VOA美国人物志(翻译+字幕+讲解):音乐相伴一生—雷纳德·理查德
日期:2019-02-16 11:48

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"To be a musician, it's like fulfilling a part of your life that's irreplaceable. It's something that I enjoy and I love to do and I get a satisfaction from it."
That is Renald Richard. Born in 1925 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, just west of New Orleans, Richard's memories of childhood are filled with music. His father played piano by ear. His uncles and cousins all played instruments and sang. So at the age of six, Richard started piano lessons at home.
"I played partially by ear and I learned pieces on the piano like the boogie woogie and that kind of stuff, so I guess music was in my system."
Jam sessions were usual events at Richard's house when family stopped by. And that was more than fine with Richard.
"I just wanted to play music."
At the age of 13, Renald Richard went to see a band perform at a church dance. He noticed two young trumpet players in the band. He says they were dressed "clean and sharp." All the girls -- including his girlfriend -- fell for the trumpet players.
Richard knew he had to take action.
"I got to do something about this, so..." I asked my Dad if I could play the trumpet. And he said ‘why do you want to play the trumpet'? I said ‘I think I like the trumpet'. And he said ‘I'll get a trumpet for you but, you cannot stop the piano. You have to continue the piano'. And I got the trumpet. And I started lessons on the trumpet. I continued lessons on the piano and trumpet. And it went on like that for a while. And I got my girl back."
Renald Richard played the trumpet in the high school band. After high school, the government sent him into military service. He played his trumpet during his time in the United States Navy Band. Later, he performed while touring in a USO variety show.
Richard thought he had learned enough from his time in the band and the USO show.
"I got an experience from that (which) lasted me a lifetime and I almost made a bad mistake because when I came out of the Navy I figured I knew it all. That was my education."
But, Richard ended up studying music at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. He played clubs on the city's famous Bourbon Street. He also toured with many bands including his family band, the Johnson Brothers, as well as Guitar Slim and Ivory Joe Hunter.
While playing in Houston, Texas in 1954, Richard was approached by Jeff Brown, the manager of musician Ray Charles.
"Ray Charles is forming a new band. He just got a hit record out and he would be interested in you playing trumpet in the band. Would you like to do that? Of course. Ray Charles. I said ‘yes'!"
Renald Richard soon was playing his trumpet for Ray Charles' band.
"First of all, to be selected by Ray Charles was an honor to me. I was honored by that and a little nervous."
In time, Richard became Charles' bandleader.
Ray Charles was exacting, says Richard, and he demanded the same from band members.
"He was a perfectionist and he was rather strict about his music."
Richard says over their years together he came to realize the genius of Ray Charles.
"It was like going to college with Ray Charles. I learned voicing and resolving notes. He would start with the baritone sax and then he would dictate every note like he's not using anything from memory like his Braille. He say alright, let's take the saxophone, let's take the trumpet or whatever. Everything is in his mind. So it really was educational."
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toured all over the South and West with Ray Charles. Sitting in the back seat of the car on the way to a gig, Richard wrote the song "I Got a Woman" for Charles.
It became Ray Charles' first number one radio hit. The song put Ray Charles on the map.
In 1954, Renald Richard left Ray Charles band. He was upset by the drug problems among band members.
"I knew that it would not be long before they would be what we call busted. And it did happen. And I wasn't quite ready for that."
Richard stayed friendly with Ray Charles over the years. He went back to his hometown and became the high school's band director until 1962. Four years later, he moved again, this time to New York City.
Over the years, Richard has written many other songs that have been recorded by artists including Joe Turner, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley to name a few.
I was thrilled when music artist Kanye West used "I Got a Woman" as the basis for his hit song "Gold Digger", Richard says.
The song was number one on the Billboard Charts for 16 consecutive weeks.
"It was a big, big hit," says Richard.
Renald Richard retired from teaching in 1991.
Living now in Southern Florida, Richard is still active at the age of 92.
"I'm playing music mainly with the Marco Island Strummers and I'm playing with the Jazz Masters in Naples, so I do a lot of playing and I enjoy that ."
As you can see Renald Richard's musical days are by no means near an end.

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重点解析

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1.filled with充满

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We were filled with hope, with passion, with dreams for the future.
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This so-called committee is nothing more than a figure-head.
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3.take action采取行动

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If business success is what you want, than you need to take action.
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4.end up doing以…告终

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Now, it appears that China may end up doing the same thing to the financially strained United States.
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5.come to realize认识到

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I know a good bit about design patterns, but I have come to realize how difficult it is to teach the concepts well.
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6.by no means绝不

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The problem is by no means as simple as we first thought.
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参考译文

“成为一个音乐家,这就像完成你生命中不可替代的一部分!ahT@fvVlVAvo。音乐是让我感到享受的东西,我爱音乐,从音乐中我能得到满足tbl+7qno2z_VL[N。”
这句话出自雷纳德·理查德之口iubz4-OzP)。理查德于1925年出生于新奥尔良以西的路易斯安那州帝博多市,他的童年的记忆里充满了音乐7lyJPJ^IQb^。他的父亲不看乐谱就能弹奏钢琴,他的叔叔们和表兄妹们都会唱歌、弹奏乐器cl*(&YB*|^,v)_1oI[zO。所以理查德在6岁的时候,开始在家学钢琴*e~x.o4ba.o
“我有一部分曲子是不看乐谱弹奏的,我在也学过像布吉伍吉爵士乐之类的一些钢琴曲,所以我天生就与音乐相连&ciLN6Hz5+o|+M。”
当理查德的家人来访时,即兴演奏会是他们的家常便饭#30-)oVnn1rzaqX。这对理查德来说再好不过了d)YYD%l_(fg^9#q
“我就是想演奏音乐^A*VYI,3IqCTQfg#5-I。”
在13岁的时候,雷纳德·理查德去一个教堂舞会看了一次乐队表演Z%AN.Rz9A~1mg*;。他注意到了这个乐队的两个年轻的小号手v|,-mAO_P%WUYkiE5T84。他说他们的穿着“干净利落”Hb!nc4D.2zv;x。所有的女孩子,包括自己的女朋友都爱上了这两个小号手j(+cEX(eC0x|d
理查德知道自己一定要采取行动5hxLte(Fhs
“我一定得做些什么,所以...”我问我父亲可不可以演奏小号j@)ggfA59MI&BXo。然后他说“为什么你想演奏小号呢”?我说“我觉得我喜欢小号”alYhp|O]p#Z^29qk。然后父亲说“我会给你买一个小号,但是你还得继续学习钢琴,你得继续弹奏钢琴gA7v[aEDTr=wQGH]kYh。”“然后我得到了小号t9Hd(se|Ty*)。我就开始了学习小号的课程-l~5~kY8faYVSQ|w*d~。后来我继续学习着钢琴和小号U+%49!WHPLwJ*dONxsVN。这样持续了一阵子,我的女朋友就又重回了我的怀抱zob6lI+yo)0iUcq。”
雷纳德·理查德在高中乐队里吹小号(*8AkQnyk[^NMz7。高中毕业后,政府送他去服兵役Yi8.~1x6)G。他在美国海军乐队服役期间吹小号KSO3HC0;X~kb2。后来,他在劳军联合组织的一个综艺节目中表演;OYwVZa-*aU
理查德认为他已经从乐队和劳军联合组织的演出中学到了足够的东西H~X55nXTpkczi)gD2hP
“我从中学到了一些经验,这些经验伴随了我一生&tvI0GC|Qd#e+Hi;%=Ra。当时我几乎犯了一个严重的错误,因为当我从海军出来的时候,我觉得我知道了一切#KyS~]U,GS%)。这就是我所受的教育s,L^=h,Zv]。”
但是,理查德最终在新奥尔良的路易斯安那大学学习音乐O)8KGh~q@e,I6。他在该市著名的波旁街上的俱乐部中演奏GMrrBwTA;EveDaKvx。他还与许多乐队巡回演出,包括他的家庭乐队,约翰逊兄弟,以及吉他斯利姆和象牙乔亨特kEY!WF8ET73Z
1954年,理查德在德克萨斯州休斯顿演出时,音乐家雷·查尔斯的经纪人杰夫·布朗找到了他Jr8[#DKjB5PQI~g+ev
“雷·查尔斯正在组建一支新乐队Sa=vP4)p0_6。他刚出了一张热门唱片,他会对你在乐队里吹小号感兴趣的Bx|rgA]A]|7HE*Yy2aM。你想这么做吗?当然lH5]L-gU&mJnTFP[|。这可是雷·查尔斯q*Dxu,k0xlj.=EH。我说是的!”
雷纳德·理查德很快就为雷·查尔斯乐队的小号手v9-M#!(s5I
“首先,能被雷·查尔斯选中是我的荣幸Uy%hZSVc4Twc8Sw7N]O。我为此感到荣幸,也有点紧张mWI)FpY(umX6VImA。”
后来,理查德成了查尔斯的乐队指挥;NjR1wYS@%mT。理查德说,雷·查尔斯对自己很苛刻,他对乐队成员也有同样的要求[|bz^RZKG0*keI
“他是个完美主义者,对音乐要求相当严格B..yNj7NP%lxPH85y4。”
理查德说,经过多年的相处,他逐渐认识到雷·查尔斯的天赋*)(MAuWnP]&x
这就像和雷·查尔斯上大学一样&x!zQ(3lSoTo&。我学会了发声和分辨音符tk^K8VyUb#xzyom&R9
他会从低音萨克斯管开始,然后他会口述每个音符,就像他没有使用任何记忆中的东西,这就像是他的布莱叶盲文zI[nLc|)&lVO。他说,好吧,我们拿萨克斯管,拿小号什么的=zf4aNYmwbW^A,S9。他什么都会考虑_HP@^h=@7!5。所以这真的很有教育意义vTY^(!|BGi(R=U8+sf
雷纳德·理查德和雷·查尔斯一起在南部和西部巡回演出lXR4J(.r-!。在去演唱会的路上,理查德坐在车的后座上,为查尔斯写了一首歌《我有一个女人》Xd6B,+j-vZdkw9
这首歌成为了雷·查尔斯的第一首热门电台歌曲E3nT4IxUM|ILnDsTgFZS。这首歌使雷·查尔斯出名了S]z4QNn4ViHXFh!
1954年,雷纳德·理查德离开了雷·查尔斯乐队OBQK1h(DKI。乐队成员之间的毒品问题使他心烦意乱7nsK=j1.[Nn+oGB33
“我知道不久他们就会成为我们所说的失败的人%6nlW*l+WZEkzKI!b。这确实发生了2bE]Y!^4om7q=[w。我还没准备好c97x2@dF4M7L。”
多年以来,理查德一直和雷·查尔斯保持着友好关系h6wsJn8r0aPwg=。他回到了家乡,一直到1962年他都是当地高中的乐队指挥8rJjzPRBy%;Bx。四年后,他又搬到了纽约4!k9dNSBU.。多年来,理查德还创作了许多其他的歌曲,这些歌曲都是由艺术家们录制的,如乔·特纳、披头士乐队、滚石乐队和猫王等等%P;2Lo0_(ssE1%_%
理查德表示,当音乐艺术家坎耶·韦斯特以《我有一个女人》为基础创作他的热门歌曲《掘金者》时,我非常激动uh^x.7GdUePuegf#dh
这首歌连续16周蝉联公告牌排行榜榜首CqoqTQ^TBYDj9V
理查德说:“这是一首非常、非常成功的歌曲GUc3(&gDgv。”
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理查德现在住在佛罗里达州南部,92岁高龄的他仍然很活跃Bl%cx&1j4EAyd
“我主要和马尔科岛的弹奏者一起演奏音乐,也和那不勒斯的爵士大师一起演奏,所以我经常演奏,我很享受N1zdqt2||HyiDO,U_A=。”
正如你看到的,雷纳德·理查德的音乐生涯还远未结束NtJNNM942l[Omp!NT

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重点单词
  • dictatevi. 听写 vt. 口述,口授 n. 命令,指挥,指令
  • perfectionistn. 十全十美主义者,[哲]至善论者
  • upsetadj. 心烦的,苦恼的,不安的 v. 推翻,翻倒,扰乱
  • partiallyadv. 部份地,一部份地,不公平地
  • performv. 执行,运转,举行,表演
  • directorn. 董事,经理,主管,指导者,导演
  • passionn. 激情,酷爱
  • guitarn. 吉他
  • strictadj. 严格的,精确的,完全的
  • musiciann. 音乐家,作曲家