2007年VOA标准英语-Chick Corea, Bela Fleck Collaborate On New CD

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By Doug Levine
Washington
24 April 2007

Jazz piano meets the banjo on a new recording¹ by two of today's most-respected musicians, pianist Chick Corea and banjoist Bela Fleck². VOA's Doug Levine tells us about this unlikely musical pairing and their enchanting³ new CD, The Enchantment⁴.

As unlikely as it might seem for Chick Corea and Bela Fleck to team up and record a duets album, when you hear the duo play together, it makes perfect sense. Although both are virtuosos⁵ on their respected instruments, as expert improvisers, arrangers and composers, they sound as if they've been performing together for years.

While The Enchantment is Bela Fleck and Chick Corea's first-ever full-length collaboration⁶, it isn't the first time the two have worked side-by-side. Corea appeared on two albums with Bela Fleck and The Flecktones in the 1990s. Fleck returned the favor by playing banjo on Corea's live album Rendezvous⁷ In New York, featuring singer Bobby McFerrin.

Fleck says he realized that the banjo would work in the context of jazz after hearing a recording of Chick Corea's composition Spain. He calls it "one of those defining moments." Likewise, Chick Corea has always been fascinated by Fleck's music, saying, "When I first listened to The Flecktones, I heard a completely fresh sound."

The Enchantment not only unites two giants of the jazz world, but it melds a variety of musical influences; from ragtime⁸, blues⁹ and classical to bluegrass, country, Latin and world music. Bela composed six songs on the album and Chick wrote four.

Chick Corea and Bela Fleck made their debut¹⁰ as a duo with a February concert in Daytona Beach, Florida. After a short break, their Enchantment tour resumes in June with appearances at two jazz festivals and a bluegrass festival.

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1 recording
n.录音，记录
参考例句：
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。

2 fleck
n.斑点，微粒 vt.使有斑点，使成斑驳
参考例句：
The garlic moss has no the yellow fleck and other virus. 蒜苔无黄斑点及其它病毒。 His coat is blue with a grey fleck.他的上衣是蓝色的，上面带有灰色的斑点。

3 enchanting
a.讨人喜欢的
参考例句：
His smile, at once enchanting and melancholy, is just his father's. 他那种既迷人又有些忧郁的微笑，活脱儿象他父亲。 Its interior was an enchanting place that both lured and frightened me. 它的里头是个吸引人的地方，我又向往又害怕。

4 enchantment
n.迷惑，妖术，魅力
参考例句：
The beauty of the scene filled us with enchantment.风景的秀丽令我们陶醉。 The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。

5 virtuosos
n.艺术大师( virtuoso的名词复数 )；名家；艺术爱好者；古董收藏家
参考例句：
Like all virtuosos, Fermi had a distinctive style. 像所有的艺术家一样，费米有他自己的独特风格。来自互联网 In terms of musical performance, there are many very good French musicians, but few virtuosos. 从音乐演出来看，优秀的法国音乐家不少，可是缺乏演奏大师。来自互联网

6 collaboration
n.合作，协作；勾结
参考例句：
The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。 He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

7 rendezvous
n.约会，约会地点，汇合点；vi.汇合，集合；vt.使汇合，使在汇合地点相遇
参考例句：
She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。 I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。

8 ragtime
n.拉格泰姆音乐
参考例句：
The most popular music back then was called ragtime.那时最流行的音乐叫拉格泰姆音乐。 African-American piano player Scott Joplin wrote many ragtime songs.非裔美国钢琴家ScottJoplin写了许多拉格泰姆歌曲。

9 blues
n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐
参考例句：
She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。 He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

10 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。 The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

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