上海学爵士乐去哪？JZ School爵士萨克斯演奏家 Alec Haavik老师
曼哈顿音乐学院爵士演奏硕士
师从 Dick Oatts 及 Mark Turner
Jazz music is a language. It is a means to communicate, to collaborate in real time, to create a unique piece of art which exists only in the now. One of the many miracles of jazz music happens when musicians who have never even met can come together and improvise exquisite music. To reach this level, there is a tremendous amount to learn—about chords, scales, forms, grooves, and of course instrumental technique.
爵士乐是一门语言，它也是一种方法，它让乐手们去沟通、去即时合作、去创造只存在于当下的独特艺术作品。爵士乐有很多奇妙之处，其中之一是能让从未谋面的音乐家们走到一起，即兴演奏出精美的音乐。要达到这个水平，需要学习大量的东西——和弦、音阶、结构、节奏，当然还有乐器演奏技术。
The focus of learning all these things should be for the purpose of “talking”, through the music. To have an exciting and interesting musical conversation we also need good “topics”to talk about, and in jazz music, these topics are the tunes. The most popular topics, the most often discussed, we call “jazz standards”.
学习所有这些东西的重点应该是为了能够通过音乐“交谈”。为了有一个激动和有趣的音乐对话，我们还需要有好的 “话题 ”，而在爵士乐中，这些“话题”就是曲子。那些最受欢迎、最常被讨论的“话题”，我们称之为 “爵士乐标准曲”。
My advice to students of jazz would be the same advice that every one of my teachers at the Manhattan School of Music gave to me when I was a student there: 1) play sessions, and 2) learn tunes.
我给爵士乐学生的建议跟当初我作为学生时得到的建议一样，当时曼哈顿音乐学院的每一位老师都会这样建议我：第一，参加合奏。第二，学习曲子。
A “session” is any time that people get together to play music—NOT to rehearse for a show, but just simply to participate in the joy and the experience of making music together. Just as in learning any language, the most essential practice is conversing with others. This is what shapes the context for all of the specific learning goals. Although it’s always nice to have a session with a full “band”, with bass, drums, piano, guitar, horns, etc., in fact, you just need two people, on any instrument, to play a session—the way of making musical conversation is the same.
合奏不是为了某一场演出进行排练，而是指大家聚在一起演奏音乐。参加合奏意思很简单，就是参与到一起制作音乐的快乐体验中。像学习任何语言一样，学爵士乐最基本的练习是与他人对话。这是所有具体学习目标的情境和前提。最理想的合奏当然是有一个完整的乐队——贝斯、鼓、钢琴、吉他、管乐等，但其实，你只需要两个人，用任何乐器都可以开始合奏，因为我们进行音乐对话的方式是一样的。
Next, learn as many tunes as you can—learn them in all twelve keys, in various styles, tempos, and meters. When you learn a new tune, start with the melody, then learn the bass notes, then the chord tones. Be able to improvise something (anything!) on this tune. Now play that tune in your next session!
第二点是，尽可能多地学习曲子——用所有12个调、用不同的风格、速度和节拍去学习它们。当你学新的曲子时候，先从旋律开始，然后学习和弦根音，再学习和弦。确保你能在这首曲子上即兴创作一些东西，任何东西都可以。接下来要做的，就是在下一次合奏中演奏这首曲子！
Once you put these two methods into practice, you will have a much better sense of direction when learning all of the many skills and knowledge points that you need to master in order to play jazz.
一旦你把这两种方法付诸实践，在学习演奏爵士乐所需掌握的许多技能和知识点的时候，你就会更有方向感。。
