VOA慢速英语 查理帕克对爵士乐的影响深远
VOICE TWO:
In nineteen thirty-nine, Charlie went to New York City. He stayed for almost one year. He was able to get a few paying jobs playing the saxophone. Most of his time, though, was spent playing in unpaid jam sessions. It was during this time that he began to develop his own style of jazz.
He said later that this was when he made a big discovery. He was unhappy playing songs the same way all the time. He thought there had to be another way to play. He said: "I could hear it sometimes, but I couldn't play it." He began working on the song "Cherokee." He used the higher notes of a chord as a melody line and made other changes. He now could play the things he had been hearing.
It was in December, nineteen thirty-nine, that Charlie Parker made this discovery. He later said that with it, he "came alive." Here he is playing "Cherokee":
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VOICE ONE:
Charlie Parker's name first appeared in the press reports about music in nineteen forty. During the next five years, he joined different bands. He played with the Earl Hines orchestra and the Billy Eckstine orchestra. He also played with other young jazz musicians who helped make the new sound known. Trumpet players Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, and pianists Thelonius Monk and Bud Powell were some of them. Parker was considered the greatest of the bebop jazz musicians. This song, "Now's the Time," is one of his hits during this time:
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