VOA标准英语2011--Jazz Goes Country on Schuur's 'The Gathe

Jazz Goes Country on Schuur's 'The Gathering¹'

Grammy-winning jazz singer Diane Schuur takes a country turn on her latest album, The Gathering.
Schuur has always had an ear for country music. In fact, her earliest recording² was a country single titled “Dear Mommy and Daddy.” Schuur is once again in a Nashville state of mind, reviving the so-called “Countrypolitan” sound of the 1960s and ‘70s with classics by Hank Cochran, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, as well as the Roger Miller-Bill Anderson tune³ “When Two Worlds Collide.”
Of course, Schuur is first and foremost a jazz singer and pianist. Born blind, she grew up listening to her father’s jazz record collection, which included the music of Duke Ellington and Dinah Washington. By age 10, she was singing professionally at a hotel in her hometown of Tacoma, Washington.
Next up was her performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival and then a nationally televised concert at The White House. She made her major label debut⁴ in 1984 with the album Deedles. Over the years, she recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra, B.B. King and Maynard Ferguson, and toured the world with Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. In the 1980s, she won back-to-back Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal⁵ Performance, Female.
Schuur teams up with guitarist Larry Carlton on Merle Haggard’s on “Today I Started Loving You Again.”
Also featured on The Gathering are Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Mark Knopfler and Kirk Whalum.
Later in September, Diane Schuur will perform a series of concerts called a “Celebration of Lionel Hampton” in Colorado, Texas, Minnesota and Michigan.

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 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。

3 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

4 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。

5 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。