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- akiko what是jazz? 歌詞
- akiko
- What's jazz
什麼是爵士
Originating in America
源於美國
An African and European mix
混合非洲與歐洲風格
But then all this is known to everyone
眾所周知
No fun to hear all that you know
無需多言
What's jazz
什麼是爵士
You know of Count Basie John Coltrane
你熟悉考特·貝茜約翰·克特蘭
Louis Armstrong and all those names
路易斯·阿姆斯特朗
You know they made the different styles we hear
他們創造出不同的音樂風格
The Swing Be bop and Dixieland
搖擺樂比波普迪克西蘭爵士
But is Jazz a style
爵士是一種風格嗎
Or just the rhythm played
或僅僅是一種節奏
And will it still be jazz
它還是爵士嗎
Without the improvising style
若沒有即興創作
Is it an American thing
它屬於美國文化嗎
A culture old and boring
古老而無趣
Does it have to be done the way that they've played
一定要沿循舊矩嗎
Cause isn't jazz supposed to be fun and free
爵士不該是有趣而自由的嗎
You know
你知道
I haven't studied to sing at school
我從未學過唱歌
I don't know'bout all the chords they use
不了解和弦
The music theory that they play is too
更不懂樂理
Confusing for my simple mind
實在太讓我困擾
You see
你看看
Ella Billie and Anita taught me all I know
是艾拉比利和安妮塔教會我
That's how I sing my jazz
如何唱爵士
That's not jazz
“那不是爵士”
Or It's a privilege
還有“這是你的榮耀”
We've heard them many times
這樣的話我們聽了太多
But don't you see it's not logic
卻毫無邏輯
Miles Davis is great to hear
邁爾斯·戴維斯的音樂很棒
But try a different ear
但聽聽別的也不錯
4 Hero Jazzanova Matthew Herbert
四英雄爵士諾瓦馬修·赫伯特
Cause otherwise you're saying
免得你說
That Jazz is dead
爵士已死
One thing
另外
Let me explain I do love the old
我喜歡過去
But I'm livingin the present now
更要活在當下
To me the music jazz is our spirit
對我來說爵士是一種精神
Like Blues and Soul and also Rock
就像藍調黑人音樂與搖滾一樣
That's jazz
那就是爵士
That's why I sing as I sing today
也就是我正在唱的這首歌
And I'll be singing all I feel That's Jazz
我會一直唱心中的爵士
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