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　　Key To Keep The Jazz Hot

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

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

　　Being next to New York cuts both ways, say musicians, promoters and patrons. While morepeople are aware of and exposed to the music , a New Jersey jazz fan working in Manhattancan stay in the city and choose from over a dozen places to hear music nearly any night of theweek. 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 localperformances. And many professional jazz musicians live in Essex, Bergen and Houstoncountries, ranging from respected sidemen, and studio players to better known leaders andstars.

　　" It is damn difficult,"said Enrico Granafei, one of Trumpets'owners. Mr. Granafei, who was bornin 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 byEmily Wingert, who ran it for eight years.

　　David Niu and his wife , Martha Chang, own Shanghai Jazz. They took Shanghai Jazz over3 fromMs. Chang's parents, who ran it as a Chinese restaurant, until they retired in 1995.

　　Neither couple has children, and both share a passion for jazz. Mr. Granafei is a working jazzharmonica player, and often sits in with the musicians at Trumpets; many are his friends. Mr. Niu has an infectious4 fan's enthusiasm for the groups he presents "Wow! Was that greatmusic or what?"He exclaimed happily before a cheering crowd on a Saturday night after a livelyset by Mr. Lee's group, which featured a guest appearance by the trumpeter Jon Faddis, theformer director of the Canegie Hall Jazz Band.

　　While both couples share the tasks of running their clubs, they know other parts of the workingworld as well. Ms Massari has been an Italian teacher in public school system for 14 years. Besides being a musician, Mr. Granafei worked as a" freelance interpreter"to make ends meet. Ms. Chang, a former scholar, is completing her doctorate in Chinese politics at Harvard while sheruns the restaurant with her husband. Mr. Niu is a lawyer who practiced in Morristown andManhattan before becoming a fulltime restaurateur and club owner.

　　While Mr. Granafei proudly calls Trumpets a club with food, not a restaurant with music, headmitted it was hard to attract people who don't really care about the music — whichcomplicates the club's finances.

　　练习题：

　　Ⅰ. True or False:

　　1. It's not easy running a jazz club anywhere at anytime.

　　2. Both couples have children and share a passion for jazz.

　　3. Apart from running a jazz club, both couples have no other jobs.

　　Ⅱ. Complete sentences according to the Chinese meaning in the bracket:

　　1. Military force has (接管) the country.

　　2. Jazz (占) only 3 percent of record music sales in the year 2003.

　　3. He has a(n) (有感染力的) fan's enthusiasm for the groups he presents.

　　参考答案：

　　Ⅰ. 1. T 2. F 3 . F

　　Ⅱ. 1. taken over 2. accounted for 3. infectious

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