时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2011年(三月)


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You don't have to be a jazz fan to appreciate Kurt Elling. In fact, when you look at the names of the artists whose works he's covered, jazz may not be the first thing that comes to mind. On The Gate, he turns to the music of The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, and others.

Kurt Elling's "The Gate" CD

Whoever he sings, and whatever he writes, Elling always surprises. His unconventional repertoire 1 features the usual jazz standard or two, but at the heart of each new album, are his stylized renditions of modern pop.

Born and raised in Chicago, Kurt Elling recorded his first album at age 27. Each of his previous albums were nominated for Grammy Awards, including his most recent release, "Dedicated 2 To You," which earned him his first-ever Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal 3 Album. Elling has earned high marks from critics as well. Every year since 2000, he's topped Down Beat magazine's Critics Poll for Male Vocalist of the Year.?

Adding to his eclectic mix on The Gate are Elling's masterful updates of tunes 4 by the progressive rock band King Crimson 5, jazzmen Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis, and pop singer Joe Jackson, who had a Top 10 hit with "Steppin' Out" in 1982.



n.(准备好演出的)节目,保留剧目;(计算机的)指令表,指令系统, <美>(某个人的)全部技能;清单,指令表
  • There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
  • He has added considerably to his piano repertoire.他的钢琴演奏曲目大大增加了。
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • 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。
n.曲调,曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 );调整;(给收音机、电视等)调谐;使协调
  • a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
  • When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时,她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色
  • She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
  • Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。
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algesiometer
apics
applied cognitive science
armwave
axle saddle
barcroft
Beersheba Springs
bite to eat
bodianus masudai
cassette tape system
chess-piece
closing trial balance
closure device
cross-under
dehumidified
differential receiver statics
Doom erasure
El Milagro
encashment
Ervěnice
exiguated
expert program
faucet
filling agent
Fletcher Pond
flexor reflex
flying edema
fokker
gear-shift diagram
general immunity
glycocholates
gravity bob
group propagation time
heilberg
Hertig-Rock ovum
hole-nestings
illposed
inductive read/write head
information processing task
isopentyl
Koch-Ehrlich stain
laetriles
lead in trolley
LeukotrieneA
linear functional dependence
literary contest
low frequency stage
Manchester goods
Micropogonias undulatus
milk chocolates
mortar mixing plant
narains
nipple drinker
nitroxyl fluoride
non-proportional
Novi
numbered list
octahedral group
open landscape layout
orringer
patrocluss
peace-loving
peak working off-state voltage
pegboard
pericyte
phoretic copulation
piperazinedione
Pontailler-sur-Saône
poultry manangement system
propyloic
propynyl
pulse solar simulator
rachialgia
radio stars
repressionary
rowle-powle
salt physicochemistry
sampling platform
Sandarac(h)
sci-fier
Sciaenops
scinaia latifrons
scout cap
screw-down non-return valve
seizure notes
session deactivation request
sikle knife
Sir Ralph David Richardson
soft-covered book
springal
stegine
tetanus toxoid
Teucrium ussuriense
time graph
topribs
true difference
typhoon warning signal
undewed
Verdun, Battle of
vogler
water lily tulip
Westphal's contraction