英语四级阅读理解的精炼50篇038: 爵士乐兴盛的代价 (含答案)_大学英语阅读

英语四级阅读理解的精炼50篇038: 爵士乐兴盛的代价 (含答案)

　　英语四级阅读理解精炼第038篇，练习关于爵士乐兴盛的代价的阅读理解，含有四级阅读练习题，参考译文，答案等内容。

　　38. Key To Keep The Jazz Hot

　　It s not easy running a jazz club anywhere at anytime, much less in largely suburban New Jersey, in what are hardly the best economic times.

　　The audience for the music, while dedicated, is small. Jazz accounted for only 3 percent of recorded music sales in the year 2003, according to Nielsen SoundScan1, which tracks retail sales nationwide.

　　Being next to New York cuts both ways, say musicians, promoters and patrons. While more people are aware of and exposed to the music , a New Jersey jazz fan working in Manhattan can stay in the city and choose from over a dozen places to hear music nearly

　　any night of the week. On the plus side, the northern half of the state can listen to WBGO- FM2 , an award-winning public radio station devoted exclusively to jazz , which frequently announces local performances. And many professional jazz musicians live in Essex, Bergen and Houston countries, ranging from respected sidemen, and studio players to better known leaders and stars.

　　It is damn difficult, said Enrico Granafei, one of Trumpets owners. Mr. Granafei, who was born in Italy in 1952 , runs Trumpets with his wife, Massari. They took over the business in 1999, three year after another couple failed to revive it. Trumpets was founded in the late 1980 s by Emily Wingert, who ran it for eight years.