2007年VOA标准英语-Jackie Ryan's 'You And The Night And The Music'
时间：2019-02-02 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（八月）
Washington
08 August 2007
Are you in the mood for a great jazz ballad 1? VOA's Doug Levine tell us to look no further than vocalist Jackie Ryan, who delivers a fresh take on some classic love songs on her new CD, You And The Night And The Music.
Jackie Ryan
Jackie Ryan's love affair with love songs began when she first heard legendary 2 vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Jon Hendricks on a local jazz radio station. It didn't hurt that her parents were both singers who encouraged their daughter to perform. By age 15, she was singing and composing in dance bands before embarking 3 on what Jackie refers to as her "life on the road."
"This was how I learned jazz, by living it. The road was my school," she explains.
Jackie Ryan is no stranger to the road, having performed in Europe, Asia, Canada and the U.S. Jackie is equally familiar with the recording 4 studio, where she's right at home singing sultry ballads 5 such as "Never Let Me Go," or Latin jazz on "Besame Mucho."
As producer of her latest album, You And The Night And The Music, Jackie Ryan had total creative control. She chose the songs she wanted to record, the arrangers she wanted to record with, and the musicians for her backup band. Veteran jazz saxophonist Red Holloway appears alongside her trio on five songs.
Jackie's upcoming tour includes three tribute concerts to the late jazz bandleader Benny Carter, featuring the Benny Carter Centennial Tribute Band.
- This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
- This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。
- 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。
- He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
- The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。
- 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。