One of my first experiences with jazz music was when I was a kid. My dad and I went to a concert and heard Ornette Coleman play with his bands. I remember before the concert my dad telling me that Col

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2001年

By Doug Levine Jackie Allen was born to sing. While she was growing up in Wisconsin, her father played Dixieland jazz on the tuba, Jackie sang and played the French horn. There may have been an Allen

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--文化艺术

Doug Levine This story is part of VOA's 2003 in Review series. Thanks to some fine vocal albums, well-publicized reunions and anniversaries, and record-breaking attendance at outdoor festivals, jazz e

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Willis Conover Brought Jazz, the Music of Freedom to the World By Dana Demange Broadcast: Sunday, September 25, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara

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THIS IS AMERICA - Keeping New Orleans Jazz Alive By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Monday, May 23, 2005 (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. Preservation Hall(Image: www.pr

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THIS IS AMERICA - Birth of Jazz: How an American Musical Form Came Into the World By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, August 08, 2005 (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special Engl

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THIS IS AMERICA - Late 20th-Century Jazz: New Beats for a Changed World By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, August 15, 2005 (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm F

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By Doug Levine Washington 02 October 2007 The dictionary defines Indian summer as a happy or flourishing period occurring toward the end of something. It's also the title of a new album of solo piano pieces by jazzman Dave Brubeck. As VOA's Doug Levi

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

释义:使...有刺激性(使...有活力,使...活泼) 经典对话: A: What do you think of this? A: 你觉得这怎么样? B: It's kind of dead. Maybe you want to add more graphics to jazz it up. B: 有点闷。也许你可以加点图让它变得

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Unit6 Where are the jazz CDS? SECTION A Activity 1b [00:19.83]Listen and number the conversations[1-3] [00:51.02]Activity 2b.Listen to the conversation and label the map of the CD store. [01:42.64]SECTION B Activity 2a.Listen and write Mike's, [01:56

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Willis Conover, the Voice of Jazz, Is Now Online Saxophonist Ahmad Alaadeen said this about jazz music. Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world. The late Willis Conover -- an internationally-known j

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Indonesian Pianist, 12, Wows Jazz World People who listen to Joey Alexander play the piano say they are listening to the future of jazz. And Joey is only 12 years old. But musicians who work with the 12-year-old are the first to say that age does not

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By Erika Celeste Mississippi 30 August 2007 It has been two years since the greatest natural disaster in U.S. history swept ashore in the form of Hurricane Katrina. Lost lives, homes and businesses changed the American South and Gulf Coast forever. Y

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By Doug Levine Washington 21 September 2007 One of the world's longest-running jazz festivals celebrates a milestone anniversary this month (9/21-9/23) with a lineup of jazz stars that's likely to draw a record-breaking attendance. VOA's Doug Levine

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By Doug Levine Washington 17 August 2007 The jazz world is mourning the loss of one of its greatest drummers, Max Roach. Among the so-called architects of the be-bop movement, Roach died in his sleep on August 16 at a hospital in New York. He was 83.

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By Doug Levine Washington 26 December 2007 Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson died near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 23, of kidney failure. He was 82. Often compared to Erroll Garner and Art Tatum, Peterson modernized the jazz piano. His

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By Doug Levine Washington 18 December 2007 Jazz fans are well known for celebrating the old and the new, and 2007 was no exception. As VOA's Doug Levine reports, the year was filled with jazz tributes, including one to the man who introduced jazz to

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 December 2007 Music is said to be the universal language, and jazz, in particular, travels well from one culture to the next. A recent conference in Los Angeles looked at the ties forged by jazz between France and th

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By Doug Levine Washington 07 August 2006 Summertime is peak season for jazz festivals across the United States. From coast to coast, in small towns and big cities, fans have been lining up early for the best seats in the house, or depending on the v

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Utah Jazz may miss Mo Williams in Monday's game as the starting point guard suffered an injured right thumb, the NBA club announced on Sunday. Williams sustained the injury in a loss on Saturday at Miami and will be fu

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