【美国人物志】亚提•萧(3/7)

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无数少女、少妇心目中的白马王子和“师奶杀手”亚提·萧，是大乐团全盛时期的超级巨星，一等一的竖笛演奏高手，是爵士乐界的“猫王”！他传奇而浪漫的人生有过无数骄人的音乐成就，成为摇摆乐与大乐团时期的最佳见证。
       
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Artie Shaw
Chicago
Illinois
Louis Armstrong
New York City
Columbia Broadcast System
Imperial Theater
Broadway
         
In 1927, young Artie Shaw traveled to Chicago, Illinois to hear the great trumpet player, Louis Armstrong. He immediately understood that Armstrong's great jazz sound was the beginning of something new and exciting. Artie left Chicago with a growing interest in jazz music. Soon after, he moved to New York City.
He got work playing the clarinet for the Columbia Broadcast System radio network. In 1936, he was given a chance to form a small group and play at New York's famous Imperial Theater on Broadway. His group was not the top band in the show. But the crowd loved his music. This proved to be a major step in his career.1927年，为了能听听伟大的小号演奏家——路易斯·阿姆斯壮的演奏，年轻的亚提·萧来到了伊利诺斯州的芝加哥。他立即感受到在阿姆斯壮出色的爵士乐中有某种新的让人兴奋的东西出现了。亚提带着对爵士乐渐渐高涨的兴趣离开了芝加哥，而来到了纽约。他得到了一份工作，是为哥伦比亚广播公司的广播网演奏单簧管。在1936年，他终于有机会组了一个小乐团，并在纽约百老汇的著名的帝国剧院演出。他的乐团在众多的演出团体中并不是什么顶尖的乐团，但人们都非常喜欢他的音乐。这后来被认为是在他的音乐生涯中非常重要的一步。       
——译文来自: hawkinmoon