In smoky clubs, bars and cafes across America and Europe people are all doing the same thing: enjoying the inventivesounds and style of jazz.
在美國和歐洲那些煙霧瀰漫的俱樂部、酒吧和咖啡館中，人們都在做著同一件事情：享受著爵士樂的獨特樂音和曲調。
Jazz is an advanced art form with a rich lustory . It has been called Americas classical music. Why? Well, for one, its been around for a long time-over 100 years. Also, its reputation for complicated improvisationmeans its often approved of by academics in a way that pop is not,
爵士樂是一種高尚的、歷史悠久的藝術形式。它曾被稱做美國的古典音樂。為什麼呢?原因之一是它的歷史源遠流長 有100多年之久。同時，它以複雜莫測的即興創作著稱，這意味著在某種方式上它總是能夠得到學者們的.認可，而流行音樂則不行。
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz. It started among the big brass bands of the citys black ghettos at the end of the 19th century. The new music took inspiration from two very different musical traditions. It combined the rhythm of West African dance music with the harmony and melody of European classical.
新奧爾良是爵士樂的發源地。爵士樂於19世紀晚期興起於城市黑人區的大銅管樂隊。這種新音樂的靈感來源於兩種極其不同的音樂傳統。它將非洲西部舞蹈音樂中的節奏和歐洲古典音樂中的和聲和旋律結合在了一起。
