1. 根源爵士与早期蓝调 (Roots Jazz: Ragtime & Blues)
【文言】
爵士之源，本乎黑人田夫行役之歌与祈祷哀吟。十九世纪末，拉格泰姆（Ragtime）起于密苏里，斯科特·乔普林操琴切分，左右异步，错落有致；南方密西西比三角洲则苦涩蓝调回荡，三音微降，感怀身世。二者交融，始奠百年爵士之基石。
爵士之源，本乎黑人田夫行役之歌与祈祷哀吟。十九世纪末，拉格泰姆（Ragtime）起于密苏里，斯科特·乔普林操琴切分，左右异步，错落有致；南方密西西比三角洲则苦涩蓝调回荡，三音微降，感怀身世。二者交融，始奠百年爵士之基石。
【白话】
爵士乐发轫于19世纪末非裔美国人的灵歌、劳动号子与民间布鲁斯。以斯科特·乔普林（Scott Joplin）为代表的“拉格泰姆”（切分钢琴乐）带来了跳跃欢快的切分节奏，而密西西比三角洲布鲁斯则赋予了它深沉哀怨的微降三度/五度“蓝调音”。两者碰撞催生了爵士乐的原初灵魂。
爵士乐发轫于19世纪末非裔美国人的灵歌、劳动号子与民间布鲁斯。以斯科特·乔普林（Scott Joplin）为代表的“拉格泰姆”（切分钢琴乐）带来了跳跃欢快的切分节奏，而密西西比三角洲布鲁斯则赋予了它深沉哀怨的微降三度/五度“蓝调音”。两者碰撞催生了爵士乐的原初灵魂。
【ENGLISH】
The roots of jazz lie in African American spirituals, work songs, and rural blues of the late 19th century. Ragtime, pioneered by Scott Joplin, introduced sophisticated syncopated rhythms on piano, while Delta blues contributed the soulful expressive bending of blue notes. Together, they laid the bedrock for all jazz that followed.
The roots of jazz lie in African American spirituals, work songs, and rural blues of the late 19th century. Ragtime, pioneered by Scott Joplin, introduced sophisticated syncopated rhythms on piano, while Delta blues contributed the soulful expressive bending of blue notes. Together, they laid the bedrock for all jazz that followed.
