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PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. He was one of the greatest saxophone players of all time. He wrote jazz music. He recorded new versions of popular songs. And, he helped make modern jazz popular. I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about musician John Coltrane. John Coltrane was born in the state of North Carolina in nineteen twenty-six. He was raised in the small farm town of High Point. Both of his grandfathers were clergymen. As a young boy, he spent a great deal of time listening to the music of the black Southern church. When John was thirteen, he asked his mother to buy him a saxophone. Coltrane's father sewed clothes. He played several musical instruments for his own enjoyment. The young Coltrane grew up in a musical environment. He discovered jazz by listening to the recordings of such jazz greats as Count Basie and Lester Young. When John was thirteen, he asked his mother to buy him a saxophone. People realized almost immediately that the young man could play the instrument very well. John learned by listening to recordings of the great jazz saxophone players, Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker. John and his family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in nineteen forty-three. He studied music for a short time at the Granoff Studios and at the Ornstein School of Music. John Coltrane served for a year in a Navy band in Hawaii. When he returned, he began playing saxophone in several small bands. In nineteen forty-eight, Coltrane joined trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie's band. Seven years later, Coltrane joined the jazz group of another trumpet player, Miles Davis. The group included piano player Red Garland, double bass player Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones. Coltrane began experimenting with new ways to write and perform jazz music. He explored many new ways of playing the saxophone. Some people did not like this new sound. They did not understand it. Others said it was an expression of modern soul. They said it represented an important change. Jazz performers, composers and other musicians welcomed this change.
During the nineteen fifties, Coltrane used drugs and alcohol. He became dependent on drugs. Band leaders dismissed him because of his drug use. In nineteen fifty-seven, Coltrane stopped using drugs. In nineteen fifty-nine, John Coltrane recorded the first album of his own music. The album is called "Giant Steps". Here is the title song from that album. Coltrane also recorded another famous song with a larger jazz band. The band included Milt Jackson on vibes, Hank Jones on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Connie Kay on drums. Here is their recording of "Stairway to the Stars". In nineteen sixty, Coltrane left Miles Davis and organized his own jazz group. He was joined by McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass and Elvin Jones on drums. This group became famous around the world. John Coltrane's most famous music was recorded during this period. One song is called "My Favorite Things". Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein had written the song for the Broadway musical "The Sound of Music". Jazz critics say Coltrane's version is one of the best jazz recordings ever made. The record became very popular. It led many more people to become interested in jazz. Critics say Coltrane's versions of other popular songs influenced all jazz music writing. One of these was a song called "Summertime". It was written by Du Bose Heyward and George Gershwin for the opera "Porgy and Bess".
In nineteen sixty-four, Coltrane married pianist Alice McCloud who later became a member of his band. He stopped using alcohol, and became religious. He wrote a song to celebrate his religious experience. The song is more than thirty minutes long. It is called "A Love Supreme". Here is part of the song. By nineteen sixty-five, Coltrane was one of the most famous jazz musicians in the world. He was famous in Europe and Japan, as well as in the United States. He was always trying to produce a sound that no one had produced before. Some of the sounds he made were beautiful. Others were like loud screams.
Miles Davis said that Coltrane was the loudest, fastest saxophone player that ever lived. Many people could not understand his music. But they listened anyway. Coltrane never made his music simpler to become more popular. Coltrane continued to perform and record even as he suffered from liver cancer. He died in nineteen sixty-seven at the age of forty in Long Island, New York. Experts say John Coltrane continues to influence modern jazz. Some critics say one of Coltrane's most important influences on jazz was his use of musical ideas from other cultures, including India, Africa and Latin America. Whitney Balliett of The New Yorker Magazine wrote about Coltrane the year after his death: "People said they heard the dark night ... in Coltrane's wildest music. But what they really heard was a heroic ... voice at the mercy of its own power."
重点解析
1.as well as 也
If they are, it will be our problem as well as theirs.
如果真的发生类似的事情，这将是我们的，也是他们的大问题。
2.at the mercy of受…支配
But this income is largely at the mercy of State bureaucrats and Party officials.
但是这样的收入在政府官僚和纳粹党官员的操纵下毫无保障。
3.dependent on 依靠
The company is dependent on government financial help.
这家公司依靠政府的财政援助。
4.because of由于
There were fewer temporary engineers to plug in in that city because of low pay.
由于报酬低，该城市雇用得到的临时工程师就更少了。
5.part of一部分
He crystallized salt as part of his experiment.
他使盐结晶作为他的实验的一部分。
6.suffer from忍受
If you suffer from these problems you can file them down with a pumice stone.
如果你遭受这些问题，你可以用一块磨脚石把它锉去。
参考译文
这里是VOA慢速英语栏目《美国人物志》。他是有史以来最伟大的萨克斯管演奏家之一。他创作爵士乐。他录制流行歌曲的新版本。他帮助现代爵士乐流行起来。我是雪莉·格里菲思。我是史蒂夫·恩伯。今天，我们来讲讲音乐家约翰·柯川的故事。约翰·柯川于1926年出生在北卡罗莱纳州。他在农场小镇海波因特长大。约翰·柯川的祖父和外祖父都是牧师。当他还是个小男孩的时候，他有很多时间都在听南方黑人教堂的音乐。柯川的父亲是个裁缝，他则弹奏几种不同的乐器自娱自乐。年幼的柯川在音乐环境中长大。他是通过听爵士乐大师贝西伯爵和莱斯特·杨的唱片发现爵士乐的。约翰十三岁时，他请他妈妈给他买一个萨克斯管。人们几乎立刻意识到这个年轻人能把乐器演奏得很好。约翰通过听伟大的爵士乐萨克斯管演奏家约翰尼·霍奇斯和查理·帕克的录音来学习。约翰和他的家人在1943年搬到了宾夕法尼亚州的费城。他曾在格兰诺夫工作室和奥恩斯坦音乐学院学习过一段时间。约翰·柯川曾在夏威夷的海军乐队服役一年。当他回来时，他开始在几个小乐队演奏萨克斯管。1948年，柯川加入了小号演奏家迪兹·吉莱斯皮的乐队。七年后，柯川加入了另一位小号演奏家迈尔斯·戴维斯的爵士乐队。这个乐队包括钢琴演奏家瑞德·加兰、低音提琴演奏家保罗·钱伯斯和鼓手菲利·乔·琼斯。柯川开始尝试创作和表演爵士乐的新方法。他探索了许多演奏萨克斯管的新方法。有些人不喜欢这种新声音。他们听不懂。其他人认为这是现代灵歌的一种表达方式。他们说这代表着一个重要的变化。爵士乐表演者、作曲家和其他音乐家对这一变化表示欢迎。
在20世纪50年代，柯川沾染上毒品和酒精。他开始依赖毒品。乐队领导因为他吸毒而解雇了他。1957年时，柯川不再吸毒。1959年，约翰·柯川录制了他自己的第一张音乐专辑。这张专辑名字叫做“巨人的脚步”。这是那张专辑的主题曲。柯川还与一个更大的爵士乐队录制了另一首著名的歌曲。乐队成员包括电颤琴演奏家米特·杰克逊，钢琴手汉克·琼斯，贝斯手保罗·钱伯斯和鼓手康妮·凯。这是他们录制的《通往星星的阶梯》。1960年，柯川离开迈尔斯·戴维斯，组建了自己的爵士乐队。乐队成员包括钢琴手麦科伊·泰纳，贝斯手吉米·加里森，鼓手艾尔文·琼斯。后来这个乐队在世界各地都很出名。约翰·柯川最著名的音乐就是在这个时期录制的。其中有一首歌叫“我最喜欢的东西”。理查德·罗杰斯和奥斯卡·哈默斯坦为百老汇音乐剧《音乐之声》创作了这首歌。爵士乐评人认为柯川的版本是有史以来最好的爵士唱片之一。这张唱片变得非常流行。它使更多的人对爵士乐产生了兴趣。评论家认为柯川对其它流行歌曲的演绎影响了所有爵士乐的创作。其中一首叫做“夏日时光”。这是杜博斯·海沃德和乔治·格什温为歌剧《波吉和贝丝》写的。1964年，柯川与钢琴家爱丽丝·麦克劳德结婚，后者后来成为柯川乐队的一员。他戒了酒，开始信教。他写了一首歌来庆祝他的宗教经验。这首歌有三十多分钟长。名字为“至高无上的爱”。这是这首歌的一部分。到1965年的时候，柯川成为世界上最著名的爵士乐音乐家之一。他在欧洲、日本和美国都很有名。他总是试图创造出一种以前没有人发出过的声音。在他创作出来的声音中，有些很动听，其它的则像是大声尖叫。
迈尔斯·戴维斯认为柯川是有史以来声音最大、速度最快的萨克斯管演奏家。很多人不懂柯川的音乐，但是他们还是喜欢听。柯川从没有为了让自己的音乐变得更流行而把它们变得更简单。甚至柯川在患肝癌的时候，都从未停止表演、录制唱片。柯川于1967年在纽约长岛去世，享年40岁。专家称约翰·柯川直到今日都在影响着现代爵士乐。一些评论家认为，柯川对爵士乐最重要的影响之一是他运用了来自印度、非洲和拉丁美洲等其他文化的音乐理念。惠特尼·巴利叶特在柯川逝世当年在纽约客杂志中写道，“人们在柯川最狂野的音乐中听到了黑夜，但他们真正听到的是一个受它自己力量支配的英雄的声音。"
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