[00:00.000] 作词 : akiko[00:01.000] 作曲 : akiko[00:07.936]What's jazz[00:09.886]Originating in America[00:14.155]An African and European mix[00:18.330]But then all this is known to everyone[00:21.422]No fun to hear all that you know[00:24.508]What's jazz[00:26.531]You know of Count Basie, John Coltrane[00:30.633]Louis Armstrong and all those names[00:34.615]You know they made the different styles we hear[00:37.926]The Swing, Be-bop and Dixieland[00:40.977]But is "Jazz" a style[00:45.032]Or just the rhythm played[00:49.207]And will it still be jazz[00:53.245]Without the improvising style[00:56.451]Is it an American thing[01:01.394]A culture old and boring[01:05.568]Does it have to be done the way that they've played[01:09.742]Cause isn't jazz supposed to be fun and free[01:13.914]You know[01:15.920]I haven't studied to sing at school[01:20.245]I don't know about all the chords they use[01:24.291]The music theory that they play is too[01:27.465]Confusing for my simple mind[01:30.623]You see[01:32.612]Ella, Billie and Anita taught me all I know[01:37.769]That's how I sing my jazz[02:52.620]"That's not jazz"[02:55.871]Or "It's a privilege"[03:00.020]We've heard them many times[03:04.130]But don't you see it's not logic[03:07.407]Miles Davis is great to hear[03:12.390]But try a different ear[03:16.628]4 Hero, Jazzanova, Matthew Herbert[03:20.705]Cause otherwise you're saying[03:23.949]That "Jazz" is dead[03:24.947]One thing[03:26.954]Let me explain I do love the old[03:31.127]But I'm living in the present "now"[03:35.214]To me the music "jazz" is our spirit[03:38.514]Like Blues and Soul and also Rock[03:41.695]That's jazz[03:43.662]That's why I sing as I sing today[03:47.987]And I'll be singing all I feel "That's Jazz"