[00:00.000] 作词 : akiko[00:01.000] 作曲 : akiko[00:08.178]What's jazz[00:10.115]Originating in America[00:14.201]An African and European mix[00:18.360]But then all this is known to everyone[00:21.550]No fun to hear all that you know[00:24.685]What's jazz[00:26.629]You know of Count Basie John Coltrane[00:30.867]Louis Armstrong and all those names[00:34.818]You know they made the different styles we hear[00:38.097]The Swing Be bop and Dixieland[00:41.198]But is Jazz a style[00:45.206]Or just the rhythm played[00:49.396]And will it still be jazz[00:53.349]Without the improvising style[00:56.753]Is it an American thing[01:01.652]A culture old and boring[01:05.786]Does it have to be done the way that they've played[01:09.841]Cause isn't jazz supposed to be fun and free[01:14.064]You know[01:16.056]I haven't studied to sing at school[01:20.215]I don't know'bout all the chords they use[01:24.407]The music theory that they play is too[01:27.746]Confusing for my simple mind[01:30.697]You see[01:32.648]Ella Billie and Anita taught me all I know[01:37.855]That's how I sing my jazz[02:52.706]That's not jazz[02:55.915]Or It's a privilege[03:00.138]We've heard them many times[03:04.423]But don't you see it's not logic[03:07.653]Miles Davis is great to hear[03:12.511]But try a different ear[03:16.781]4 Hero Jazzanova Matthew Herbert[03:20.972]Cause otherwise you're saying[03:23.996]That Jazz is dead[03:25.042]One thing[03:27.057]Let me explain I do love the old[03:31.065]But I'm living in the present now[03:35.526]To me the music jazz is our spirit[03:38.731]Like Blues and Soul and also Rock[03:41.779]That's jazz[03:43.691]That's why I sing as I sing today[03:47.977]And I'll be singing all I feel That's Jazz