VOA标准英语2009年-Rising Jazz Vocalists Shine On 2 New C
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)
Love and romance are alive and well on new CDs by Sophie Milman and Roberta Gambarini.
Doug Levine | Washington 22 December 2009
Sophie Milman's 'Take Love Easy' CD
"For arrangement, I look for a presentation that allows the song to be the center of attention," says Roberta Gambarini.
A great love song never goes out of style. Just ask Russian-born singer Sophie Milman, whose new release Take Love Easy blends timeless standards with modern pop masterpieces.
"I'm a better singer experimenting with feel and taking my vocals 2 up a notch," she says.
Sophie got her start in a children's musical troupe 3 after moving with her family from western Russia to Israel. At age 16, she settled in Toronto, Canada, where she gained a steady following on the local jazz scene. Take Love Easy is by far her most adventurous 4 album to date, as she alternates between pages from the Great American Songbook and time-tested rock tunes 5 by Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon.
Roberta Gambarini's 'So In Love' CD
Like Sophie Milman, singer Roberta Gambarini is at her best singing the music of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and other great American composers.
Roberta Gambarini, singing classics like "That Old Black Magic," has drawn 6 comparisons to jazz divas Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. One of her frequent collaborators, veteran pianist Hank Jones, calls her "the best singer to emerge in over 60 years."
Roberta's quest to become a jazz musician began in her hometown of Turin, Italy, where she first learned to play clarinet. She turned to singing in her teens, and later won a scholarship to the New England Conservatory 7 of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
Touring with some of today's top jazz stars led to her U.S. recording 8 debut 9, Easy To Love, in 2006. The album earned a Grammy nomination 10 for Best Jazz Vocal 1 Performance.
When it comes to choosing songs, Gambarini's first priority is making a personal connection with the lyrics 11 and melody. Also important are the arrangements.
"For arrangement, I look for a presentation that allows the song to be the center of attention, and the message of the song to be delivered in the most direct and truthful 12 way possible," she says.
Included on her latest album So In Love is a three-song tribute to Cole Porter, as well as her jazzy interpretations 13 of The Beatles' "Golden Slumbers 14" and the Willie Nelson classic, "Crazy."
- The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
- Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
- Also look out for soaring vocals on The Right Man. 另外，也可留意一下《意中人》中的那高亢的唱腔。
- Lazy bass line, lazier drums, lush violins, great piano and incomparable vocals. 懒惰的低音线，较懒惰的鼓，饮小提琴，棒的钢琴和无比的声音。
- The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
- The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。
- I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.我很羨慕他们敢于冒险的生活方式。
- He was predestined to lead an adventurous life.他注定要过冒险的生活。
- a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
- When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- At the conservatory,he learned how to score a musical composition.在音乐学校里，他学会了怎样谱曲。
- The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。
- 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。
- 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。
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
- music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
- The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。
- You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心，他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
- I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。
- This passage is open to a variety of interpretations. 这篇文章可以有各种不同的解释。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible. 这段艰涩的文字可以作出好几种解释。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》