Fifty local musicians have, to coin a phrase, banded together to form the Jazz Umbrella.

套用一句老话，５０位当地的音乐家们联合在一起组成了爵士伞乐队。

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About one third of jazz is in blues form with twelve measures4 in a song and USES — blue notes, "the flatted third, fifth, and seventh notes of the musical scale."

大约有三分之一的爵士乐采用蓝调形式，一首歌有12小节，使用“蓝音”，即把第三、五、七个音阶降半音(如c大调的E、G、B)。

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Jazz is often referred to as the only truly American art form.

爵士音乐常被认为是唯一真正的美国艺术形式。

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