VOA标准英语2010年-Arturo Sandoval Slows the Pace on 'A T

Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Arturo Sandoval has had a stellar career playing be-bop and Afro-Cuban jazz.  Turning 60 last November, Sandoval took a slightly different musical direction, slowing down the pace on his new album, "A Time For Love."

Hitting the high notes with a backbeat of infectious Latin dance rhythms is Arturo Sandoval's trademark².  But, when it came time to record a new album, he decided³ to take a softer, gentler direction.  His requests to make an album with a symphonic setting were turned down by record labels, however.  He told executives that he wanted to play soft ballads⁴ with lush orchestration so he could hear the violins, violas, oboes and flutes⁵ playing behind him.

Concord⁶ Records finally offered to produce Sandoval's all-ballad album, "A Time For Love."

Addressing the orchestra on his first day in the studio, Sandoval said, "I stand before all of you great musicians with a full heart.  This is a project of a lifetime, and no one could be more thrilled than me to have this precious opportunity."

Arturo Sandoval studied classical trumpet¹ while growing up in his native Cuba.  His love for jazz was nurtured⁷ by listening to his favorite radio program, "The Jazz Hour," hosted by the Voice of America's Willis Conover.

He says, "That was my true education, it's where I discovered my soul."  It was also where he first heard the music of his future colleague and mentor⁸, Dizzy Gillespie.  Sandoval defected to the U.S. while touring with Dizzy in 1990, and became a naturalized citizen nine years later.

Sandoval says the song selection for his new album was a simple process that began as an impressionable young boy in Cuba.

He explains, "When I fell in love with a song, say 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,' I promised myself that someday I would record it."  Fortunately, he kept his promise with more than a dozen standards on "A Time For Love," including the Johnny Mercer classic, "Emily." 

 

1 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

2 trademark   

n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标

参考例句：

• The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
• The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 ballads   

民歌，民谣，特别指叙述故事的歌( ballad的名词复数 )； 讴

参考例句：

• She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening. 她整晚一个接一个地大唱民谣和乡村小调。
• She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano. 她教他读书，还教他唱两三首民谣，弹着她的旧钢琴为他伴奏。

5 flutes   

长笛( flute的名词复数 )； 细长香槟杯（形似长笛）

参考例句：

• The melody is then taken up by the flutes. 接着由长笛奏主旋律。
• These flutes have 6open holes and a lovely bright sound. 笛子有6个吹气孔，奏出的声音响亮清脆。

6 concord   

n.和谐；协调

参考例句：

• These states had lived in concord for centuries.这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。
• His speech did nothing for racial concord.他的讲话对种族和谐没有作用。

7 nurtured   

养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
• Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。

8 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。