时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(六月)


英语课
By Doug Levine
Washington
27 June 2007

It's been more than 15 years since saxophonist Joshua Redman won first prize at the Thelonious Monk 1 International Jazz Competition. That honor proved to be a worthwhile stepping stone, as he went on to record more than 10 solo albums, including his latest, titled "Back East." As we hear from VOA's Doug Levine, Redman returns to his acoustic 2 roots while paying tribute to some of his longtime sax heroes.






Back East



Joshua Redman hasn't worked exclusively in a trio since he graduated from Harvard University and was contemplating 3 a career in jazz. Then came victory at the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition and a life of touring and recording 4. He was so busy that finding just the right musicians to play just the right songs on an album like Back East was next to impossible, until now.


The title Back East is a play on "Way Out West," an album by saxophonist Sonny Rollins that also featured a "piano-less" trio. Redman revives several classics from "Way Out West," including "I'm An Old Cowhand 5" and "Wagon 6 Wheels." Rollins was a major influence on Redman, as were sax greats Stan Getz, Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane.


Back East also refers to the Eastern musical influences heard on such tracks as "India" by John Coltrane.


Joshua Redman credits his mother for introducing him to Eastern music and dance while growing up in Berkeley, California. Although his mother raised him, Joshua never lost touch with his father, famed saxophonist Dewey Redman. Dewey made his last recordings 7 alongside Joshua on two cuts from Back East, just three months before losing his battle with liver failure last September.


Joshua leads three different trios on the album, while alternating on alto, soprano and tenor 8 sax. His busy schedule includes a June 30 concert at the Montreal Jazz Festival, followed by a multi-city tour of Europe and Russia before returning to the U.S. August 11 to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival.




n.和尚,僧侣,修道士
  • The man was a monk from Emei Mountain.那人是峨眉山下来的和尚。
  • Buddhist monk sat with folded palms.和尚合掌打坐。
adj.听觉的,声音的;(乐器)原声的
  • The hall has a fine acoustic.这个大厅的传音效果很好。
  • Animals use a whole rang of acoustic, visual,and chemical signals in their systems of communication.动物利用各种各样的听觉、视觉和化学信号来进行交流。
深思,细想,仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 ); 注视,凝视; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 深思熟虑,沉思,苦思冥想
  • You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
  • She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
n.录音,记录
  • How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间?
  • I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
n.牛仔,牧牛工
  • Do you know the legend of the Cowhand and Weaver Maid?你知道牛郎和织女的传说吗?
  • A cowhand herds cattle past a petroleum processing plant.一个牧牛人赶着一群牛在一家石油加工厂附近经过。
n.四轮马车,手推车,面包车;无盖运货列车
  • We have to fork the hay into the wagon.我们得把干草用叉子挑进马车里去。
  • The muddy road bemired the wagon.马车陷入了泥泞的道路。
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
  • a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
  • old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
  • The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
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2-Methylquinoline
absolute specific gravity
acetamide chlcride
Ajeesh
alexandria-based
antidotarium
archpriests
as I was saying
atc radar beacon system
axial bond
bridge control of main propulsion unit
build up of pressure
burner blockage
byssosphaeria erumpens
Caprimulgiformes
circuit regrinding
coal-forming period
cola extracts
covalently bonded network
covered-dish
crista statica
currant leaf spot
curves of magnetic dip
damping by friction of liquids
dardennes
dark age
deusan
DNB (Departure from Nucleate Boiling)
Dorr bowl-rake classifier
drugrelated
ecologic group
endrench
ephors
extended Euclidean algorithm
fishing tool
float-type flow metre
g1 phase (fist gap phase)
genus cerapteryxes
goalminder
group delay equalizer
haematoscopes
have the grab on
hawksnest
hemigymnus melapterus
hemming-stitches
hushion
hydrologic geography
hydroxo complex
Internet metering
inveigh against
kisker
Kleinhammer
lateral heterogeneity
Manuk, Pulau
measures up
mechanical speed governors
medullary pith
misconstruers
modes of reproduction
Modest Mussorgsky
navtex message numbering
necrotizing granulomatosis
Off-system
Peary, Robert Edwin
peristeria cerina lindl.
Polaroid camera
pole assignment technique
preaugurate
profitably
pseudoperonospora cannabina(otth)curzi
qu'ils
quasi-elliptic
rectal respiration
regular inclusion
remote unmanned work system
resecrete
rewarehousing
rucky
self-registering instrument
senador
shaped goods
similitive
site and season
social occasions
solonetzic
specific resistance of unit volume
stone grist mill
subby
tail spin curve
Tetraenin
thermometer adapter
three-colour binocular sensor
to set up a trust
tracking-error propagation and orbit prediction
triangular magnetic structure
ultrasonorheometer
union valve
unsubstantialize
urachal cyst
vary from cell to cell in the same plant
veteado
workgroup network