2006年VOA标准英语-Jazz's 'Young Lion' Roy Hargrove Still Roars
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Doug Levine
Washington
11 July 2006
Whatever happened to the so-called "Young Lions" of jazz? It's been more 15 years since this elite 1 group of teen musicians was hailed as the next generation of great traditional jazz players. Most, like Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Christian 2 McBride are working harder than ever. Another, as VOA's Doug Levine tells us, is trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who's not only prolific 3, but he continues to test his own musical boundaries.
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Nothing Serious
Roy Hargrove was only 14 when he discovered improvisation 4. The renowned 5 jazz saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman showed his middle school band class how to improvise 6 over a song, a lesson so inspiring it confirmed for Hargrove his dream of becoming a fulltime jazz musician.
Hargrove enrolled 7 at the Berklee College of Music, and by age 20, had released his first solo album. Since his debut 8 in 1989, there's been no taming this "Young Lion," who over the years has kept audiences guessing. He's made albums of standards, originals, ballads 9, bebop, Latin jazz, and duets with tenor 10 saxophone stars.
It was no surprise that in 2003, Hargrove, on a quest to shift direction, merged 11 jazz with hip-hop, funk and soul on his albums RH Factor and Hard Groove 12.
Last month, fans of both Hargrove's jazz-funk music and straight-ahead jazz style celebrated 13 the release of two new Roy Hargrove albums: Distractions 14, featuring his band, The RH Factor, and an album rooted in be-bop titled Nothing Serious.
At 36, Roy Hargrove is taking things a little less seriously, and hopes his fellow musicians will do the same. Hargrove believes jazz will continue to move forward.
He says, "It's about being innovative 15, but innovation right now will come in music that's swinging and feels good. It's meaningless if it doesn't make you feel something."
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
- The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。
- a free-form jazz improvisation 自由创作的爵士乐即兴演出
- Most of their music was spontaneous improvisation. 他们的大部分音乐作品都是即兴创作的。
- He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
- She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
- If an actor forgets his words，he has to improvise.演员要是忘记台词，那就只好即兴现编。
- As we've not got the proper materials,we'll just have to improvise.我们没有弄到合适的材料，只好临时凑合了。
- They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
- She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。
- 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。
- Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged. 两个部门合并时总免不了争争权限。
- The small shops were merged into a large market. 那些小商店合并成为一个大商场。
- They're happy to stay in the same old groove.他们乐于墨守成规。
- The cupboard door slides open along the groove.食橱门沿槽移开。
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
- I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难，因为使人分心的事太多。
- There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多，使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。