polyphony

Before Louis Armstrong, solos were brief or non-existent, and the urgent sound of an old New Orleans jazz band came from the polyphony of players winding their melodies around each other.

在路易斯阿姆斯特朗之前，独奏是一种可有可无或完全不存在的表演形式，旧式奥尔良乐团中，各路乐手用不同的旋律共同交织出复调音乐，通常急促而又紧凑。