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Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we enter the world of jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. His group had the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies. 欢迎来到美国之音的今日美国节目，我是Barbara Klein，本周我们的节目将带你进入爵士钢琴师Dave Brubeck的世界。
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"Time Out," released in nineteen fifty-nine, also gave the world one of the best-known jazz tunes of all time. Written by saxophone player Paul Desmond, this is "Take Five."
Time Out，1959年发表。也是有史以来最著名的爵士曲之一。由萨克斯手Paul Desmond创作，这是一个幕间休息节目
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This year is the fiftieth anniversary of another important event for the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In nineteen fifty-eight, the government sent the four musicians on a trip as part of a jazz ambassadors program.
今年是Dave Brubeck Quartet的另一个重要事件的50周年纪念。1958年政府派这四个音乐家作为“爵士大使”出访。
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Dave Brubeck (far right) and band arrive in India in 1958 | | |
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They performed across Europe. They also played in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), as well as India, Iran, Iraq and Turkey.他们在欧州各地演出。他们也在阿富汗，巴基斯坦，锡兰（现斯里兰卡）和印度，伊朗，伊拉克，土耳其演出。
The two-month trip provided new ideas. For example, seeing the Berlin Wall that divided Germany led Dave Brubeck to write "Brandenburg Gate."
这次为期两个月的旅行给了他们新的灵感。例如。看到分开德国的柏林墙，让Dave Brubeck 写出了Brandenburg Gate
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Earlier this month, Dave Brubeck accepted a special award from the State Department for that trip and others he made later. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented him with the first Ben Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy.
这个月早些时候，Dave Brubeck 接受了政府的特殊奖励，因为那次旅行演出以及后来的其他演出。国务卿Condoleezza Rice 为他的民间外交贡献颁发了第一个Ben Franklin 奖。
She thanked him for representing America by bringing the language, the sounds and the spirit of jazz to people around the world.他感谢Dave Brubeck 通过语言，声音，和爵士精神把美国形象介绍给全世界。
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The language of jazz includes hot jazz and cool jazz. Dave Brubeck is known for the cool kind. Jazz expert David Baker at Indiana University says cool jazz emphasizes the melody and is very relaxed. Professor Baker says hot jazz speaks to the heart; cool jazz speaks to the mind.
爵士语言包括冷爵士和热爵士。Dave Brubeck 以冷爵士闻名。印第安纳大学的爵士专家David Baker 说，冷爵士强调悦耳的曲调，很轻松。热爵士是感性的，与心对话，而冷爵士是理性的，与思想对话。
Here is an example from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, "In Your Own Sweet Way."
这是Dave Brubeck Quartet的一个例子，你那样甜美。
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Jazz performers like to create as they play. This improvisation adds to the written music they bring with them. This is why the same piece can sound different each time the same musicians play it. David Baker says the written music is the subject of the piece. The improvisation is the explanation.
爵士乐手在演奏时喜欢即兴发挥。对他们写好的乐曲作一些即兴的创作。这就是为什么一首同样的曲子即使由同一支乐队演奏每次也会有不同的原因。David Baker 说写好的乐曲是一个曲子的主题，即兴创作是乐曲的解释。
Jazz musicians may also change the traditional grouping of rhythms in a piece. This is especially true of Dave Brubeck's music. Much of it is written in unusual time signatures.
爵士乐手也可能改变传统的曲子节奏。特别是David Baker 的音乐，多数使用一种不寻常的拍子符号。
Traditional jazz pieces are written for dancing, with four beats to a measure. This means that the same four beats are played over and over again. Here is an example of this four-four time, the Dave Brubeck Quartet playing "The Duke":
传统爵士是为跳舞而写的，以四拍为长度，这意味着同样的四拍被反复演奏。这里是Dave Brubeck Quartet演奏的四四拍的例子‘公爵’
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Now, an example of an unusual time signature can be found in a piece called "Eleven Four." It was written by Paul Desmond, who also wrote "Take Five." "Eleven Four" has eleven beats to a measure. Dave Brubeck himself explained it at a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York in nineteen sixty-three.
现在，是一首使用特别拍子符号被称作十一四的曲子，由Paul Desmond创作，“幕间休息”也是他写的。十一四以十一拍为长度。Dave Brubeck 在1963年纽约的卡内基大厅的音乐会上解释了它。
DAVE BRUBECK: "We'd like to do this tune because of the title, 'Eleven Four.' You can guess that it's in eleven-four time. It was written by Paul. Again, the writing is very difficult, but that's not the problem. The problem is to improvise in eleven -- which we let Paul do mostly on this thing."
Dave Brubeck ：我们做这首曲子是因为那个标题，十一四。你可以猜到那是十一四拍。是由Paul. 写的。再说一次，写作很困难，但那还不是问题，问题是需要在十一分钟内创作出来－这种事我们多数时候让Paul. 去做。
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One of the quartet's greatest hits is in still another unusual time signature. "Blue Rondo a La Turk," written by quartet, is in nine-eight time.
quartet的最成功演出之一是另一种特别的拍子。土耳其忧郁回旋曲，Dave Brubeck 创作，九八拍。
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Dave Brubeck attended the College of the Pacific in Stockton, California. At first he studied with the aim to become a veterinarian. But his mind was clearly on music; during college, he played in jazz clubs at night. He graduated in nineteen forty-two with a music degree.
Dave Brubeck 就读于加利福尼亚的太平洋大学。最初他想成为一个兽医。但他的注意力显然在音乐上，大学期间，他晚上在爵士俱乐部演奏。在1942年得到音乐学位。
He served in World War Two. The Army sent him to entertain the troops in Europe.
他在二战中参军。军队派他去欧洲慰问军队。
In nineteen forty-seven, in San Francisco, he joined a jazz band where he met Paul Desmond. Desmond played the alto saxophone. He became a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet when Brubeck formed the group in nineteen fifty-one. The quartet became known for playing what was called West Coast cool jazz at local colleges. 1947年，在旧金山，他加入了一支爵士乐队，在那里遇到Paul Desmond。Paul Desmond演奏低音萨克斯。（？）在Dave Brubeck 在1951年组建Dave Brubeck Quartet 时，他加入了。乐队以在当地大学演奏被称作西海岸冷爵士的乐曲成名。
In nineteen fifty-four they recorded "Jazz Goes to College," their first album for Columbia Records. It sold more than one hundred thousand copies and made the group nationally known. The album included their version of "Take the A Train," written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington.
1954年他们录制了唱片“爵士去大学”他们为哥伦比亚唱片公司录制的首张专辑。这张专辑售出超过十万张，使乐队全国闻名。这张专辑包括“坐A号火车”，由Billy Strayhorn 为爱灵顿公爵创作。
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Time magazine cover in 1954 honoring Dave Brubeck | | |
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Also in nineteen fifty-four, Dave Brubeck was on the cover of Time magazine. The story said he was responsible for a "new kind of jazz age in the U.S." It described his music as "some of the strangest and loveliest music ever played since jazz was born."
同样在1954年，Dave Brubeck 上了时代杂志的封面。杂志说他引发了美国的新爵士时代。它的音乐被形容为“自爵士诞生以来最奇特和最有趣的音乐”
In nineteen fifty-six, drummer Joe Morello and bass player Eugene Wright joined the quartet. The changes led to the group's most popular record, "Time Out," in nineteen fifty-nine. In addition to "Take Five," the album included "Three to Get Ready."
1956年，鼓手Joe Morello 和贝司手Eugene Wright 加入。这些改变促成了乐队最流行的1959年的唱片“时间到”。除了“幕间休息”专辑还包括了“三分钟上场”
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In nineteen sixty-seven the Dave Brubeck Quartet broke up. Dave Brubeck continued to write many different kinds of music -- classical symphonies, ballets and religious songs. The father of six also worked with his four grown children who became jazz artists.
1967年，Dave Brubeck Quartet 解散了。Dave Brubeck 继续写作不同类型的音乐－－古典交响乐，芭蕾，和宗教音乐。这个六个孩子的父亲也和四个已成年的孩子一起工作， 他们已经成为爵士艺术家。
Today, at the age of eighty-seven, Dave Brubeck still composes and performs. He also heads the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific.
现在，他已经87岁，Dave Brubeck 还在写作和演出。他还领导太平洋大学的 Brubeck 学院。
The institute houses a collection of more than sixty years of his recordings and photographs. It also trains young musicians and works for social issues.
学院收藏了他超过六十年的录音和照片。学院也培养年轻音乐家和为社会事务工作。
On the Institute's Web site is a message from Dave Brubeck. He says he always sought the acceptance and recognition of jazz as a serious art form. Jazz reflects "American ideals of freedom and individual expression balanced with group responsibility and interdependence," he says.
在学院 的网站上是Dave Brubeck的一条留言。他说他一直致力于使爵士得到严肃艺术的地位。他说爵士反映了美国的自由理想和群体责任和相互依赖下的个人表达。
And he adds that once, when asked how he would like to be remembered, he answered, "As someone who opened doors."
当被问及他希望被怎样记住时，他答道：一个开门的人。
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