Kansas City had deep blues roots, and black jazz musicians in that town tended to keep the tradition alive in their sound.

堪萨斯城有着丰厚的布鲁斯根基，当地的黑人爵士乐手倾向于在他们的音乐中保留这一传统。

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The tone will always sound different when bending. For blues, this different tone sounds good. For tunes however, sometimes the tone of the bent note is not so good.

其实，每次压出的声音总是有差异的。对布鲁斯音乐来说，这些不差异正是其音乐表现的奥妙之处；然而对于乐曲来说，有时候就不那么好了。

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They infused jazz and blues with rock to create their own unique rock and roll sound.

他们将爵士乐和布鲁斯音乐与摇滚合而为一，造就了别具一格的摇滚音乐。

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