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Oh yes! That is jazz and I like it. We are going to explore what jazz is, where it comes from and what makes it jazz. We are going to get inside jazz and find out once and for all, why it’s better than anything else.
Why is it jazz? Because it’s made up of jazz notes, played by jazz people on jazz instruments.
Jazz is beginning to reach a new audience. Gone the days that only old men with beards would attend performances. There are now much younger bearded men in attendance too, and some have even spotted women. The future of jazz, I’m happy to say, is safe.
Some people seem to dislike jazz. They say, “why can’t they stick to the melody?” and “Why do they need to play so many notes?” Well, those people are wrong and obviously not clever enough to understand jazz itself.
The jazz musician likes to improvise. They play a bit of a song and then they make stuff up as they go along, or “cut loose” if you will.
The word improvise comes from the English word ‘improve’. Jazz musicians take existing songs and improve them by adding many, many, many more notes.
Jazz bop, Boogie Woogie. I like that! Blues, Fusion, Dixieland, Swing.
It’s all jazz and it’s all good.
Jazz musicians are very conscientious. They play for hours on end without growing weary. They don’t waste valuable time worrying about what they’re going to wear, they just turn up and play.
One word that sums up all jazz musicians is the word ‘cool’
No-one knows how the jazz musician’s mind works. How do they know when to come in? How do they know when to stop? Do they know when to stop? The music comes out of nowhere and just ends when it’s over.
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Take Five
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There may be trouble ahead
But while there's moonlight
And music and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still have the chance
Let's face the music and dance
Soon, we'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune and then
There may be tear drops to shed
So while there's moonlight
And music and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Let's face the music and dance
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In the wee small hours of the morning
While the whole wide world is fast asleep
You lie awake and think about the girl
And never, ever think of counting sheep
When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be hers if only she would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss her most of all
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Mmmm. That is jazz and I like it. We are going to explore what jazz is, where it comes from and what makes it jazz. We are going to get inside jazz and find out once and for all, why it’s better than anything else.
Why is it jazz? Because it’s made up of jazz notes, played by jazz people on jazz instruments.
Jazz is beginning to reach a new audience. Gone the days that only old men with beards would attend performances. There are now some much younger bearded men in attendance too, and some have even spotted women. The future of jazz, I’m happy to say, is safe.
Some people seem to dislike jazz. They say, “why can’t they just stick to the melody?” and “Why do they need to play so many notes?” Well, those people are wrong and obviously not clever enough to understand jazz itself.
The jazz musician likes to improvise. They play a bit of a song and then they make stuff up as they go along, or “cut loose” if you will.
The word improvise comes from the English word ‘improve’. Jazz musicians take existing songs and improve them by adding many, many, many more notes.
Jazz bop, Boogie Woogie, Blues, Fusion, Dixieland, Swing. I like that.
It’s all jazz and it’s all good.
Jazz musicians are very conscientious. They play for hours on end without growing weary. They don’t waste valuable time worrying about what they’re going to wear, they just turn up and play.
One word that sums up all jazz musicians is the word ‘cool’
No-one knows how the jazz musician’s mind works. How do they know when to come in? How do they know when to stop? Do they know when to stop? The music comes out of nowhere and just ends when it’s over.
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Ben Castle UK
Ben has worked with Gregory Porter, Radiohead, Blur, Amy Winehouse, Quincy Jones, Villagers, Matthew Herbert, Little Simz,
Stan Tracey, George Michael, Matthew E White, Lianne La Havas, Sting, and features on many soundtracks, including Sex Education, Staged, Motherland & Toast of London.
He recently scored the Grammy Nominated film Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story with Paul Pilot.
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