a type of music with strong rhythms, in which the players often improvise (= make up the music as they are playing), originally created by African American musicians at the beginning of the 20th century 爵士乐 traditional/modern jazz 传统/现代爵士乐 a jazz band/club 爵士乐队/夜总会 jazz musicians 爵士乐师 the rising stars of the New York jazz scene 纽约爵士乐坛的新星
Collocations Musicsee also acid jazzMusic 音乐 Listening 听 - listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
听/欣赏/喜爱/迷上音乐/古典音乐/爵士乐/流行音乐/嘻哈音乐等 - listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
听收音机/MP3 播放器/CD - put on/play a CD/a song/some music
播放 CD/歌曲/音乐 - turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
调小/调大音乐/收音机/音量/低音 - go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
去听音乐会;去看会演/现场演唱会/演出/音乐演奏会 - copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
复制/刻录/翻录音乐/CD/DVD - download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
Playing 演奏 - play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
演奏乐器/钢琴/打击乐/音符/重复段/主旋律/协奏曲/二重奏;凭听觉记忆演奏 - sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
唱国歌/民歌;独唱;唱咏叹调/蓝调歌曲;在合唱团演唱;唱女高音/中音/男高音/男低音;唱歌走调 - hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
哼曲子/主题曲/摇篮曲 - accompany a singer/choir
为歌手/合唱团伴奏 - strum a chord/guitar
弹奏和弦/吉他
Performing 表演 - form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
组建/创办/组成/加入/退出/离开乐队 - give a performance/concert/recital
表演节目;举办音乐会/音乐演奏会 - do a concert/recital/gig
开音乐会/音乐演奏会/现场演唱会 - play a concert/gig/festival/venue
在音乐会/现场演唱会/会演/音乐厅演出 - perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
在音乐会上演出 - appear at a festival/live
现身会演;现场表演 - go on/embark on a (world) tour
进行/开始(全球)巡演
Recording 录制 - write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
写/创作音乐/民谣/旋律/曲子/歌曲/主题歌/歌剧/交响曲 - land/get/sign a record deal
获得/签署唱片合约 - be signed to/be dropped by a record company
与唱片公司签约;被唱片公司解约 - record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
录制/发行/出版专辑/单曲/CD - be top of/top the charts
高居每周流行唱片排行榜之首 - get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
位列/一举登上/进入排行榜首位
Culture jazzjazzJazz is one of the most popular and important forms of music which started in the US. The names of its stars are known around the world. Most people have heard of stars like Ella Fitzgerald, 'Count' Basie, 'Duke' Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Wynton Marsalis, who plays in the traditional style, is one of the best-known jazz musicians today.Jazz was begun in the South by African Americans. Many of its rhythms came from the work songs and spirituals (= religious songs) of black slaves. New Orleans street bands first made jazz popular. Early forms of jazz created at the beginning of the 20th century were ragtime and the blues. Ragtime musicians included the singer 'Jelly Roll' Morton and the composer and piano player Scott Joplin. Famous blues singers included Bessie Smith and later Billie Holiday. Dixieland developed from ragtime and the blues and made a feature of improvisation (= making up the music as it is being played), especially on the trumpet and saxophone. Dixieland stars included Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet.In the 1920s many African Americans moved north, taking jazz with them, and Chicago and New York became centres for the music. This was the beginning of the big band era. In the 1930s swing music came into fashion and people danced to jazz. Radio and the new recording industry helped to make it even more popular. The big bands were led by Basie, Ellington, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, and 'The King of Swing‘, Benny Goodman. In the 1940s there were new styles such as bebop, developed by 'Dizzy' Gillespie, Charlie 'Bird' Parker and Thelonious Monk. Freer forms like progressive jazz and free jazz developed in the 1950s with stars including Stan Getz, John Coltrane and Dave Brubeck. Cool jazz followed in the 1960s, led by Getz and Miles Davis. More recent styles have included funky jazz, jazz-rock, hip-hop jazz and jazz rap, all of which have used video-sharing sites such as YouTube and streaming services to reach a wider audience.In Britain jazz attracts a small but enthusiastic audience. The height of its popularity was in the 1940s and 1950s, when large crowds gathered to hear big bands. British jazz has always been heavily influenced by US jazz. In the 1960s pop and rock music replaced jazz as the music of the young generation. There are now few jazz bands, although smaller combos (= groups) continue to play a wide range of trad (= traditional), bebop, cool and avant-garde jazz. The most famous British jazz musicians have included Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine, George Melly, Humphrey Lyttleton and Courtney Pine. The home of jazz in Britain is Ronnie Scott's club in London.Topics Musica2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- cool
- free
- …
- play
- listen to
- music
- clarinettist
- guitarist
- …
- in jazz
Word Originearly 20th cent.: of unknown origin.