
Some of the world’s most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO( United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying(联合) voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It’s Jason Moran’s job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center’s artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.
“Jazz seems like it’s not really a part of the American appetite,” Moran tells National Public Radio’s reporter Neal Conan. “What I’m hoping to accomplish is that mu generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and write anymore. It’s actually color, and it’s actually digital.”
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. “The music can’t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same,” says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller’s music for a dance party, “Just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,” says Moran. “For me, it’s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion(情感) lie? Are we, as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context,” says Moran, “So I want to continue those dialogue. Those are the things I want to foster.”
一些世界上最著名的音乐家最近聚集在巴黎和新奥尔良,庆祝第一个年度国际爵士乐日。联合国教育、科学及文化组织最近将4月30日定为提高人们对爵士乐的认识、爵士乐的重要性以及爵士乐作为跨文化统一声音的潜力的一天。
尽管有庆祝活动,但在美国,爵士乐的听众在不断萎缩,年龄也在不断增长,这种音乐也未能与年轻一代建立联系。
杰森·莫兰的工作就是帮助改变这种状况。作为肯尼迪中心的爵士艺术顾问,莫兰希望拓宽爵士乐的听众,让爵士乐更容易被接受,并保留它的历史和文化。
“爵士乐似乎并不是美国人胃口的一部分,”莫兰告诉国家公共广播电台的记者尼尔·柯南。“我希望实现的是,我们这一代和更年轻的一代开始重新考虑并理解爵士乐不再是黑人和写作。它实际上是彩色的,而且是数码的。”
莫兰说,今天爵士乐的一个问题是,这种音乐的娱乐方面已经消失了。“今天的音乐不能以1908年或1958年的方式呈现。它必须继续前进,因为世界的运作方式已经不一样了,”莫兰说。
去年,莫兰参与了一个项目,为一个舞会编排了Fats Waller的音乐,“只是想让人们重新认识到,Waller既是舞曲,也是音乐会音乐,”莫兰说。“对我来说,这是一种重新情境化。在音乐中,情感在哪里?我们是否像查理·帕克的唱片那样抽象,让我们进入一场关于情感和思想的对话?有时我们忽略了音乐有更广泛的背景,”莫兰说,“所以我想继续这些对话。这些都是我想培养的东西。”以上翻译结果来自有道神经网络翻译(YNMT)· 通用场景
句子成分分析:
Some (of the world's most famous musicians) recently gathered [in Paris and New Orleans] tocelebrate the first
annual International Jazz Day.
句子语法结构详解:
* gathered 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* to celebrate 为不定式,作状语。
* some 为不定代词。world's 为名词所有格。the 为定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
New Orleans | [地名] 新奥尔良 |
Vocabulary:
world [wә:ld] | n. | 1) 世界,人类社会 2) 地球,天下 |
most [mәust] | ad. | 1) 最(与形容词或副词连用构成最高级) 2) (程度上)最大,最多,最高 |
famous ['feimәs] | a. | 著名的,出名的 |
musician [mju:'ziʃәn] | n. | 音乐家, 作曲家,乐师 |
recently ['ri:sntli] | ad. | 不久前;最近 |
gather ['gæðә] | vi. | 1) 聚集,集合,召集 2) 认为,猜想,推断,理解 |
Paris ['pæris] | n. | [地名] 巴黎 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
celebrate ['selibreit] | vt. | 1) 庆祝,为……庆贺 2) 主持宗教仪式(尤指圣餐) |
first [fә:st] | a. | 1) 第一的 2) 最初的; 最先的 |
annual ['ænjuәl] | a. | 每年的, 一年一次的, 全年的, 一年生的 |
international [,intә'næʃәnәl] | a. | 国际的 |
jazz [dʒæz] | n. | 爵士乐 |
day [dei] | n. | 1) 天, 一日,一天 2) 白天,日间 3) 时代;时期 |
句子成分分析:
"Jazz seems | like it's not [really] a part (of the American appetite)," Moran tells National Public Radio's reporter Neal Conan.
句子语法结构详解:
(it's = it is)
* seems 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* like 引导表语从句。
* is 为系动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。
* tells 为双宾动词作谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。reporter 为间接宾语,Neal Conan 为直接宾语。
* Radio's 为名词所有格。the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Vocabulary:
jazz [dʒæz] | n. | 爵士乐 |
seem [si:m] | vi. | 1) 好像,似乎,看来 2) (缓和语气)感到好像,觉得似乎 |
like [laik] | conj. | 1) 好像 (=as if) 2) 像...那样 |
really ['riәli] | ad. | 1) 实际上, 事实上,真实地,真正地 2) (强调观点等)确实,的确 |
part [pɑ:t] | n. | 1) 部分 2) 部件,零件 3) 角色,台词 |
American [ә'merikәn] | a. | 1) 美国的 2) 美洲的 |
appetite ['æpitait] | n. | 1) 食欲,胃口 2) 强烈欲望 |
tell [tel] | vt. | 1) 告诉,告知 2) 讲述,说,表达 |
national ['næʃәnәl] | a. | 1) 国家的,民族的,全国的 2) 国有的,国立的,国营的 |
public ['pʌblik] | a. | 1) 公共的,公立的 2) 平民的,大众的,公众的,百姓的 |
radio ['reidiәu] | n. | 1) 收音机 2) (通常作 the radio)无线电广播,无线电广播节目 |
reporter [ri'pɔ:tә] | n. | 记者,通讯员 |
句子成分分析:
[Last year], Moran worked on a project (that arranged Fats Waller's music for a dance party),.
句子语法结构详解:
* worked 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* that 为关系代词,引导定语从句。
* arranged 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* Waller's 为名词所有格。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
last year | 去年 |
Vocabulary:
work [wә:k] | vi. | 1) 工作 2) 运行,运转 |
project ['prɔdʒekt] | n. | 1) (生产或研究等)项目,方案,工程 2) 方案,计划 |
arrange [ә'reindʒ] | vt. | 1) 安排,筹备 2) 整理,排列,布置 |
fat [fæt] | n. | 1) 脂肪,肥肉 2) (食用的)动植物油 |
music ['mju:zik] | n. | 1) 音乐,乐曲 2) 音乐,乐曲创作(或演奏)艺术 |
dance [dɑ:ns] | n. | 1) 舞会 2) 跳舞 |
party ['pɑ:ti] | n. | 1) 聚会,宴会,联欢会,派对 2) (或 Party)政党,党派 |
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