美国国家公共电台 NPR--Jazz legend Wayne Shorter has died at 89 in Los Angeles

Jazz legend Wayne Shorter has died at 89 in Los Angeles

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Whether as a solo act, working with Miles Davis or Art Blakey, or as a founding member of Weather Report, Wayne Shorter routinely introduced new audiences to jazz.

(SOUNDBITE OF WAYNE SHORTER'S "NEFERTITI")

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

One of the most revered² saxophone players in jazz has died. Wayne Shorter started playing the sax in New Jersey³ in the 1950s, when he earned the nickname The Newark Flash.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

What a nickname - The Newark Flash. After he began his saxophone career, he had a little diversion, went to the Army for a few years, then came back and got his first taste of national attention as the music director for Art Blakey's band The Jazz Messengers.

FADEL: Then Miles Davis called on him to compose songs that became jazz standards.

(SOUNDBITE OF WAYNE SHORTER'S "NEFERTITI")

INSKEEP: Wayne Shorter once told NPR that he and Miles Davis never rehearsed.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

WAYNE SHORTER: The six years I was with Miles, we never talked about music. We were actually playing music as we were talking. When we talked on the phone, Miles would say, we're going to record next week. I had a book that I wrote music in, and he said, bring the book. When we got in the studio, there's a point at which we played like that - (vocalizing) - like that. It just came out.

(SOUNDBITE OF WAYNE SHORTER'S "E.S.P.")

FADEL: Shorter played with Davis through his electric phase and then built on that sound by forming the influential⁴ jazz fusion⁵ band Weather Report.

(SOUNDBITE OF JOE ZAWINUL'S "BIRDLAND")

INSKEEP: If there's an award for a jazz musician, Wayne Shorter won it - Kennedy Center Honors, NEA Jazz Master. And at the end of a career that began in the '50s, as we said, he received his 12th Grammy Award just last month, shortly before his death at the age of 89.

FADEL: Wow. His friend and former bandmate Herbie Hancock says Shorter left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion⁶ for all.

(SOUNDBITE OF WAYNE SHORTER'S "FOOTPRINTS")

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

3 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

5 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。

6 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。