• n. 爵士樂，爵士舞；喧鬧
• vi. 奏爵士樂，跳爵士舞；游蕩
• vt. 奏爵士樂；使活潑
• adj. 爵士樂的；喧吵的
• n. (Jazz)人名；(德)雅茨

一種發源于美國路易斯安那克里奧爾區的流行音樂或舞蹈，詞源不確定，可能來自非洲某語言jasm,精力，活動，衍生俚語詞jism,種子，精液，后衍生俚語詞jazz,性交。后黑人音樂家用于命名他們創作的一種音樂形式，即爵士。但始料未及的是，該音樂形式在創作出來后，迅速流行于全世界，并賦予了多種褒義詞義。因此，也有人評論說：“If the truth were known about the origin of the word”Jazz”,it would never be mentioned in polite society.”比較funk.

jazz

jazz: [20] Words of unknown origin always attract speculation, and it is hardly surprising that such an unusual and high-profile one as jazz (first recorded in 1913) should have had more than its fair share (one of the more ingenious and colourful theories is that it comes from the nickname of one Jasbo Brown, an itinerant black musician along the Mississippi – Jasbo perhaps being an alteration of Jasper).

Given that the word emerged in Black English (probably originally in the sense ‘copulation’), it is not surprising that attempts have been made to link it with some West African language, and picture it crossing the Atlantic with the slave ships, but there is no convincing evidence for that (the scenario seems to have got started with a 1917 article in the New York Sun, which was purely the invention of a press agent).

jazz (v.)

"to speed or liven up," 1917, from jazz (n.). Related: jazzed; jazzing.

jazz (n.)

by 1912, American English, first attested in baseball slang; as a type of music, attested from 1913. Probably ultimately from Creole patois jass "strenuous activity," especially "sexual intercourse" but also used of Congo dances, from jasm (1860) "energy, drive," of African origin (compare Mandingo jasi, Temne yas), also the source of slang jism.

If the truth were known about the origin of the word 'Jazz' it would never be mentioned in polite society. ["étude," Sept. 1924]

All that jazz "et cetera" first recorded 1939.

1. Page is well versed in many styles of jazz.

佩奇精通多種風格的爵士樂。

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2. He's one of the most dynamically imaginative jazz pianists still functioning.

他是當下仍舊活躍的最有闖勁、最具想象力的爵士樂鋼琴師之一。

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3. Louis Armstrong defined jazz pithily as "what I play for a living".

路易斯·阿姆斯特朗把爵士樂簡明扼要地定義為“我一門糊口的手藝”。

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4. Stephen and I are going to jazz up the love songs.

斯蒂芬和我打算給那些愛情歌曲注入流行元素。

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5. Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave ran a jazz workshop for young artists.

小號手馬庫斯·貝爾格雷夫為年輕藝術家辦了一個爵士樂研習班。

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