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

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.

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。