ホワッツ・ジャズ? - 石井明子

Written by：akiko

What's jazz

Originating in america

An african and european mix

But then all this is known to everyone

No fun to hear all that you know

What's jazz

You know of count basie john coltrane

Louis armstrong and all those names

You know they made

The different styles we hear

The swing be bop and dixieland

But is jazz a style

Or just the rhythm played

And will it still be jazz

Without the improvising style

Is it an american thing

A culture old and boring

Does it have to be done

The way that they've played

'Cause isn't jazz supposed to

Be fun and free

You know

I haven't studied to sing at school

I don't know 'bout

All the chords they use

The music theory that they play is too

Confusing for my simple mind

You see

Ella billie and anita taught me all I know

That's how I sing my jazz

That's not jazz

Or it's a privilege

We've heard them many times

But don't you see it's not logic

Miles davis is great to hear

But try a different ear

4hero jazzanova matthew herbert

'Cause otherwise you're saying

That jazz is dead

One thing

Let me explain I do love the old

But I'm living in the present now

To me the music jazz is our spirit

Like blues and soul and also rock

That's jazz

That's why I sing as I sing today

And I'll be singing

All I feel that's jazz

That's why I sing as I sing today

And I'll be singing

All I feel that's jazz