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 爵士樂 traditional/modern jazz 傳統/現代爵士樂 a jazz band/club 爵士樂隊/夜總會 jazz musicians 爵士樂師 the rising stars of the New York jazz scene 紐約爵士樂壇的新星
Collocations Musicsee also acid jazzMusic 音樂 Listening 聽 - listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
聽/欣賞/喜愛/迷上音樂/古典音樂/爵士樂/流行音樂/嘻哈音樂等 - listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
聽收音機/MP3 播放器/CD - put on/play a CD/a song/some music
播放 CD/歌曲/音樂 - turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
調小/調大音樂/收音機/音量/低音 - go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
去聽音樂會;去看會演/現場演唱會/演出/音樂演奏會 - copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
複制/刻錄/翻錄音樂/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
演奏樂器/鋼琴/打擊樂/音符/重複段/主旋律/協奏曲/二重奏;憑聽覺記憶演奏 - sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
唱國歌/民歌;獨唱;唱詠歎調/藍調歌曲;在合唱團演唱;唱女高音/中音/男高音/男低音;唱歌走調 - hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
哼曲子/主題曲/搖籃曲 - accompany a singer/choir
爲歌手/合唱團伴奏 - strum a chord/guitar
彈奏和弦/吉他
Performing 表演 - form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
組建/創辦/組成/加入/退出/離開樂隊 - give a performance/concert/recital
表演節目;舉辦音樂會/音樂演奏會 - do a concert/recital/gig
開音樂會/音樂演奏會/現場演唱會 - play a concert/gig/festival/venue
在音樂會/現場演唱會/會演/音樂廳演出 - perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
在音樂會上演出 - appear at a festival/live
現身會演;現場表演 - go on/embark on a (world) tour
進行/開始(全球)巡演
Recording 錄制 - write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
寫/創作音樂/民謠/旋律/曲子/歌曲/主題歌/歌劇/交響曲 - land/get/sign a record deal
獲得/簽署唱片合約 - be signed to/be dropped by a record company
與唱片公司簽約;被唱片公司解約 - record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
錄制/發行/出版專輯/單曲/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/一舉登上/進入排行榜首位
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.