VOA标准英语2012--Botti Taps Top Talent on 'Impressions'
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Botti Taps Top Talent on 'Impressions'
Botti is a generous musician. His guest lists have become legendary 1, and his new recording 2 is no exception. There’s a pleasant duet with guitarist Leonardo Amuedo on “Over The Rainbow". His interpretation 3 of Randy Newman’s “Losing You,” features country singer Vince Gill.
Surprisingly, Botti's first instrument wasn’t the trumpet 4. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he learned to play piano from his mother, a part-time classical piano teacher. Later, when Botti switched to trumpet. Performing jazz in clubs around Portland, Oregon, led to two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, allowing Botti to study with jazz veterans Woody Shaw and George Coleman. He subsequently moved to New York City, where he found success as a session musician on numerous albums, soundtracks and compilations 5.
As a soloist 6, Botti often taps into the Great American Songbook, as is evident on his rendition of George and Ira Gershwin’s “Summertime.” Botti teamed up with David Foster on the song.
The trumpeter and his seven-piece band are spending much of 2012 on tour. Botti's concert schedule is currently booked through the middle of June 2013.
Other collaborators on Impressions include Andrea Bocelli, Mark Knopfler, violinist Caroline Campbell, and jazzman Herbie Hancock, who joins Botti on “Tango Suite 7.”
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
- 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。
- His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
- Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。
- He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
- The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。
- Introductory biology texts tend to be compilations of conclusions. 导论式的生物学教科书，多倾向于结论的汇编。 来自辞典例句
- The original drafts were mainly chronicles and compilations of regulations. 初撰本主要以纪事本末体和典志体为主。 来自互联网
- The soloist brought the house down with encore for his impressive voice.这位独唱家以他那感人的歌声博得全场喝彩。
- The soloist had never performed in London before.那位独唱者过去从未在伦敦演出过。