑Chicago 16（1984）还有专辑Chicago 18（1986）以及他们最畅销的多白金专辑Chicago 1817（1984）担任乐队的制片人。他在这个时期的制作的一些歌曲也一样取得很好的成绩，像the US Chart （一个排行榜）的冠军热单 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"，"Love Me Tomorrow" (第22)。"Stay the Night" (第 16)和"You're the Inspiration" (第3)。这四首歌是与乐队的主唱Peter Cetera一起创作的。福斯特还帮主唱Cetera一起写了一首他的单飞歌曲 “Glory of the Love ”在1986年，这又是一首冠军热单。从1985年开始，Foster编写Kenny Loggins专辑Vox Humana的歌曲“ Forever ”（第40名），以及1982年专辑High Adventure的 “Heart to Heart”（第15）。福斯特还与乡村歌手Kenny Rogers合作了他的热门专辑What What Me？（1984）和The Heart of the Matter（1985），后者这张专辑里的一首“ The Best of Me ”是和Richard Marx共同编写的，Cliff Richard于1989 的翻唱，位列英国榜的第二名。

In 1985, Rolling Stone magazine named Foster the "master of ... bombastic pop kitsch". That year, Foster composed the score for the film St. Elmo's Fire, including the instrumental "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire", which hit No. 15 on the US pop charts. Another song from the film, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", recorded by John Parr, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 7, 1985. In the following years, Foster continued turning out occasional film scores, including for the Michael J. Fox comedy The Secret of My Success (1987), which featured a song co-written by Foster titled "The Price of Love", a track of which was performed by Roger Daltrey from the album Can't Wait to See the Movie, which Foster also produced, and the Jodie Foster-Mark Harmon film Stealing Home, both of which spawned soundtrack albums with prominent Foster-penned contributions. He collaborated with then-wife Linda Thompson on the song "I Have Nothing", sung by Whitney Houston in the 1992 film The Bodyguard; the couple also appeared in the film's Oscars scene as the conductor and an Academy member. In 1985 Foster also co-wrote and produced "Tears are Not Enough", which reached top 15 status. It was produced by Foster and recorded by a group of Canadian artists such as Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bryan Adams and others in similar fashion to the UK's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the USA's "We are the World".

1985年，“ 滚石”杂志评价福斯特为"master of ... bombastic pop kitsch"。那一年，福斯特创作了电影St. Elmo's Fire编写配乐，包括纯器乐的“Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire”，在美国流行音乐排行榜上排名第15。电影中的另一首歌曲“ St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) ”（死侍预告片里的歌曲）由John Parr录制演唱，于1985年9月7日在Billboard Hot 100上获得第1 名。在接下来的几年中，福斯特不断研究并致力于的电影配乐，包括Michael J. Fox 的喜剧片“The Secret of My Success”（1987）（其中有一首由福斯特共同创作的歌曲“ The Price of Love ”，由Roger Daltrey演唱并收入在他的专辑“ Can't Wait to See the Movie”中）以及Jodie Foster - Mark Harmon的电影“ Stealing Home”，这两部影片的配乐都是福斯特参与制作的。他与当时的妻子Linda Thompson还一起创作了”I Have Nothing“，这首歌由惠特尼·休斯顿在1992年的电影“保镖 ”中演唱。（”I will always love you“也是这个时候出来的，是电影”保镖“的主题曲）也因这首歌，他们夫妻二人出现在了格莱美与奥斯卡的颁奖典礼上。1985年，福斯特还共同创作并制作了“Tears are Not Enough”，排到了前15名的。它由福斯特制作而由一群加拿大的歌手演唱录制的，如Joni Mitchell，Neil Young，Bryan Adams。这首歌就像是英国的“Do They Know It's Christmas”，或者说是美国的“We are the World”。（或者中国的”明天会更好？“）

Foster composed "Winter Games", the theme song for 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. "Winter Games" is also the soundtrack for fountain shows at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas.

福斯特创作的“Winter Games”（这首必听，JJ的演唱会上出现过）是1988年加拿大阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里冬奥会主题曲。“Winter Games”也是拉斯维加斯Bellagio度假胜地喷泉表演的配乐。

In 1995, Foster signed a deal with Warner Brothers that enabled him to set up his own boutique label, 143 Records, as a joint venture with Warner.Foster gave the responsibility for running the label to then manager Brian Avnet. One of the label's first signings was a then-little known Irish folk-rock band, The Corrs, for whom he produced their debut album.By 1997, Foster had come to the realisation that, in the American market at least, "logo labels" like 143 were in a "bad spot" and, as a result, Foster sold the label back to Warner and became a senior vice president at the corporation.Foster, along with Kenneth Brian Edmonds "Babyface" , composed "The Power of the Dream", the official song of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

1995年，福斯特与华纳兄弟签署了一项协议，使他能够与华纳建立自己的精品品牌143唱片公司。福斯特把管理这个品牌的责任交给了当时的经理Brian Avnet。该品牌的首批签约之一是当时鲜为人知的爱尔兰民谣摇滚乐队The Corrs，他为此制作了他们的首张专辑。到1997年，福斯特已经意识到，至少在美国市场，像143这样的“标识标签”处于“坏点”，因此，福斯特将该品牌卖给了华纳并成为了公司高级副总裁。Foster与Kenneth Brian Edmonds （也就是Babyface）一起创作了1996年夏季奥运会官方歌曲“ The Power of the Dream ” （该歌曲由Celine Dion演唱，同时期96年，著名歌曲《All By Myself》问世，还有一首就是John Michael Montgomery的歌曲《I Swear》）。

2000s

Foster produced major-label debut albums for Josh Groban (2001), Michael Bublé (2003), Renee Olstead (2004), and Charice (2010), which were released under his 143 Records.

Foster为Josh Groban（2001），MichaelBublé（2003），Renee Olstead（2004）和Charice（2010）制作了主要品牌首张专辑，这些专辑在他的143条制作记录中。

In 2001, Foster collaborated with Lara Fabian and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record English-language, French-language, and bilingual (French/English) versions of the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", for a promotion of the Canadian government. Foster, with his then-wife Thompson, composed "Light the Fire Within", sung by LeAnn Rimes for the 2002 Winter Olympics. In 2003, Foster won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for The Concert for World Children's Day. His song, "I Will Be There With You" (sung with Katharine McPhee), has been used by Japan Airlines to promote the introduction of new aircraft to its US flights.

2001年，福斯特与Lara Fabian和温哥华交响乐团合作，录制加拿大国歌“ O Canada ”的英语，法语和双语（法语/英语）版本，助力于加拿大政府。福斯特和他当时的妻子汤普森一起创作了“Light the Fire Within”，由LeAnn Rimes为2002年冬季奥运会演唱。2003年，福斯特因世界儿童节音乐会赢得了艾美奖的杰出音乐和歌词奖。他的歌曲“I Will Be There With You”（Katharine McPhee演唱）已被日本航空公司用于美国飞机的介绍使用曲。

The 2001 film, The Score, starring Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando, features a Diana Krall recording, "I'll Make it Up as I Go". This song, which accompanies the film's ending credits, was composed by David Foster (together with his daughter Amy Foster-Gilles), and was used in the film.

2001年由Robert De Niro 合并 Marlon Brando主演的电影“ The Score ”，其中的片尾曲是Diana Krall演唱的“I'll Make it Up as I Go”。这是由David Foster和他的女儿Amy Foster-Gilles一起创作，并在电影中使用。

In 2005, Foster, his daughter Amy Foster-Gillies, and Beyoncé wrote "Stand Up For Love" as the anthem to the World Children's Day, an annual worldwide event to raise awareness and funds for children's causes. Over the years, more than $50 million has been raised to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities and other children's organizations.[citation needed]

2005年，福斯特，他的女儿Amy Foster-Gillies和Beyoncé为世界儿童节写了一首歌“Stand Up For Love”，这是一年一度的全球性活动，旨在提高儿童事业的意识和资金。多年来，已筹集了超过5000万美元，以使罗纳德麦当劳慈善机构和其他儿童组织受益。[ 引证需要 ]

In 2009, it was revealed by songwriter Diane Warren that she had worked with Foster to produce tracks for Whitney Houston's upcoming album and the singer's comeback single would be the Foster-produced "I Didn't Know My Own Strength".

2009年，歌曲作者Diane Warren透露，她曾与福斯特合作为惠特尼休斯顿即将发行的专辑制作曲目，她的复出单曲"I Didn't Know My Own Strength"将是福斯特制作的。

2010s

On December 15, 2011, it was confirmed that Foster would become the Chairman of Verve Music Group.

2011年12月15日，证实福斯特将成为Verve Music Group的主席。

In 2013, Foster produced Mary J. Blige's first Christmas album A Mary Christmas released October 15. The album includes 12 classics such as swing-styled "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" it also features artists such as: Marc Anthony, Jessie J, The Clark Sisters, Barbra Streisand, and Chris Botti. Foster produced Andrea Bocelli's album, Passione, released in January. The album is a collection of Mediterranean love songs featuring duets with Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado, and a virtual duet with Edith Piaf.

2013年10月15 日，Foster制作了Mary J. Blige的第一张圣诞专辑“ A Mary Christmas ”。该专辑包括12首经典作品，如摇摆风格的“ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ”，这张专辑还有有以下歌手献唱：Marc Anthony，Jessie J，The Clark Sisters, Barbra Streisand, and Chris Botti。福斯特制作的Andrea Bocelli的专辑“ Passione ”于1月发行。这张专辑收集了地中海式情歌，专辑里还有与Jennifer Lopez，Nelly Furtado以及与Edith Piaf的合唱。

Foster also produced an album with Bryan Adams called Tracks of my Years released in 2014.

Foster left Verve in 2016 in a label reorganization.

福斯特还与布莱恩·亚当斯合作制作了一张专辑，名为“Tracks of my Years”，于2014年发行。

福斯特在2016年的一次品牌重组中离开了Verve。

2018年，福斯特担任了亚洲唱作天王JJ林俊杰的世界巡回演唱会的音乐总监！！

Conclusion

David Foster在加拿大，是个国宝级的音乐人，在全球音乐圈里，都是大家所尊重所敬佩的音乐人。以上文章里加黑的歌曲或专辑，是建议大家去听的歌曲，都相当的不错，音乐性都很强。以上文章的中文版本是我大概翻译的，基本意思是没错的，建议大家看英文版本，用自己的理解去了解他。再推荐一个视频，是David Foster的现场，极力推荐大家看一下这个视频。

但由于腾讯视频仅有的资源是一个略有损坏的视频，所以建议大家去b站（360p）观看，当然最好是翻墙在YouTube上看（720p），只要搜索David Foster就可以了！

David Foster & JJ

全新系列，J式朋友圈，我们期待下期的人物介绍！！