I love jazz because gives me creative and intellectual playground for my own activities which inducing calm, exciting, proud, nostalgia, and pleasure. Jazz suits my philosophical and science interests. Jazz gives democratic opportunities for all musicians. I was first exposed to jazz in 10 y.old first been on jazz concert in Akcent Club in Grudzi?dz - Brad Terry played, beautifully whistled improvisations. My music bands (as guitar player / composer): [Gentle Jazz Trio], [Cadillac '58], [HOLOFONY], [Dj Konik Morski], [Fancy Group], [Reed Vibration]. New and original music I have composed for [HOLOFONY] and [Dj Konik Morski]. The jazz band I travel most with is [Gentle Jazz Trio] with [Ewa Nawrot] as singer and [Pawe? Rogo?a] on tenor saxophone. I've met [Brad Terry] [Herbie Hancock] [John Scofield] [Piotr Lema��ski] [David Doruzka]. I've met and played with [Ksawery W��jci��ski] [Wac?aw Zimpel] [Kacper Grzanka] [Ewa Nawrot] [Pawe? Rogo?a] [Pawe? G?owacki] [Piotr Szulc]. The best show I ever attended was [Kenny Garret Quartet concert in Blue Note in Pozna�� Poland], [Jazz Band M?ynarski-Masecki concert in Pozna��] The first jazz record I bought was "Days We Can't Forget" - Anthimos Apostolis, Jaros?aw ?mietana live CD, CD "Urbanator" (Micha? Urbaniak, Herbie Hancock) My advice to new listeners - listen to soul, gospel, blues, electronic music, nu jazz, nu soul, and nice sounded CDs like "URBANATOR I" Pat Metheny Group, Quincy Jones Orchestral Cd's - it helps spread your wings and fall in love with jazz. Or whatever else you have in mind, my CD GENTLE JAZZ TRIO "Discrete Interactions" https://jazz- event.wixsite.com/discreteinteractions Don't forget to go to my sites to get a little feedback (Thanks): https://jazz-event.wixsite.com/discreteinteractions https://www.facebook.com/ZespolJazzowyGentleJazzTrio/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmledAH3vD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fDvOmcF64 Na czym polega jazz? (What is Jazz about?) by Maciej Flaczy��ski Jazz polega na improwizowaniu. Najcz??ciej wykonawcy najpierw graj? temat, po kt��rym nast?puje partia improwizowana zwykle oparta o szkielet harmoniczny tematu (akordy). Sam temat tez mo?e by? modyfikowany, np. niekt��re nuty brzmi? d?u?ej, grane s? p��?niej itp. co nie odpowiada ju? oryginalnemu zapisowi nutowego kompozytora, ale i tak ?atwo go rozpozna?. Jazz jest liberalny, tzn. ka?dy muzyk w zespole ma mo?liwo?? zagrania sol��wki podczas koncertu, basista i perkusista te?. Tu celebruje si? warto?? muzyki samej w sobie. W jazzie wa?ny jest indywidualny ton, brzmienie, wirtuozeria gry muzyka, promuje si? kreatywno?? i szybkie reagowanie na zmieniaj?ce si? w jazzie akordy, a akompaniuj?cy muzycy tez improwizuj?, to z jednej strony inspiruje solist?, ale te? wymaga wielkiego skupienia i wiedzy. Indywidualno?? objawia si? nie tylko podczas sol��wki, ale tez w akompaniamencie, warstwie harmonicznej, czyli akordowej. Dlatego np. mamy w akordach zapisane C7, a muzyk u?ywaj?c swojego wyczucia mo?e go zmodyfikowa?, dodaj?c kolejny sk?adnik akordu, np. Du?? non? (powstaje C7/#9) zmienia to charakter akordu np. na bardziej drapie?ny. Jazz nie lubi kompromis��w a lubi eksperyment, np. Dave Brubeck cz?sto gra? na pianinie w perkusyjny spos��b, stosowa? dziwne rytmy w miejscu gdzie nie powinno ich by?, np. rytm walca w miejscu rytmu bossa nowy. Dave przyjecha? z koncertem do Polski w czasie g??bokiej komuny i by? to powiew nowo?ci, jakby kto? uchyli? kurtyn?, za kt��r? istnieje jaki? lepszy ?wiat. Chyba nawet by?a to ?wiadoma misja tych koncert��w. W brew pozorom jazz mo?na nauczy? si? gra? tak?e bez znajomo?ci czytania nut. Czyli na ?ucho��. Ja np. jako gitarzysta g?��wnie akompaniuj?cy wszystkie akordy kawa?k��w mam ju? w pami?ci i nie potrzebuje kwit��w (nut), dostaje przez to wi?cej przestrzeni na kreatywne dzia?ania harmoniczne. ?rodowisko jazzman��w por��wnuj? do ?rodowiska wspinaczy wysokog��rskich, s? tak samo niepokorni i odwa?ni. Jazz ??czy muzyk��w. Umo?liwia wsp��ln? gr? tym, kt��rzy si? wcze?niej nie znali. Z jednej strony to efekt du?ych umiej?tno?ci muzyk��w jazzowych, z drugiej efekt istnienia zjawiska tzw. standard��w jazzowych, czyli najpopularniejszych utwor��w jazzowych, kt��re wi?kszo?? jazzman��w zna. Mo?na si? ich nauczy? z tzw. realbook��w, ale znane s? ze s?yszenia, prawie ka?dy znany jazzman ma je w swoim repertuarze i wykonuje je na sw��j specyficzny spos��b. Jazz poprzez swoje liczne odmiany mo?e trafia? w gust r��?nych ludzi i generowa? r��?ne odczucia, np. Dixieland (weso?y, witalny nastr��j), cool jazz (uspokojenie, ukojenie), free jazz (chaos, wy?ycie si?, szale��stwo), swing (zach?ca do ta��ca, muzyka rozrywkowa), be bop (pojawi? si? jako odtrutka na cukierkowy charakter swingu, zwi?kszono szybko?? gry, by? pr��b? przywr��cenia jazzowi bardziej artystycznego wyrazu) Google Translate What is jazz? (What is Jazz about?) By Maciej Flaczy��ski Jazz is about improvising. Most often, the performers play the theme first, followed by an improvised part, usually based on the harmonic framework of the theme (chords). The main theme itself can also be modified, e.g. some notes sound longer, are played later, etc. which no longer corresponds to the composer's original notation, but is still easy to recognize. Jazz is liberal, i.e. every musician in the band has the opportunity to play a solo during the concert, and so do the bassist and drummer. The value of music itself is celebrated here. In jazz, the individual tone, sound, virtuosity of the musician's playing are important, creativity and quick response to changing chords in jazz are promoted, and the accompanying musicians also improvise, which on the one hand inspires the soloist, but also requires great concentration and knowledge. Individuality manifests itself not only during the solo, but also in the accompaniment, the harmonic, or chord, layer. That is why, for example, we have C7 written in the chords, and the musician, using his sense, can modify it by adding another component of the chord, for example a large ninth (C7 / # 9 is created), this changes the character of the chord to, for example, a more predatory one. Jazz does not like compromises and likes experiments, eg Dave Brubeck often played the piano in a percussive way, he used strange rhythms in places where they should not be, eg waltz rhythm in place of the boss rhythm new. Dave came to Poland with a concert during the deep communism and it was a breath of novelty, as if someone had lifted a curtain behind which there is a better world. I guess it was even a conscious mission of these concerts. Contrary to appearances, you can also learn to play jazz without reading sheet music. So by "ear". For example, as a guitarist who mainly accompanies all the chords of the pieces, I have those chords in my memory and I do not need notes (score), which gives me more space for creative harmonic activities. I compare the jazz community to the environment of high mountain climbers, they are just as rebellious and brave. They are also like Dj's, they sample, mixing styles and rythm. Jazz connects musicians. It enables those who did not know each other to play together. On the one hand, it is the effect of the great skills of jazz musicians, on the other hand, the phenomenon of the so-called jazz standards, i.e. the most popular jazz pieces that most jazzmen know. You can learn them from the so-called realbooks, but are known to hear, almost every famous jazzman has them in his repertoire and performs them in his own specific way. Jazz, through its many varieties, can appeal to the tastes of different people and generate different feelings, e.g. Dixieland (happy, vital mood), cool jazz (calming, soothing), free jazz (chaos, getting wild), swing (encouraging to dance) , light music), be bop (appeared as an antidote to the candy nature of swing, increased playing speed, was an attempt to restore jazz to a more artistic expression) Don't forget to go to my sites to get a little feedback: CD Album Gentle Jazz Trio ?Discrete Interactions�� 2021 https://jazz-event.wixsite.com/discreteinteractions https://www.facebook.com/ZespolJazzowyGentleJazzTrio/ DJ Konik Morski (my electronic nu jazz house music project) https://jazz-event.wixsite.com/dj-konik-morski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmledAH3vD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_fDvOmcF64