Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it.

  • -- David Sanborn 大卫桑伯恩

爵士乐应该是包容的。对我来说,流畅的爵士乐排除了某种戏剧和某种张力,我认为所有音乐都需要这种张力。尤其是爵士乐,因为即兴创作是爵士乐的基石之一。当你平静下来,你就把所有的戏剧性都去掉了。

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You're just sort of searching for this "thing" and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo.

你只是在寻找这个“东西”,有时你会得到它,有时你不会。所有的音乐都是不完美的,但在爵士乐中,既然你是即兴创作的,至少是我演奏的方式,我就试着在独奏中跟随我的思路。

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.

即兴创作的有趣之处在于,你是在观众面前编造一些东西。现在音乐能帮你一点忙因为你有一种乐器能把你和观众分开。

I don't want to pass through life like a smooth plane ride.

我不想像坐飞机那样平稳地度过一生。