时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(五)月


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Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval has had a stellar career playing be-bop and Afro-Cuban jazz.  Turning 60 last November, Sandoval took a slightly different musical direction, slowing down the pace on his new album, "A Time For Love."


Hitting the high notes with a backbeat of infectious Latin dance rhythms is Arturo Sandoval's trademark 2.  But, when it came time to record a new album, he decided 3 to take a softer, gentler direction.  His requests to make an album with a symphonic setting were turned down by record labels, however.  He told executives that he wanted to play soft ballads 4 with lush orchestration so he could hear the violins, violas, oboes and flutes 5 playing behind him.


Concord 6 Records finally offered to produce Sandoval's all-ballad album, "A Time For Love."


Addressing the orchestra on his first day in the studio, Sandoval said, "I stand before all of you great musicians with a full heart.  This is a project of a lifetime, and no one could be more thrilled than me to have this precious opportunity."


Arturo Sandoval studied classical trumpet 1 while growing up in his native Cuba.  His love for jazz was nurtured 7 by listening to his favorite radio program, "The Jazz Hour," hosted by the Voice of America's Willis Conover.


He says, "That was my true education, it's where I discovered my soul."  It was also where he first heard the music of his future colleague and mentor 8, Dizzy Gillespie.  Sandoval defected to the U.S. while touring with Dizzy in 1990, and became a naturalized citizen nine years later.


Sandoval says the song selection for his new album was a simple process that began as an impressionable young boy in Cuba.


He explains, "When I fell in love with a song, say 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,' I promised myself that someday I would record it."  Fortunately, he kept his promise with more than a dozen standards on "A Time For Love," including the Johnny Mercer classic, "Emily." 


 



n.喇叭,喇叭声;v.吹喇叭,吹嘘
  • 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。
n.商标;特征;vt.注册的…商标
  • The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
  • The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
民歌,民谣,特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 ); 讴
  • 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。
长笛( flute的名词复数 ); 细长香槟杯(形似长笛)
  • The melody is then taken up by the flutes. 接着由长笛奏主旋律。
  • These flutes have 6open holes and a lovely bright sound. 笛子有6个吹气孔,奏出的声音响亮清脆。
n.和谐;协调
  • These states had lived in concord for centuries.这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。
  • His speech did nothing for racial concord.他的讲话对种族和谐没有作用。
养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 ); 培育; 滋长; 助长
  • She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
  • Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。
n.指导者,良师益友;v.指导
  • He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
  • He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。
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