누가 무언가를 만들었는지는 그 물건 자체가 무엇인가 하는 것만큼 중요하지 않습니다. 야구는 누가 만들었습니까? 농구는 누가 만들었습니까? 우주 계획은 누가 만들었습니까? 이런 식의 질문은 끝이 없습니다. 누가 무엇을 만들었는지에 대해선 설왕설래할 수 있겠지만, 중요한 것은 우리 모두가 그 안에 참여하고 있다는 사실입니다.
Who creates a thing is not as important as what the thing is. Who created baseball? Who created basketball? Who created the space program? Who created - we could go on and on. We could argue about who created something. We all are participants in it.
Who creates a thing is not as important as what the thing is. Who created baseball? Who created basketball? Who created the space program? Who created - we could go on and on. We could argue about who created something. We all are participants in it.
우리는 노래를 통해 언어를 배웁니다. 설령 음악이 없더라도 우리가 사랑하는 사람들의 목소리에는 그들만의 노래가 담겨 있고, 그 목소리 속에서 그 노래를 알아차리게 됩니다.
We learn a language through its song, and even if you don't have music you have the song of people you love's voice, and you'll notice that song in their voice.
We learn a language through its song, and even if you don't have music you have the song of people you love's voice, and you'll notice that song in their voice.
노예 제도 시절에는 수많은 영웅적인 일들이 있었습니다. 그리고 당시에도 그에 반대하는 국가적인 움직임이 있었다는 것을 기억해야 합니다. 재건 시대와 그 이후의 재건 철회는 우리를 큰 혼란에 빠뜨렸고, 이후 민권 운동이 일어났으며, 마침내 최초의 비백인 대통령을 맞이하게 되었습니다. 이 나라의 역사 속에는 멀어졌다가 다시 가까워지는 패턴이 반복되어 왔습니다. 그리고 매번 우리는 더 가까워지고 있습니다.
Many heroic things happened during slavery. And remember that there was a national movement away from it even at the time. The era of Reconstruction and then the subsequent dismantling of Reconstruction sent us in a tailspin. Then we had the Civil Rights movement. Now we have our first non-white president. We have a pattern of moving apart and then coming back together throughout the history of this country. Each time, we come closer.
Many heroic things happened during slavery. And remember that there was a national movement away from it even at the time. The era of Reconstruction and then the subsequent dismantling of Reconstruction sent us in a tailspin. Then we had the Civil Rights movement. Now we have our first non-white president. We have a pattern of moving apart and then coming back together throughout the history of this country. Each time, we come closer.
어떤 평론가의 평보다 훨씬 더 뼈아프게 저를 비판해 주는 친구들이 있습니다.
I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.
I have friends who will critique me much harder than any review.
우리는 언제부터 변화를 만들어낼 수 있는 우리 자신의 능력을 의심하기 시작했을까요?
When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?
When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change?
우리에게는 이에 대한 리더십도, 그 가치를 이해하는 통찰력도 없습니다. 정치 체제와 경제 체제가 무너지기 시작할 때, 그것들을 재건하고 진정한 자아를 되찾게 해주는 것은 오직 문화적인 이해뿐입니다. 왠지 우리는 아직 그것을 깨닫지 못하고 있습니다.
We don't have the leadership or the understanding of the value of this, and when your political systems and your economic systems start to fail, it's only a cultural understanding that allows you to reconstruct them and to get back to who you are. For some reason, it hasn't dawned on us yet.
We don't have the leadership or the understanding of the value of this, and when your political systems and your economic systems start to fail, it's only a cultural understanding that allows you to reconstruct them and to get back to who you are. For some reason, it hasn't dawned on us yet.
제가 'Blood on the Fields'라는 곡을 썼을 때가 기억납니다. 꽤 오래전 일인데, 노예 제도와 두 인물을 다룬 내용이었습니다. 저는 음악 공부를 정말 많이 했고, 늘 원본 문서로 돌아가려고 노력했습니다. 최대한 많은 오리지널 성가와 노예 성가, 그리고 다양한 박자와 리듬, 링 쇼트(ring shout)를 파고들었습니다.
I remember when I wrote a piece, "Blood on the Fields," it was a while ago, it was about slavery and about two characters, and I studied so much of music, I would always go back to the original documents, and as much as I can get original chants and slave chants and different type of beats and rhythms and ring shout.
I remember when I wrote a piece, "Blood on the Fields," it was a while ago, it was about slavery and about two characters, and I studied so much of music, I would always go back to the original documents, and as much as I can get original chants and slave chants and different type of beats and rhythms and ring shout.
아비시니아 미사(Abyssinian mass) 작업을 했을 때, 저는 교회 음악과 가스펠 음악의 전체 역사를 훑었습니다. 앵글로 아메리칸 찬송가, 아프리카 아메리칸 찬송가, 영가, 그리고 그것이 토마스 도시와 딕시 허밍버드에 이르기까지 어떻게 발전해 왔는지 그 음악의 역사를 재즈 뮤지션의 시각으로 깊이 파고들었죠.
When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with the Anglo American hymns, the Afro American hymns, the spirituals and how it developed, up to Thomas Dorsey and the Dixie Hummingbirds, going through the history of the music, jazz musicians.
When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with the Anglo American hymns, the Afro American hymns, the spirituals and how it developed, up to Thomas Dorsey and the Dixie Hummingbirds, going through the history of the music, jazz musicians.
뉴욕 브루클린에 처음 왔을 때, 저는 앨빈 에일리, 스탠리 크라우치, 오거스트 윌슨을 만났습니다. 그들은 언제나 모든 것을 철학적 맥락 안에서 설명하곤 했습니다. 훌륭한 재즈 뮤지션들도 모두 그랬죠. 그들은 아주 소박하고 토속적인 말투를 쓰면서도, 그들이 하는 음악에 대한 이야기에는 항상 깊은 이면의 맥락이 담겨 있었습니다. 그래서 저는 단순히 듣고 연주하는 능력뿐만 아니라, 스스로를 특정 시대와 맥락 속에 위치시키는 저만의 방식을 발전시키기 시작했습니다.
When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting things in a philosophical context. All the great jazz musicians did, too. There was always a sub-context to what they were saying about music even though they would be very down home and earthy. So I started to develop, in addition to my power and ability to simply hear, a way to place myself in a time.
When I came to New York, to Brooklyn, I met Alvin Ailey and Stanley Crouch and August Wilson. They were always putting things in a philosophical context. All the great jazz musicians did, too. There was always a sub-context to what they were saying about music even though they would be very down home and earthy. So I started to develop, in addition to my power and ability to simply hear, a way to place myself in a time.
ट्रंपेट बजाने से मेरे होंठों पर जो निशान पड़ जाते हैं, उससे मैं बचना चाहता था, क्योंकि मुझे लगता था कि लड़कियों को मैं पसंद नहीं आऊंगा। इसलिए मैंने कभी अभ्यास ही नहीं किया।
I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.
कुछ संगीत, विशेषकर जैज़, में आपको दुनिया का एक बेहतर नागरिक बनाने की क्षमता होती है। यह आपके विश्व दृष्टिकोण को विस्तृत करने में मदद करता है और आपकी सांस्कृतिक उपलब्धियों पर आपका आत्मविश्वास बढ़ाता है। इम्प्रोवाइज्ड जैज़ (तत्काल गढ़ा गया जैज़) आपको अपने बारे में सिखाता है, जबकि जैज़ का स्विंग संगीत आपको दूसरों के साथ मिलकर काम करना सिखाता है।
Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your world view and gives you more confidence in your cultural achievements. Improvisational jazz teaches you about yourself while the swing in jazz teaches you how to work with others
Certain music, jazz in particular, has the ability to make you a better citizen of the world. It helps you expand your world view and gives you more confidence in your cultural achievements. Improvisational jazz teaches you about yourself while the swing in jazz teaches you how to work with others
नौकरी मिलने के लिए भगवान का शुक्र है।
Thank the good Lord for a job.
Thank the good Lord for a job.
कला एक विलासिता है। यह आपके लिए ज़रूरी नहीं है—आप अपनी नौकरी कर सकते हैं, कुछ पैसे कमा सकते हैं और शायद कभी यह जान ही न पाएं कि वाल्ट व्हिटमैन कौन थे, और कभी कोई कविता न पढ़ें।
Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money and never know who Walt Whitman was, and never read a poem.
Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money and never know who Walt Whitman was, and never read a poem.
मैं अपने संगीत में हमारे संगीत—यानी अमेरिकी संगीत—का एक बड़ा हिस्सा शामिल करने की कोशिश करता हूँ।
I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.
I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.
संगीतकार ड्यूक एलिंगटन, उनका उद्देश्य खुद को बाकी अमेरिका से अलग करना नहीं था। लुई आर्मस्ट्रांग—हमारे संगीत के पुरखों के पास जाइए—जेली रोल मोर्टन—वे किसी अलगाववादी एजेंडे का प्रचार नहीं कर रहे हैं। वे अपने संगीत को लेकर यह नहीं कहते कि "यह सिर्फ मेरे लिए है।"
The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong - go to the forefathers of our music - Jelly Roll Morton - they're not preaching a separatist agenda. They're not taking their music and saying, "This is for me."
The musicians, Duke Ellington, his thing was not about separating himself from the rest of America. Louis Armstrong - go to the forefathers of our music - Jelly Roll Morton - they're not preaching a separatist agenda. They're not taking their music and saying, "This is for me."
जब मैं 12 साल का था, तब मैंने जॉन कोलट्रैन को सुनना शुरू किया और मेरे मन में जैज़ के प्रति एक प्रेम विकसित हो गया, जो हर गुजरते साल के साथ और अधिक बढ़ता जा रहा है।
When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.
When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.
मुझे 70 के दशक के बाद से शुरू हुई मार्केटिंग की चिंता ज़्यादा सताती है। जैज़ का दौर, स्विंग का दौर, वे बहुत बड़े दौर थे। संगीत के नाम पर पूरे दशकों के नाम रखे जाते थे। 1940 के दशक में—दूसरे विश्व युद्ध के बाद—कराधान (टैक्स) में बदलाव, डांस हॉल का बंद होना, लोगों का उपनगरों में बसना, और लक्षित विपणन (टारगेट मार्केटिंग) की शुरुआत तथा व्यापार और कला की आपसी उलझन ने कुछ ऐसे परिणाम पैदा किए जिन्होंने हमें जैज़ और जैज़ से मिलने वाली चीज़ों से दूर कर दिया है।
I worry more about the marketing that's taken hold since the 70s. The Jazz era, the Swing era, those were huge. Entire decades were named for music. In the 1940s - after World War II - changes in taxation, ballrooms closing, people moving to the suburbs, and the onset of target marketing and the confusion of commerce with art caused some things to happen as a result that have taken us away from jazz and what jazz offers us.
I worry more about the marketing that's taken hold since the 70s. The Jazz era, the Swing era, those were huge. Entire decades were named for music. In the 1940s - after World War II - changes in taxation, ballrooms closing, people moving to the suburbs, and the onset of target marketing and the confusion of commerce with art caused some things to happen as a result that have taken us away from jazz and what jazz offers us.
हमें और अधिक गणित कक्षाओं की ज़रूरत है, हमें और अधिक विज्ञान की ज़रूरत है। यह गणित की कला और विज्ञान की कला ही है जो तमाम नवाचारों को जन्म देती है, और हमारे यहाँ महान कलाओं और महान संगीत की एक समृद्ध परंपरा रही है।
We need more math classes, we need more science. It's the art of math and the art of science that creates all the innovation, and we have a tradition of great arts, great music.
We need more math classes, we need more science. It's the art of math and the art of science that creates all the innovation, and we have a tradition of great arts, great music.
मुझे लगता है कि 1930 की पहली महामंदी के दौरान जब शिक्षा प्रणाली को तहस-नहस करना शुरू किया गया था, तो हम उस धक्के से कभी उबर नहीं पाए।
I think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that.
I think that when the education system started to be dismantled during the first Great Depression in the 1930s, we didn't recover from that.
वाल्ट व्हिटमैन की "लीव्स ऑफ़ ग्रास" आज भी छप रही है। इस समय मार्क ट्वेन को लेकर बहस चल रही है। वह आज भी उपलब्ध हैं। विंसलो होमर की कलाकृतियाँ आज भी देखी जा सकती हैं। हमारी कलाएँ—वे वहीं मौजूद हैं। हमें जाकर उन्हें ढूँढना होगा और यह समझना होगा कि यह हमारे देश की एक महत्वपूर्ण विरासत है।
Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" is still in print. They're debating right now over Mark Twain. He's still available. Winslow Homer can still be seen. Our arts are - they're there. We got to go get them and understand that this is an important legacy for our country.
Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" is still in print. They're debating right now over Mark Twain. He's still available. Winslow Homer can still be seen. Our arts are - they're there. We got to go get them and understand that this is an important legacy for our country.
आप दूसरे कलाकारों की कुछ खास चीज़ों की नकल करने की कोशिश नहीं करते, क्योंकि आप कभी भी उनकी तरह उतनी बेहतरीन तरीके से नहीं कर Qसकते। कोई भी उस टेनर सैक्सोफोन को उठाकर 'ट्रेन' की तरह नहीं बजा सकता, क्योंकि वह अकेले ऐसे इंसान हैं जो कॉर्ड्स को इस खूबी से पिरोते हैं कि सुनने में अद्भुत लगता है।
You don't try to duplicate certain things that other cats do, because you could never do it as well as they do. Nobody can get on that tenor saxophone and play like Trane, because he's the only one who can spell out chords and sound good when he does it.
You don't try to duplicate certain things that other cats do, because you could never do it as well as they do. Nobody can get on that tenor saxophone and play like Trane, because he's the only one who can spell out chords and sound good when he does it.
ड्यूक और स्विंग संगीत विपत्ति के सामने डटे रहने और सकारात्मकता का प्रतीक हैं।
The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity.
The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity.
आज हमारे देश में युवा बहुत ही कम किसी चीज़ का नेतृत्व करते हैं। काफी समय बीत चुका है जब किसी युवा पीढ़ी ने पुरानी पीढ़ी को एक उच्च मानक स्थापित करने के लिए प्रेरित किया हो।
The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.
The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.
अन्याय के अलावा और क्या वजह हो सकती है कि दुनिया का सबसे अमीर राष्ट्र न्यू ऑर्लिन्स के बेघर हुए नागरिकों को आश्रय नहीं दे पा रहा है?
What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
मैं लगभग कभी टीवी नहीं देखता, सिवाय '60 मिनट्स' और प्रो फ़ुटबॉल के। मुझे ड्रू ब्रीज़, मैनिंग ब्रदर्स और स्टीलर्स के लाइनबैकर बहुत पसंद हैं।
I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers.
I almost never watch TV, except for '60 Minutes' and pro football. I love Drew Brees, the Manning brothers and the Steelers' linebackers.
मैं पियानो और ड्रम बहुत खराब बजाता हूँ और फ्रेंच हॉर्न तथा ट्यूबा भी उतने ही बुरे तरीके से बजाता हूँ।
I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.
I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.
जहाँ तक मेरी पहचान का सवाल है... मैंने कभी इसके बारे में सचमुच नहीं सोचा क्योंकि, दुर्भाग्य से, मेरी आवाज़ बिल्कुल मेरी अपनी तरह थी। लोग कहते हैं कि मैं माइल्स या क्लिफ़र्ड ब्राउन की तरह लगता हूँ।
And my identity...I never really wondered about it because, unfortunately, I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.
And my identity...I never really wondered about it because, unfortunately, I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.
मैं बहुत खुशनसीब हूँ कि मुझे ऐसे दोस्त, संगीतकार और लोग मिले हैं जो मेरे संगीत के प्रति समर्पित हैं।
I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.
I'm just lucky to have the type of friends and musicians and people dedicated to my music that I do.
जैज़ संगीत कई असाधारण शख्सियतों को जन्म देता है।
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.
जिन संगीतकारों का मैं सम्मान करता था, वे मुझसे काफी बड़े थे। मुझे उम्मीद थी कि वे मुझे हरा देंगे, और उन्होंने ऐसा किया भी।
The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.
The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.
जैज़ में समावेशन (इंटीग्रेशन) और लोकतंत्र की भावना कूट-कूट कर भरी है।
There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.
There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.
न्यू ऑर्लिन्स का यह पुनर्निर्माण हमें यह देखने का एक बेहतरीन अवसर देता है कि क्या हम डॉ. किंग की विरासत को आगे बढ़ाने के लिए तैयार हैं।
This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.
This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.
हम अपने पिता को अपना आदर्श मानते थे। वे आज भी हमसे बहुत महान हैं।
We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.
We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.
मेरे डैडी को उम्मीद थी कि मेरे भाई, हमारी पीढ़ी और हम सब मिलकर इस दुनिया को एक बेहतर जगह बनाएंगे। उन्होंने एक ऐसे अमेरिका में जीवन बिताया था जहाँ लगातार सामाजिक प्रगति हो रही थी।
My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.
My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.
इसकी चिंता मत कीजिए कि दूसरे आपके संगीत के बारे में क्या कहते हैं। आप जो भी अपने भीतर सुन रहे हैं, उसी का अनुसरण करें... लेकिन अगर वाकई हर कोई आपके संगीत से नफरत करता है, तो शायद आप कुछ अलग तरीके अपना सकते हैं।
Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.
Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.
जब तक मैं न्यूयॉर्क नहीं आया, तब तक मुझे संगीत की दार्शनिक समझ नहीं थी। मैं यह नहीं समझ पाया था कि यह मेरी बिरादरी और मेरी पीढ़ी पर कैसे लागू होती है। मुझे लगता था कि यह बस बुजुर्गों की बातें हैं।
I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.
I didn't have a philosophical understanding of music until I came to New York. I didn't understand how it applied to my kind and my generation. I thought it was just old people talking.
मुझे ऐसा महसूस होता है कि मैंने अधिकांश बुनियादी सामग्री को आत्मसात कर लिया है। तो अब सवाल यह है कि: क्या मैं वाकई संगीत की अपनी आध्यात्मिक विरासत में उतर पाऊंगा और अपनी क्षमताओं को सही मायनों में विकसित कर पाऊंगा?
I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?
I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities?
मुझे न्यूयॉर्क में टिके रहने का रास्ता खोजना पड़ा, और मेरा अधिकांश समय एक कमरा ढूँढنے और पैसे कमाने में ही बीत जाता था। जैज़ से जुड़े कई वरिष्ठ कलाकारों ने मेरा ख्याल रखा और मुझे गिक्स (प्रोग्राम) तथा रहने के लिए जगह दिलाई।
I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.
I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.
अपनी राय रखने में मुझे कभी कोई झिझक नहीं हुई। वे महज़ राय थीं, और मैंने संगीत की पढ़ाई की थी और मेरी गहरी भावनाएँ थीं। मुझे खुशी होती थी जब मेरी राय बाकी तमाम राय के साथ शामिल हो जाती थी। लेकिन जो प्रतिक्रिया मिले, उसके लिए आपको तैयार रहना होगा, खासकर तब जब आप प्रचलित मान्यताओं से सहमत न हों।
I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my opinions to join all the other opinions. But you have to be prepared for what comes back, especially if you don't agree with the dominant mythology.
I never minded giving my opinions. They are just opinions, and I had studied music and I had strong feelings. I was happy for my opinions to join all the other opinions. But you have to be prepared for what comes back, especially if you don't agree with the dominant mythology.
मैं ऐसे बुनियादी मूल्यों को ढूँढने की कोशिश करता हूँ जो जातीय पहचान से कहीं ऊपर हैं। इसका मतलब यह नहीं कि मैं उससे भागता हूँ। मैं अफ़्रीकी-अमेरिकी संस्कृति को अपनाता हूँ, उससे प्यार करता हूँ और उसका सम्मान करता हूँ, लेकिन यह इंसानी पहचान का ही एक हिस्सा है। इसलिए मैं हमेशा एक बड़ी इंसानी बात कहने की कोशिश करता हूँ।
I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.
I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.
जैज़ एट लिंकन सेंटर ऑर्केस्ट्रा में हम इतनी तरह का संगीत बजाते हैं और हमारे बैंड में 10 अरेंजर हैं, कि हमें इस बात की फ़िक्र ही नहीं होती कि वह आज के दौर का है या नहीं।
In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't really worry about whether it's contemporary or not.
In the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra we play such a diversity of music, with 10 arrangers in the band, we don't really worry about whether it's contemporary or not.
मैं हमेशा दासों के बारे में ये सारी किताबें पढ़ता हूँ। मेरी माँ बहुत पढ़ी-लिखी हैं। मेरे पिता हमसे ऐसे बात करते थे जैसे हम बड़े आदमी हों। आधी बार तो हमारी समझ में ही नहीं आता था कि वे क्या कह रहे हैं।
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.
I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.
मैं उम्मीद करता हूँ कि इससे कलाकारों को अपने तरीकों पर भरोसा करने में मदद मिलेगी और वे उनसे डरेंगे नहीं, जैसा कि बर्नस्टेन ने दिखाया था—जैसे हो-डाउन, फ़िडल के गाने, इम्प्रोविज़ेशन की कला, न्यू ऑरलियन्स की अंतिम संस्कार की परंपरा, चर्च में गाए जाने वाले कॉल-एंड-रस्पांस गीत, और यह सच कि ब्लूज़ संगीत हर चीज़ में रमा हुआ है। और यूरोपीय संगीत के साथ हमारे रिश्ते में, हमें उसकी नकल करने की कोई ज़रूरत नहीं है, वह हमारा एक अटूट हिस्सा है।
I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed - things like hoe-downs, fiddle songs, and the art of improvisation, and the New Orleans funeral tradition, and call-and-response church singing, and the fact that the blues run through everything. And in our relationship to European music, in that we don't have to imitate it, it's a part of us, inseparable.
I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed - things like hoe-downs, fiddle songs, and the art of improvisation, and the New Orleans funeral tradition, and call-and-response church singing, and the fact that the blues run through everything. And in our relationship to European music, in that we don't have to imitate it, it's a part of us, inseparable.
उत्कृष्टता की एक बात यह है कि यह एक चुनिंदा क्लब है। और यह सिर्फ़ उनके लिए है जो इस कला के प्रति पूरी निष्ठा रखना चाहते हैं। मेरे डैडी ने जब मैं बच्चा था, मुझसे कहा था: दूसरे लोगों से अलग दिखने का इकलौता तरीका यह है कि तुम वह काम करो जिसे करने से वे कतराते हैं।
One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told me when I was a boy: The only way you can be different from other people is to do some s-- they don't want to do.
One thing about excellence, it&Mac226;s an exclusive club. And it&Mac226;s only for those who really want to pay dues to the s--. My daddy told me when I was a boy: The only way you can be different from other people is to do some s-- they don't want to do.
जो कुछ असल में मेरे दिमाग में, मेरी कल्पना में और संगीत की मेरी समझ में होता है, उसे मैं कभी पूरी तरह बाहर नहीं ला पाता।
What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.
What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.
मुझे अपना पहला ट्रम्पेट छह साल की उम्र में अल हर्ट से मिला था। उस समय मेरे पिता अल हर्ट के बैंड में बजाते थे।
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.
मुझे लगता है कि ब्लूज़ संगीत हर चीज़ में मौजूद है, इसलिए इसे नज़रअंदाज़ करना नामुमकिन है। आप किसी को 'ऊह ऊह ऊह' कहते सुनते हैं, और वह ब्लूज़ है। आप कोई रॉक एन' रोल गाना सुनते हैं। वह ब्लूज़ है। कोई गिटार सोलो बजा रहा है? वे ब्लूज़ बजा रहे हैं।
I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the blues. You hear a rock n' roll song. That's the blues. Somebody playing a guitar solo? They're playing the blues.
I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's the blues. You hear a rock n' roll song. That's the blues. Somebody playing a guitar solo? They're playing the blues.
ट्रम्पेट बजाने वाले जब एक-दूसरे को देखते हैं, तो ऐसा लगता है जैसे हम कुश्ती के लिए अखाड़े में उतरने वाले हों या किसी झगड़े की तैयारी कर रहे हों।
Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
Trumpet players see each other, and it's like we're getting ready to square off or get into a fight or something.
आपके आस-पास ऐसी ताक़तें हैं जो आपसी फूट का फायदा उठाना चाहती हैं, आपकी आज़ादी छीनना चाहती हैं और आपको यह सिखाना चाहती हैं कि क्या सोचना है। लेकिन युवा लोग इस सोते हुए देश की थकी हुई आत्मा में फिर से जान फूंक सकते हैं।
There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.
There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.
न्यू ऑरलियन्स को दोबारा आबाद करने में युवाओं को शामिल करना बहुत ज़रूरी है। इसके पुनर्निर्माण में, आइए अमेरिकी लोकतंत्र और अमेरिकी गौरव की संभावनाओं को फिर से तलाशें।
It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory.
It's important to address young people in the reopening of New Orleans. In rebuilding, let's revisit the potential of American democracy and American glory.
हमारे कई महान संगीतकारों ने प्रासंगिक बनने की चाहत में अपने सभी कलात्मक लक्ष्यों को छोड़ दिया। और आख़िरकार, वे कभी पॉप स्टार नहीं बन पाए। मैंने इसका बहुत कड़ाई से विरोध किया, और मैं आज भी ऐसा करना जारी रखता हूँ।
Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the day, they never became pop stars. I counter stated that very strongly, and I continue to do that.
Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the day, they never became pop stars. I counter stated that very strongly, and I continue to do that.
मेरा मानना है कि एक बार जब आप अपने संगीत में बैकबीट का इस्तेमाल करने लगते हैं या किसी ऐसी चीज़ का जो किसी मशीन से बनी हो, तो आपको लोकप्रियता तो मिल जाती है, लेकिन उसका लचीलापन खत्म हो जाता है। और उसका अपनापन व गहराई खो जाती है।
My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but you lose the flexibility. And you lose a richness.
My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but you lose the flexibility. And you lose a richness.
जैज़ का इतिहास हमें बताता है कि हमारे इतिहास का यह दौर इकलौता ऐसा समय नहीं है जिससे हम सब मिलकर पार पाए हैं। अगर हम अपनी राष्ट्रीय कलाओं के इतिहास को सचमुच समझ जाएं, तो हम जान जाएंगे कि अच्छे और बुरे समय में हमारी उम्मीदें और हमारा इतिहास एक ही रहा है।
The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.
The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.
क्वायर के लोगों का चिल्लाना और ताली बजाना एक आम घिसी-पिसी बात है। ठीक है, आपको वह करना ही होता है, लेकिन इसमें कुछ अंतःप्रेरणा वाले हिस्से भी होते हैं, ऐसे हिस्से जहाँ आप बस किसी उपदेशक की बात मानते चले जाते हैं। एक प्रार्थना-सभा में कई तरह की भावनाएं और मूड शामिल होते हैं।
There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just follow someone that's preaching. There's lots of different emotions and moods that a service requires.
There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just follow someone that's preaching. There's lots of different emotions and moods that a service requires.
जब मैं और मेरा भाई हमारे डैडी को बजाते देखने जाते थे, तो दर्शकदीर्घा में सिर्फ़ 30 लोग होते थे। मैं तब सिर्फ़ 14 या 15 साल का था, पर मुझे महसूस हुआ कि कुछ तो गड़बड़ है।
When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was wrong.
When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was wrong.
ध्वनि के रूप में लोकतंत्र की प्रक्रिया को जैज़ से बेहतर कोई और चीज़ कभी कैद नहीं कर पाएगी।
Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.
Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.
कुछ शरीर की मुद्राएं अपने आप में झूमने के अनुकूल होती हैं। अगर मैं बहुत देर तक सीधा खड़ा रहूँ तो झूमना मुश्किल हो जाता है। ऊपर से मेरे पैरों में दर्द होता है।
Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet hurt.
Some stances are just conducive to swinging. If I stand up straight for too long it's harder to swing. Plus my feet hurt.
यह हमारा बैंडस्टैंड है। अगर आप बजाना नहीं चाहते, तो अपना वाद्य यंत्र छोड़िए और यहाँ से चले जाइए।
This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.
This is our bandstand. If you don't want to play, get up off the instrument and leave.
जब मैंने अपने हाई स्कूल के बैंड के लिए ऑडिशन दिया था, तो बैंड डायरेक्टर बहुत खुश हुआ क्योंकि मेरे पिता एक महान संगीतकार के रूप में जाने जाते थे। जब उसने मुझे सुना, तो उसने कहा, 'क्या तुम्हें पक्का यकीन है कि तुम एलिस के बेटे हो?'
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'
When I auditioned for my high school band the band director was excited because my father was known to be a great musician. When he heard me, he said 'Are you sure you're Ellis's son?'
গ্রেস केली समझदारी, हास्य और भावनाओं के साथ वाद्य यंत्र बजाती हैं। उनमें स्वाभाविक प्रतिभा और ढलने की अद्भुत क्षमता है। यही एक अव्वल दर्जे के जैज़ संगीतकार की पहचान है।
Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician.
Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician.
बेहतरीन शिक्षा के दम पर, आज की पीढ़ी अनिश्चित भविष्य के लंबे रास्ते पर पूरे आत्मविश्वास के साथ आगे बढ़ती है।
Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.
Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.
नैतिकता कानूनों से कहीं ज्यादा अहम होती है।
Ethics are more important than laws.
Ethics are more important than laws.
यह डॉ. किंग की अथक सक्रियता ही थी जिसने एक-दूसरे से जुड़ने के हमारे आधुनिक तरीके को जन्म दिया।
It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.
It was Dr. King's tireless activism that fostered our modern way of relating to one another.
मैंने सार्वजनिक रूप से पहली बार जब ट्रम्पेट बजाया था, तो मरीन हाइम (सैन्य धुन) बजाई थी। मेरी आवाज़ बहुत खराब निकली थी।
The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.
The first time I ever played the trumpet in public, I played the Marine Hymn. I sounded terrible.
न्यू ऑरलियन्स का पुनर्निर्माण संयुक्त राष्ट्र के इतिहास का एक बहुत महत्वपूर्ण पड़ाव है।
The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.
The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.
हम अब एक 'मेल्टिंग पॉट' (विभिन्न संस्कृतियों का मिला-जुला रूप) नहीं बनना चाहते, क्योंकि हम यह समझ ही नहीं पा रहे हैं कि पहले से क्या घुल-मिल चुका है।
We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted.
We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted.
कला से जुड़े एक व्यक्ति के रूप में और यह समझते हुए कि हमारे योगदान का दायरा कितना बड़ा है और उसके लिए कितनी भारी कीमत चुकानी पड़ी है, मुझे दुख है कि हम सब मिलकर इस बात को समझ नहीं पाए हैं। मैं अपने बच्चों के सामने जाने और उन्हें सिखाने के लिए अपनी तरफ़ से पूरी कोशिश करूँगा, लेकिन एक खास बिंदु के बाद लोगों को खुद यह चाहना होगा और इसकी तरफ बढ़ना होगा।
For me as a person who's in the arts and as someone who understands the magnitude of our contributions and the price that was paid to contribute to that, that we just have not gotten that together. I will do all that I can to get in front of our kids, to try to teach them, but at a certain point the people have to want it and come towards it.
For me as a person who's in the arts and as someone who understands the magnitude of our contributions and the price that was paid to contribute to that, that we just have not gotten that together. I will do all that I can to get in front of our kids, to try to teach them, but at a certain point the people have to want it and come towards it.
लोग मेरी वजह से नहीं आ रहे हैं। वे मेरे आने से पहले भी नहीं आते थे। यह सब शिक्षा और समझ की कमी के कारण है, और यही बात मुझे और ज़्यादा प्रेरित करती है। यह वैसा ही है जैसा मेरी माँ ने एक कलाप्रेमी बच्चे के बारे में कहा था—उन्होंने उससे ज़्यादा सीखा और उसे ज़्यादा ध्यान व प्यार मिला, कम नहीं।
The people are not coming because of me. They didn't come before me. It's because of a lack of education and understanding, so it makes me more motivated. It's like my mother said about having an artistic child - she learned more from him and he gets more attention and more of the love, not less.
The people are not coming because of me. They didn't come before me. It's because of a lack of education and understanding, so it makes me more motivated. It's like my mother said about having an artistic child - she learned more from him and he gets more attention and more of the love, not less.
एक आम धारणा यह है कि यदि कला आपके गणित या विज्ञान में अच्छे अंक नहीं लाती, तो वह आपके दिमाग की बर्बादी है। हालांकि, कुछ ऐसे प्रमाण भी मिलते हैं कि कला गणित और विज्ञान में आपकी मदद कर सकती है।
There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.
There is an idea that a mind is wasted on the arts unless it makes you good in math or science. There is some evidence that the arts might help you in math and science.
वे [बेनी कार्टर] वह सब कुछ हैं जो दुनिया भर का हर जैज़ संगीतकार बनना चाहता है। उन्होंने 20,000 रातें मंच पर परफॉर्म किया है। सोचिए, कितनी बार जूते पॉलिश हुए होंगे? कितना मस्कारा लगाया गया होगा? कितने गालों पर लाली सजी होगी? उन असंभव सी लगने वाली बो-टाइज़ (धनुषाकार टाई) को कितनी बार बांधा गया होगा? कितने प्रेम गीत गाए गए होंगे? कितने नाच नाचे गए होंगे? उनकी संगीत की धुन पर कितने लोग इस दुनिया से रुखसत हो गए होंगे? ऐसा कहा जाता है कि किसी इंसान को अपनी कला के स्तर पर जीने के लिए मजबूर नहीं किया जाना चाहिए। लेकिन बेनी कार्टर उन दुर्लभ मिसालों में से एक हैं जिन्हें देखकर हमें यह सोचना पड़ता है कि क्या किसी इंसान द्वारा रची गई महान कला भी उसके अपने व्यक्तित्व की महानس की बराबरी कर सकती है?
He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes have been shined? How much mascara put on? Rouge? How many of those impossible bowties have been tied? How many love songs have been sung? How many dances have been danced? How many have passed to the sound of his music? It's been said that a man should not be forced to live up to his art. Benny Carter is one of the rare instances when we wonder whether the great art that a man has created can live up to him.
He [Benny Carter] is all that every jazz musician the world over wants to be. He's performed 20,000 nights. How many shoes have been shined? How much mascara put on? Rouge? How many of those impossible bowties have been tied? How many love songs have been sung? How many dances have been danced? How many have passed to the sound of his music? It's been said that a man should not be forced to live up to his art. Benny Carter is one of the rare instances when we wonder whether the great art that a man has created can live up to him.
जब मैं पहली बार न्यू यॉर्क आया था, तो वहाँ हर कोई मुझसे ऐसे पेश आता था मानो मैं बहुत अच्छा बजा सकता हूँ, जबकि हक़ीक़त में मुझे बजाना आता ही नहीं था।
When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play but I couldn't.
When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play but I couldn't.
ऐसा लगता है जैसे हम पहचान के संकट से जूझ रहे हैं, और वह पहचान हमारी कलाओं में बसती है। हम इस बात को अपनी प्राथमिकताओं में शामिल ही नहीं करते कि हम अपने बच्चों को सिखाएं कि एक राष्ट्र के रूप में हम कौन हैं, इस धरती पर हमने कौन-सी लड़ाइयाँ लड़ी हैं और उन्हें कैसे सफलतापूर्वक सुलझाया गया है। हम अपने पूर्वजों की मेहनत के फलों का आनंद नहीं ले पा रहे हैं।
It's like we're suffering from an identity crisis, and that identity is in our arts and the fact that we don't find it chief amongst our agendas to teach our kids who we are as a nation and the battles we've had on this ground and how they've been successfully resolved. We can't enjoy the fruits of the labor of our ancestors.
It's like we're suffering from an identity crisis, and that identity is in our arts and the fact that we don't find it chief amongst our agendas to teach our kids who we are as a nation and the battles we've had on this ground and how they've been successfully resolved. We can't enjoy the fruits of the labor of our ancestors.
हमारा काम बस इतना है कि हम इस बारे में लोगों को जितना हो सके जागरूक करें और पूरी ईमानदारी से इसे बजाकर इसका प्रतिनिधित्व करें। मैं यही करने की कोशिश करता हूँ।
It's our job to just do as much as we can to enlighten the people about it and to represent it by playing it with some integrity. That's what I try to do.
It's our job to just do as much as we can to enlighten the people about it and to represent it by playing it with some integrity. That's what I try to do.
जैसे-जैसे आपकी उम्र बढ़ती है—उदाहरण के लिए, हमारे बैंड में हमारे ऑर्केस्ट्रा के सदस्य हैं, जैसे कार्लोस एनरिकेज, अली जैक्सन और वाल्टर ब्लैनिंग। जब वे हाई स्कूल में थे, तब मैंने उन्हें पढ़ाया था, और आज वे मुझे पढ़ाते हैं। मैं अक्सर अली को फोन करके कहता हूँ, "यार, क्या तुम मेरे लिए इस रिदम (ताल) को समझा सकते हो?" या कार्लोस दरअसल क्यूबा में हमारे म्यूज़िक डायरेक्टर रह चुके हैं, और मेरी शिक्षा में उनका बहुत बड़ा योगदान रहा है। उनके साथ काम करते-करते मैंने एक मज़ाकिया बात कहना शुरू कर दिया, क्योंकि वे हमेशा मुझे चिढ़ाते रहते हैं—उम्र बढ़ने के साथ एक अपनापन सा हो जाता है—तो मैं कहता हूँ, "तुम्हें अपने युवा नेतृत्व का भी अनुसरण करना होगा।"
As you get older - for example, in our band we have members of our orchestra, like Carlos Enriquez and Ali Jackson and Walter Blanning. I taught them when they were in high school, and now they teach me.I'll regularly call Ali and say, "Man, can you break this rhythm down for me?" Or Carlos was actually our music director in Cuba, and he's been instrumental in a lot of my education, and I started to develop a saying with them, because they tease me all the time - you get older, you have that familiar relationship - I say, "You have to follow your young leadership, too."
As you get older - for example, in our band we have members of our orchestra, like Carlos Enriquez and Ali Jackson and Walter Blanning. I taught them when they were in high school, and now they teach me.I'll regularly call Ali and say, "Man, can you break this rhythm down for me?" Or Carlos was actually our music director in Cuba, and he's been instrumental in a lot of my education, and I started to develop a saying with them, because they tease me all the time - you get older, you have that familiar relationship - I say, "You have to follow your young leadership, too."
मेरे पिता एक शिक्षक थे, मेरी माँ समाज सेविका थीं, और मैंने खुद इतने सारे स्कूलों में पढ़ाया है। इसलिए जब आपको यह अनुभव हो जाता है कि छोटे बच्चों से कैसे बात करनी है, उनके सिर पर अपना हाथ रखकर उन्हें पुराने ज़माने सा अपनापन, परिपक्वता और बड़प्पन का एहसास कराना है, तो हमारे कई बच्चों को बस उसी प्यार के अहसास की ज़रूरत होती है। शिक्षण का मेरा यही आधार है और यही वह नज़रिया है जिससे जैज़ एट लिंकन सेंटर के हमारे सभी संगीतकार भी सिखाते हैं।
My father was a teacher, my mama was a community worker, I taught in so many schools. So when you get that experience of how to communicate with younger people, put that hand on them and give them that old-school feeling, the maturity and adult, a lot of our kids just need the feeling of that love, and that's the frame of reference that I teach from and that's the frame of reference that all of our musicians in the Jazz at Lincoln Center.
My father was a teacher, my mama was a community worker, I taught in so many schools. So when you get that experience of how to communicate with younger people, put that hand on them and give them that old-school feeling, the maturity and adult, a lot of our kids just need the feeling of that love, and that's the frame of reference that I teach from and that's the frame of reference that all of our musicians in the Jazz at Lincoln Center.
हम वर्चस्व और अधिकार के लिए लड़ते हैं। हम इसे अपनी संसद में देखते हैं, अपनी राजनीतिक व्यवस्था में देखते हैं, अपनी जीवनशैली में देखते हैं कि हम कितने बंटे हुए हैं। जब हम शहरों से बाहर चले गए और शहरों में बसी वह सारी सामूहिक स्मृति खो बैठे, और हम—हमारी संस्कृति की सबसे बड़ी उपलब्धियों में से एक यह बन गई है कि हम खुद को बाकी सभी से अलग कर सकें। और सबसे गहरी विडंबना यह है कि इंसान को मिलने वाली सबसे बड़ी सज़ा एकांत कारावास (सोलिटरी कन्फाइन्मेंट) होती है।
We fight for territory. We see it in our Congress, we see it in our political systems, we see it in our ways of life, how separated we are. When we moved out of the cities and we lost all of the memory that was in cities, and we - one of the highest achievements in our culture is to be able to segregate yourself from everyone else, and the deep thing is the deepest punishment is solitary confinement.
We fight for territory. We see it in our Congress, we see it in our political systems, we see it in our ways of life, how separated we are. When we moved out of the cities and we lost all of the memory that was in cities, and we - one of the highest achievements in our culture is to be able to segregate yourself from everyone else, and the deep thing is the deepest punishment is solitary confinement.
इसलिए जब हम अपना सारा समय उस चीज़ को अलग करने में लगा देते हैं जो पहले से ही जुड़ी हुई है, तो यह समय की पूरी बर्बादी है।
So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time.
So when we spend all of our time trying to separate that which is already joined, it's a waste of time.
यह कहने से कि अफ़्रीकी अमेरिकियों ने जैज़ की रचना की, एंग्लो अमेरिकियों के बारे में कुछ भी बुरा साबित नहीं होता। मैं हमेशा अपने युवा जैज़ संगीतकारों को सिखाता हूँ कि इस मोड़ पर अमरीकी परंपरा का पूरा हिस्सा आपकी अपनी विरासत है, और आपको इसके बारे में पता होना चाहिए।
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz musicians that at this point the entirety of the American tradition is your heritage, and you need to know it.
To say that the Afro American created jazz doesn't mean anything bad about Anglo Americans, and I always teach my younger jazz musicians that at this point the entirety of the American tradition is your heritage, and you need to know it.
जब मैं "हमारा" कहता हूँ, तो मेरा मतलब निश्चित रूप से पूरे अमेरिका से है। यह आपके लिए इसलिए कम महत्वपूर्ण नहीं हो जाता क्योंकि यह किसी अश्वेत व्यक्ति की देन है, ठीक उसी तरह जैसे किसी एंग्लो अमेरिकी की महान उपलब्धि कम महत्वपूर्ण नहीं होती।
When I say "our," I definitely mean all of America. It's not less pertinent for you because it comes from a Black person, just like a great achievement by an Anglo American is less important.
When I say "our," I definitely mean all of America. It's not less pertinent for you because it comes from a Black person, just like a great achievement by an Anglo American is less important.
मैं इस देश के कोने-कोने में यात्रा करता हूँ और कई सालों से अमेरिका के मध्य भाग (मिडिल अमेरिका) में घूम रहा हूँ। मिडिल अमेरिका कोई ऐसा लोगों का समूह नहीं है जिसके हाथ में हमेशा बीयर की बोतल हो और जो देश को पीछे खींच रहा हो। मेरा अनुभव ऐसा बिल्कुल नहीं है और मैं इस तरह की किसी गलतफहमी में नहीं जीता। और हमारे देश में संगीत के ज़रिए एक-साथ जुड़ने की एक लंबी परंपरा रही है।
I travel up and down the country and I've been all around the middle of America for many years. Middle America is not one big mass of people with a proverbial beer in its hand, keeping the country down. That is not my experience of it and I don't labor under that misconception. And we have a long tradition of coming together through music in our country.
I travel up and down the country and I've been all around the middle of America for many years. Middle America is not one big mass of people with a proverbial beer in its hand, keeping the country down. That is not my experience of it and I don't labor under that misconception. And we have a long tradition of coming together through music in our country.
जब शिक्षित लोग अपनी शिक्षा का इस्तेमाल उन लोगों का शोषण करने के लिए करते हैं जो शिक्षित नहीं हैं। सबप्राइम स्कैंडल इसी बात का प्रतीक है—शिक्षित लोगों द्वारा दूसरों की कीमत पर अपनी शिक्षा का उपयोग करना। जैज़ एट लिंकन सेंटर में, हमारे पास 22 शैक्षिक कार्यक्रम हैं। सिर्फ कागजी शब्दों में नहीं, बल्कि शिक्षा का वास्तविक सार कला द्वारा निर्देशित होता है।
When those who are educated using their education to exploit those who aren't. That's what the sub-prime scandal represents - people of education using it at the expense of others. At Jazz at Lincoln Center, we have 22 educational programs. Not just the word but the substance of education is guided by the arts.
When those who are educated using their education to exploit those who aren't. That's what the sub-prime scandal represents - people of education using it at the expense of others. At Jazz at Lincoln Center, we have 22 educational programs. Not just the word but the substance of education is guided by the arts.
मुझे गुस्तावो दुदामेल बहुत पसंद हैं और शास्त्रीय संगीत के लिए वह जो करते हैं, वह मुझे बेहद पसंद है। वह जिस पृष्ठभूमि से आते हैं—'एल सिस्टेमा' और बुजुर्ग आब्र्यू—वह मुझे बहुत पसंद है। जब हम वेनेजुएला में थे, मुझे उनके संस्थान जाने का मौका मिला। वहाँ मोहल्लों के पाँच या छह बच्चों के ऑर्केस्ट्रा महालर की तीसरी सिम्फनी, शोस्ताकोविच की पाँचवीं और बीथोवेन बजा रहे थे। यार, वह अविश्वसनीय था! मेरा मतलब है, वे वाक़ई बहुत शानदार तरीके से बजा सकते थे।
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El Sistema and the old man Abreu. When we were in Venezuela, I had the chance to go to his building. He had, like, five or six orchestras playing of kids from the hood playing, like, Mahler's third symphony and Shostakovich fifth and Beethoven. Man, it's unbelievable. I mean, they could play.
I love Gustavo Dudamel and I love what he does for classical music, and I love what he comes out of, El Sistema and the old man Abreu. When we were in Venezuela, I had the chance to go to his building. He had, like, five or six orchestras playing of kids from the hood playing, like, Mahler's third symphony and Shostakovich fifth and Beethoven. Man, it's unbelievable. I mean, they could play.
युवाओं से मिलने-जुलने, उन तक जानकारी पहुँचाने और अपनी संस्कृति तथा जीवनशैली का प्रतिनिधित्व करने के अवसर से मुझे बहुत कुछ मिलता है। वहाँ जो अपनापन, गर्माहट और प्यार महसूस होता है, वह अविश्वसनीय है। छात्रों और शिक्षकों के बीच या मास्टर क्लास देने वाले मेहमानों के बीच जो संवाद होता है, वह सिर्फ संगीतकारों तक सीमित नहीं रहता। यहाँ तक कि सामान्य कक्षाओं में भी, जहाँ छात्र ज़रूरी नहीं कि संगीतकार हों, यह जुड़ाव देखने को मिलता है।
I get so much from having the opportunity to interface with the younger people and to bring information to them and to represent our culture and our way of life. The feeling and the warmth and the love, it's unbelievable. The type of exchange that goes on between students and teachers or visiting people who are doing master classes, and not just when they're musicians. Even general classes, when the students are not necessarily musicians.
I get so much from having the opportunity to interface with the younger people and to bring information to them and to represent our culture and our way of life. The feeling and the warmth and the love, it's unbelievable. The type of exchange that goes on between students and teachers or visiting people who are doing master classes, and not just when they're musicians. Even general classes, when the students are not necessarily musicians.
मैं उन सभी अलग-अलग उपकरणों और शैलियों को लिखता और संकलित करता हूँ जिन्हें मैं अमरीकी संस्कृति का हिस्सा मानता हूँ। मैं उनमें एक ऐतिहासिक गहराई और विस्तार लाने की कोशिश करता हूँ, साथ ही उन चीज़ों को भी शामिल करता हूँ जो हम अपने समय में करते हैं, जैसे विभिन्न प्रकार के वैम्प्स (धुन के टुकड़े) और मंत्र, जो हमारे लिए उपलब्ध हैं।
I'll write down and catalogue all the different devices that are Americana to me, and I try to have a historic depth and breadth and also the things that we do in our time, the type of vamps and chants, things that are available to us.
I'll write down and catalogue all the different devices that are Americana to me, and I try to have a historic depth and breadth and also the things that we do in our time, the type of vamps and chants, things that are available to us.
भले ही कोई गाना न गा रहा हो, जब आप सिर्फ बात भी कर रहे होते हैं, तब भी आप गा ही रहे होते हैं। मैं किसी से मिलूँगा और वह कहेगा, "ओह, मुझे तो सुरों की पहचान ही नहीं है (मैं टोन-डेफ हूँ)।" मैं कहता हूँ, "तुम टोन-डेफ नहीं हो, क्योंकि अगर तुम टोन-डेफ होते तो तुम ऐसे बोलते। लेकिन तुम कहते हो, 'ओह, मैं टोन-डेफ हूँ।' तुमने तो पहले ही मुझे एक गाना सुना दिया।"
Even if nobody's singing, just when you talk, you're singing. I'll meet somebody and say, "Oh, I'm tone-deaf." I say, "You're not tone-deaf, because if you were tone-deaf you would speak like that. But you're 'Oh, I'm tone-deaf.' You already sang a song to me."
Even if nobody's singing, just when you talk, you're singing. I'll meet somebody and say, "Oh, I'm tone-deaf." I say, "You're not tone-deaf, because if you were tone-deaf you would speak like that. But you're 'Oh, I'm tone-deaf.' You already sang a song to me."
जब तक लोकतंत्र रहेगा, तब तक ऐसे लोग रहेंगे जो जैज़ बजाना चाहेंगे क्योंकि कोई और चीज़ लोकतान्त्रिक प्रक्रिया को संगीत में इतने बेहतरीन तरीके से कभी कैद नहीं कर सकती। जैज़ का मतलब है दूसरे लोगों के साथ मिलकर संगीत के जरिए आपसी तालमेल बिठाना। आपको दूसरे संगीतकारों को सुनना होता है और उनके साथ बजाना होता है, भले ही आप इस बात से सहमत न हों कि वे क्या बजा रहे हैं। यह आपको नस्लवाद और यहूदी-विरोधी सोच के बिल्कुल उलट बातें सिखाता है। यह सिखाता है कि यह दुनिया हम सभी को जगह देने के लिए काफी बड़ी है।
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing. It teaches you the very opposite of racism and anti-Semitism. It teaches you that the world is big enough to accommodate us all.
As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing. It teaches you the very opposite of racism and anti-Semitism. It teaches you that the world is big enough to accommodate us all.
चीजों को बिगाड़ने से ज्यादा मुश्किल उन्हें बनाना होता है। निर्माण करने का मतलब है खुद को शामिल करना और बदलाव लाना। जैज़ में, हम आगे बढ़ने वाले सुरों के मेल को 'चेंजेस' कहते हैं। ये 'चेंजेस' किसी रेस कोर्स की बाधाओं की तरह होते हैं। वे आपका पूरा ध्यान मांगते हैं और चाहते हैं कि आप उस पल में पूरी तरह मौजूद रहें। वे आते हैं... वे सामने होते हैं..... और फिर गायब हो जाते हैं। जिंदगी भी इसी तरह चलती है। हर पल भविष्य से भूतकाल की ओर बढ़ता हुआ एक सफर है और इसका सबसे खूबसूरत हिस्सा हमेशा वर्तमान होता है। उसी खूबसूरत वर्तमान में जिएं। वर्तमान में मौजूद रहें।
It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on a speed course. They demand your attention and require you to be present. They are coming...they are here..... and then they are gone. It's how life comes. Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.
It's harder to build than destroy. To build is to engage and change. In jazz, we call progressing harmonies changes. Changes are like obstacles on a speed course. They demand your attention and require you to be present. They are coming...they are here..... and then they are gone. It's how life comes. Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.
जैज़ की असली ताकत यह है कि लोगों का एक समूह एक साथ आकर तात्कालिक कला (इम्प्रोवाइज्ड आर्ट) का सृजन करता है और अपनी प्राथमिकताओं के बीच संतुलन बनाता है... और वही आपसी सामंजस्य ही असली कला है।
The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation is the art
The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation is the art
हम ब्लूज़ संगीत वाले लोग हैं। और ब्लूज़ कभी भी त्रासदी को आखिरी बात नहीं कहने देता।
We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.
We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.
अगर आप अलग दिखना चाहते हैं, तो कुछ अलग करके दिखाइए।
If you want to be different, do something different.
If you want to be different, do something different.
जैज़ संगीत वर्तमान की ताकत है। इसमें कोई स्क्रिप्ट नहीं होती। यह एक बातचीत है। संगीतकार जब पल भर में यह फैसला लेते हैं कि उस पल की क्या जरूरत है, तो उस भावना का जन्म होता है।
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions to fulfill what they feel the moment requires.
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions to fulfill what they feel the moment requires.
दिखावे से संतुष्ट मत होइए। अपनी बात या काम के सार में सफल बनिए।
Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.
Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.
किसी को नीचा दिखाने की एकमात्र जायज वजह यही हो सकती है कि आप रुककर उसे ऊपर उठा रहे हैं।
The only justification for looking down on anyone is that you're going to stop and pick them up.
The only justification for looking down on anyone is that you're going to stop and pick them up.
जो लोग सिर्फ तालियाँ बटोरने के लिए परफॉर्म करते हैं... उन्हें बस तालियाँ ही मिलती हैं।
Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get.
Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get.
हम जो करते हैं, उसका आध्यात्मिक सार प्रेम है। तकनीक तो उस प्रेम के परिणामस्वरूप की गई तैयारी और समर्पण की अभिव्यक्ति है।
Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of the love.
Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of the love.
आपको एक टीम की जरूरत है। आपको ऐसे लोगों की जरूरत है जो आपको आगे बढ़ने के लिए प्रेरित करें। आपको विरोधियों की जरूरत है।
You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.
You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.
बेहतरीन बनने का सबसे अच्छा तरीका यह है कि आप काम करें।
The best way to be, is to do.
The best way to be, is to do.
मुझे हमेशा न्यू ऑरलियन्स के संगीत के ठीक बगल में स्विंग की बहुत ही समकालीन शैलियों को बजाना पसंद है क्योंकि यह उनके बीच के निरंतर प्रवाह को उजागर करता है।
I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum.
I always like to play very contemporary concepts of swing right next to New Orleans music because it highlights continuum.
इस बात की कामना मत कीजिए कि कोई और आपके लिए वो काम बाद में करे जिसे आप अभी कर सकते हैं।
Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.
Don't wish for someone else to do later what you can do now.
और यही संगीत बजाने की असली रूहानी बात है: आप किसी को कुछ भेंट करते हैं। आपको नहीं पता कि उन्हें वह पसंद आएगा या नहीं, लेकिन आप उसे अपनी तरफ से पेश करते हैं।
And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.
And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.
जैज़ संगीत अमेरिका का अतीत और उसकी संभावना है, जिसे समेटा और पवित्र किया गया है और जो हर उस व्यक्ति के लिए सुलभ है जो इसे सुनना, महसूस करना और समझना सीखता है। यह संगीत हमें हमारे पुराने स्वरूप से और हमारे आने वाले बेहतर स्वरूप से जोड़ सकता है। यह हमें यह याद दिला सकता है कि मानव उपलब्धि की इस समयरेखा में हमारा स्थान कहाँ है, जो कला का सर्वोच्च मूल्य है।
Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art.
Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art.
आलोचकों को आलोचना करने दीजिए और करने वालों को अपना काम करने दीजिए।
Let the critics criticize and let the doers do.
Let the critics criticize and let the doers do.
संगीत उन तमाम अनदेखी लेकिन वास्तविक चीज़ों की कला है। कला, भावना, आध्यात्मिक सार, चेतना—इन चीज़ों को साबित करना मुश्किल है। संगीत आपको अपनी आवाज़ पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने में मदद करता है। हम बहुत छोटे बच्चों के लिए इस बात को समझते हैं।
Music is the art of all the invisible things that are real. Art, emotion, spiritual essence, consciousness - these things are hard to prove. Music helps you to focus on your sound. We understand that for very young kids.
Music is the art of all the invisible things that are real. Art, emotion, spiritual essence, consciousness - these things are hard to prove. Music helps you to focus on your sound. We understand that for very young kids.
महान संगीतकार मंच पर एक-दूसरे का जो आपसी सम्मान और भरोसा दिखाते हैं, वह दुनिया के प्रति आपके नज़रिया को बदल सकता है और आपके जीवन के हर पहलू को समृद्ध कर सकता है, जिससे आप आधुनिक अर्थों में वैश्विक नागरिक होने का मतलब समझ पाते हैं।
How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.
How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.
इम्प्रोविज़ेशन (तत्काल रचना) के ज़रिए जैज़ आपको खुद से रूबरू कराता है। और स्विंग के ज़रिए, यह आपको सिखाता है कि दूसरे लोग भी अपने आप में एक इंसान हैं। यह सिखाता है कि उनके साथ तालमेल कैसे बिठाया जाए।
Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.
Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.
ब्लूज़ संगीत में सब कुछ झलकता है: खुशी, दर्द, संघर्ष। ब्लूज़ पूरी शान के साथ जीवन की स्वीकारोक्ति है।
Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.
Everything comes out in blues music: joy , pain , struggle . Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance.
जैज़ संगीत में लोकतंत्र है।
Jazz is democracy in music.
Jazz is democracy in music.
जैज़ में, इम्प्रोविज़ेशन का मतलब यह नहीं है कि बस कुछ भी अनाप-शनाप बजा दिया जाए। जैज़ की भी, किसी भी भाषा की तरह, अपनी व्याकरण और शब्दावली होती है। यहाँ कुछ भी सही या गलत नहीं होता, बस कुछ विकल्प दूसरों से बेहतर होते हैं।
In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no right or wrong, just some choices that are better than others.
In Jazz, improvisation isn't a matter of just making any ol' thing up. Jazz, like any language, has its own grammer and vocabulary. There's no right or wrong, just some choices that are better than others.
लुई आर्मस्ट्रांग ही जैज़ हैं। वह इस संगीत की असल रूह का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हैं।
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
नैतिकता कानूनों से कहीं अधिक महत्वपूर्ण है। जिसका मतलब है कि सटीक सुर से ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण उस सुर का अहसास होता है।
Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.
Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.
एक बीट (ताल), एक ग्रूव के जीवन का एक पल होती है।
A beat is a moment in the life a groove.
A beat is a moment in the life a groove.
जब भी आपका सामना ऐसे इंसान से होता है जो आपका ही वाद्य यंत्र बजा रहा हो, तो एक मुकाबला शुरू हो जाता है।
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.
जैज़ संगीत जीवन का जश्न मनाता है! इंसानी जीवन का; इसके हर रंग का, इसकी बेवकूफी का, इसकी अज्ञानता का, इसकी महानता का, इसकी समझदारी का, इसकी कामुकता का, इसकी गहराई का। और यह इन सबका सामना करता है। पूरी तरह से... यह हर चीज़ का सामना करता है!
Jazz music celebrates life! Human life; the range of it, the absurdity of it, the ignorance of it, the greatness of it, the intelligence of it, the sexuality of it, the profundity of it. And it deals with it. In all of its... It deals with it!
Jazz music celebrates life! Human life; the range of it, the absurdity of it, the ignorance of it, the greatness of it, the intelligence of it, the sexuality of it, the profundity of it. And it deals with it. In all of its... It deals with it!
निरंतर तीव्रता यानी परमानंद।
Sustained intensity equals ecstacy.
Sustained intensity equals ecstacy.
आप ऐसी स्थिति में पहुँच सकते हैं जहाँ बुद्धिमत्ता, परिष्कार और संस्कृति से जुड़ी चीज़ों को संभ्रांत मान लिया जाए, और जो चीज़ें फूहड़ और अज्ञानी हैं, उन्हें असली और आम जनता का मान लिया जाए। और जब आम जनता ऐसी चीज़ के पीछे भागने लगे जो इसके लायक ही नहीं है, तो बेहिसाब ऊर्जा... उस चीज़ को बचाए रखने में बर्बाद होने लगती है जो किसी काम की नहीं है।
You can reach a situation where things of intelligence and refinement and culture can be considered elite, and things that are crass and ignorant can be considered to be real and of the people. And when you begin to have the mass of populus striving for something that's not worth striving for, then tremendous amounts of energy go into...the maintenance of that which is worthless.
You can reach a situation where things of intelligence and refinement and culture can be considered elite, and things that are crass and ignorant can be considered to be real and of the people. And when you begin to have the mass of populus striving for something that's not worth striving for, then tremendous amounts of energy go into...the maintenance of that which is worthless.
बकवास मत करो, बस बजाओ।
Don't bullshit' just play.
Don't bullshit' just play.
संगीत हमेशा सुनने वाले के लिए होता है, लेकिन उसका पहला सुनने वाला हमेशा संगीतकार खुद होता है।
Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
Music is always for the listener, but the first listener is always the musician
छोटे बच्चे हमेशा गाते और पेंट करते रहते हैं। जब आप दूसरी या तीसरी कक्षा में पहुँचते हैं, तो आपसे यह उम्मीद की जाती है कि आप इन सब चीज़ों को पीछे छोड़ दें।
Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside.
Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside.
माँ के स्तन का दूध—वह बढ़िया है। मुँह में दूध—वह भी बढ़िया है। लेकिन मेरे ट्रम्पेट (तूर्य) में दूध? वह ठीक नहीं है। मुझे उस चीज़ को बजाना है।
Milk in a mother's breast-that's cool. Milk in a mouth-that's cool too. But milk in my trumpet? Not so cool. I have to play that thing.
Milk in a mother's breast-that's cool. Milk in a mouth-that's cool too. But milk in my trumpet? Not so cool. I have to play that thing.
मैं पढ़ाई में इसलिए विश्वास रखता था क्योंकि मैं जानता था कि शिक्षा एक विशेषाधिकार है। यह अध्ययन का अनुशासन था, ताकि उस काम को करने की आदत डाली जा सके जिसे आप करना नहीं चाहते।
I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
मैं एक खास तरीके से कपड़े पहनता हूँ क्योंकि मैं संगीत का सम्मान करता हूँ।
I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.
I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.
ट्रम्पेट बजाने वाले लोग बस ज़िद्दी, अभिमानी और अड़ियल होते हैं।
Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed.
Trumpet players are just belligerant, and cocky, and you know, just hard-headed.
हर परिस्थिति पर अपनी इच्छा थोपने के बजाय... बाकी सभी को शामिल करने पर ध्यान दें, और नज़रिया में यह छोटा सा बदलाव आपको यह समझने की जगह देता है कि आप कहाँ हैं और कौन हैं।
Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.
Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.
मुझे लगता है कि कलात्मक निपुणता (विर्चुओसिटी) किसी संगीतकार में नैतिकता का पहला संकेत है। इसका मतलब है कि आप अभ्यास करने के लिए पर्याप्त रूप से गंभीर हैं।
I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
I think that virtuosity is the first sign of morality in a musician. It means you're serious enough to practice.
ब्लूज़ हमेशा वहीं रहता है। यहाँ ज़िंदगी मुश्किल रहने वाली है, लेकिन सब ठीक हो जाएगा। सब कुछ ठीक है, और यही बात ब्लूज़ आपको सिखाता है। आपको मुश्किलों का सामना करते हुए अपना संतुलन ढूँढना ही होगा।
The blues is always there. It's going to be hard out here, but it's all right. It's all right, and that's what the blues teaches you. You got to roll with the punches and find your equilibrium.
The blues is always there. It's going to be hard out here, but it's all right. It's all right, and that's what the blues teaches you. You got to roll with the punches and find your equilibrium.
क्लिफर्ड ब्राउन को वे तमाम तेज़ धुनें बजाते हुए सुनकर, मैं सारा दिन क्लार्क के ट्रम्पेट अभ्यासों का रियाज़ करता था ताकि मैं भी तेज़ी से बजा सकूं। मैं बस यही करना चाहता था। मैं खिलौने के साथ खेलते हुए बच्चे जैसा था।
Having heard Clifford Brown play all those fast runs, I used to really practice Clarke trumpet exercises all day long so that I could play fast. That's all I wanted to do. I was like a child with a toy.
Having heard Clifford Brown play all those fast runs, I used to really practice Clarke trumpet exercises all day long so that I could play fast. That's all I wanted to do. I was like a child with a toy.
पहला जैज़ संगीतकार एक ट्रम्पेट वादक था, बडी बोल्डेन, और आखिरी भी एक ट्रम्पेट वादक ही होगा, महादूता गब्रिएल।
The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
The first jazz musician was a trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, and the last will be a trumpeter, the archangel Gabriel.
आत्मा हमें लचीलापन देती है—एक ऐसा अनिवार्य गुण क्योंकि हमें लगातार कठिनाइयों से उभरना पड़ता है।
The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship.
The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship.
इन दौर में भी, ऐसे पड़ोसी हैं जो अपने ही पड़ोसियों से मुँह मोड़ लेते हैं।
Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.
Even in these times, there are still neighbors that will turn their backs on neighbors.
जैज़ संगीत 'वर्तमान' की शक्ति है।
Jazz music is the power of now.
Jazz music is the power of now.
मैं दक्षिण में न्यू ऑरलियंस में पला-बढ़ा, जहाँ लोग हर वक्त आपकी टांग खींचते रहते हैं। इसलिए मैं कोई आत्म-सम्मान के अभियानों के बीच नहीं पला-बढ़ा। जब आप किसी काम में घटिया होते थे, तो वे आपको बता देते थे कि आप घटिया हैं, और यह भी बताते थे कि उसे सुधारना कैसे है।
I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you were lousy at something, they told you you were lousy, and they told you how to fix it.
I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you were lousy at something, they told you you were lousy, and they told you how to fix it.
अगर आप चारों तरफ़ नज़र डालते, तो आपको यही सुकून होता कि आप कुछ देख नहीं पा रहे हैं।
If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see.
If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see.
यह संगीत लोगों के घाव भरता है क्योंकि संगीत एक कंपन है, और सही कंपन से हर दर्द मिट जाता है।
This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals.
This music heals people because music is vibration, and the proper vibration heals.
नियो ऑरलियंस—असली नियो ऑरलियंस—इस देश की आत्मा है।
New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.
New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.
कलाएँ युगों-युगों से संवाद करती आई हैं। ज़रा सोचिए, 1315 में लोगों ने एक गिरजाघर का निर्माण शुरू किया था, और उस पर काम करने वाले लोग जानते थे कि यह 1585 से पहले पूरा नहीं होगा। यानी वे आने वाले दो सौ सालों के बारे में सोच रहे थे। शायद जब तक मैं मरूँ, तब तक यह दीवार खड़ी हो पाएगी।
The arts speak across epochs. If you think that people started to build a cathedral in 1315 and the people worked on that cathedral, it wasn't going to be finished until 1585. So they were thinking 200 years from now. Maybe by the time I die, this wall might be put up.
The arts speak across epochs. If you think that people started to build a cathedral in 1315 and the people worked on that cathedral, it wasn't going to be finished until 1585. So they were thinking 200 years from now. Maybe by the time I die, this wall might be put up.
जब आप हमारे महानतम कलाकारों का अध्ययन करते हैं, तो आप पाएंगे कि वे हमें एक ऐसी चाबी देते हैं जिससे हम समझ सकते हैं कि एक-दूसरे के साथ कैसे पेश आना चाहिए, और यह कि हमारी जड़ें आपस में कितनी गहराई से जुड़ी हैं। यह कोई बंटी हुई अमरीका नहीं है। यहाँ एक ही अमरीका है, जो इन कलाओं के ज़रिए झलकता है। यह हमें यह समझने की कुंजी देता है कि एक-दूसरे के साथ कैसे तालमेल बिठाया जाए, और असल में हमें बताता है कि हम कौन हैं।
When you study our greatest artists, you will find that they give us a key to understand how to deal with each other, and that our bloodlines are intertwined. It's not hyphenated America. That there is an America, and it is expressed in those arts. It gives us a key to figure out how to negotiate with each other, and it tells us actually who we are.
When you study our greatest artists, you will find that they give us a key to understand how to deal with each other, and that our bloodlines are intertwined. It's not hyphenated America. That there is an America, and it is expressed in those arts. It gives us a key to figure out how to negotiate with each other, and it tells us actually who we are.
लचीलापन जैज़ का एक बेहद अहम हिस्सा है। यही वह खूबी है जो जैज़ संगीत को अपनी पहचान खोए बिना बाकी सभी संगीत शैलियों के साथ घुलने-मिलने की ताकत देती है।
Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.
Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.
ब्लूज़ संगीत में सब कुछ छलक कर बाहर आ जाता है: खुशी, दर्द, संघर्ष। ब्लूज़ पूरी शान के साथ जीवन की स्वीकारोक्ति है। यह एक मर्द और एक औरत की दास्तान है। इसलिए ब्लूज़ में झलकने वाला दर्द और संघर्ष वह सार्वभौमिक दर्द है जो दिल टूटने पर महसूस होता है। ज़्यादातर ब्लूज़ गाने सामाजिक बयानों पर नहीं होते।
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.
Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.
स्विंग परम तालमेल का नाम है। यह संतुलन और स्थिरता बनाए रखने की कला है। यह बेहद सख्त समय-सीमा के दायरे में रहकर, शान और जज़्बे के साथ अत्यंत कठिन लय को निभाने का हुनर है। संक्षेप में कहें तो स्विंग का हर पहलू कुछ निश्चित नियमों और दायरे में रहकर, उन सीमाओं के बीच से खूबसूरती से रास्ता निकालने के बारे में है।
Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.
Swing is extreme coordination. It's a maintaining balance, equilibrium. It's about executing very difficult rhythms with a panache and a feeling in the context of very strict time. So, everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.
मैं पेशेवर रुख़ में यकीन रखता हूँ, लेकिन संगीत बजाना महज़ कोई नौकरी नहीं है। संगीत बजाने का अवसर मिलना ही अपने आप में एक बड़ा सौभाग्य है, जिसके लिए आभारी होना चाहिए।
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.
यह कोई बहुत खींचतान वाली बात नहीं है। यहाँ भी शक्तियों का वही संतुलन काम करता है। ड्रम कार्यपालिका (Executive branch) है। जैज़ ऑर्केस्ट्रा विधायिका (Legislative branch) की तरह है। तर्क और विवेक जैज़ सोलो (Solo) जैसे हैं। बास बजाने वाला न्यायपालिका (Judicial branch) है। हमारे अब तक के सबसे महान कलाकारों में से एक मिल्ट हिंटन हैं, जिन्हें प्यार से "द जज" कहा जाता है।
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge."
It's really not a stretch. The checks and balances are the same. The drums are the executive branch. The jazz orchestra is the legislative branch. Logic and reason are like jazz solos. The bass player is the judicial branch. One our greatest ever is Milt Hinton, and his nickname is "The Judge."
ब्लूज़ किसी गम्बो (सूप) में पड़े रू (मसाले और आटे के गाढ़े मिश्रण) की तरह है। लोग अक्सर मुझसे पूछते हैं कि क्या जैज़ में हमेशा ब्लूज़ का पुट होता है? मेरा जवाब होता है—अगर वह सुनने में अच्छा लग रहा है, तो यक़ीनन उसमें है।
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds good it does.
Blues is like the roux in a gumbo. People ask me if jazz always has the blues in it. I say, if it sounds good it does.
न्यूयॉर्क शहर के ज़्यादातर हाई स्कूलों और पब्लिक स्कूलों में तो बैंड प्रोग्राम तक नहीं हैं। एक तरह से हिप-हॉप संगीत उपकरणों की कमी और संगीत बजाने की तीव्र इच्छा का ही परिणाम है, इसलिए इसके लिए हम बच्चों को पूरी तरह से दोषी नहीं ठहरा सकते।
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an outgrowth of a lack of instruments and a desire to play music, so we can't really fault the kids for that.
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an outgrowth of a lack of instruments and a desire to play music, so we can't really fault the kids for that.
किसी भी संगीत की धड़कन उसकी लय होती है। और रिदम सेक्शन के संगीत की धड़कन तो महज़ उसकी लय ही होती है।
The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.
The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.
मुझे इस बात का ज़रा भी अंदाज़ नहीं है कि मेरी पीढ़ी ने हमारे लोकतंत्र को समृद्ध बनाने के लिए क्या किया। हमने वाकई बहुत बड़ी चूक की। हम आत्मसंतुष्टि के दौर में चले गए और हमारे लोकतंत्र में फैल रहे सार्वजनिक भ्रष्टाचार पर आँखें मूंद कर बैठ गए।
I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.
I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.
जहाँ तक गानों और संगीत का सवाल है, हाँ, लोगों को गाना, नाचना और धुनें बजाना बेहद पसंद है। संगीत में बहने वाली चेतना की वह धारा कहाँ से आती है, यह कोई नहीं जानता।
When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.
When it comes to songs and music, yeah, people love to sing and dance and play music and tunes, and that stream of consciousness that exists in music, nobody knows where that comes from.
नियो ऑरलियंस में जश्न मनाने की एक शानदार परंपरा रही है। पूरे शहर में ओपेरा, सेना के मार्चिंग बैंड, लोक संगीत, ब्लूज़, विभिन्न प्रकार के चर्च संगीत, रैगटाइम, पारंपरिक अफ्रीकी ड्रमों की गूँज और इस संगीत के साथ जुड़े नृत्य के तमाम रूप हर तरफ सुने और देखे जा सकते थे। जब ये सभी तरह के संगीत आपस में घुल-मिल गए, तब जाकर जैज़ का जन्म हुआ।
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born.
New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born.
जैज़ हमारी जीवनशैली से उपजा है, और चूँकि यह हमारी राष्ट्रीय कला शैली है, इसलिए यह हमें यह समझने में मदद करता है कि असल में हम कौन हैं।
Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.
Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.
इसके तीन मुख्य घटक हैं—ब्लूज़, इम्प्रोविज़ेशन यानी तात्कालिक रचना (जो एक ऐसा तत्व है जिसे लोग उस वक़्त खुद गढ़ने की कोशिश करते हैं), और स्विंग, जिसका मतलब है कि भले ही वे संगीत अपने मन से बना रहे हों, लेकिन वे इसे एक-साथ मिलकर रचने का प्रयास कर रहे होते हैं। यह ऐसा महसूस होता है जैसे आप किसी से बहुत ही शानदार बातचीत कर रहे हों।
The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.
The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.
बेनी गुडमैन का बैंड बेसबॉल में एकीकरण (Integration) होने से पहले ही एकीकृत हो चुका था। इससे पहले कि खेल या समाज शारीरिक रूप से जुड़ते, संगीत पहले ही जुड़ चुका था। हर कोई आर्मस्ट्रांग और एलिंगटन को सुनता था। बीस के दशक को 'जैज़ युग' कहा जाता था। यह अमरीकी होने का एक अहम् हिस्सा है।
Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American.
Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American.
जैज़ संगीत इसलिए महत्वपूर्ण है क्योंकि यह एक कला रूप है—एक प्राचीन कला रूप—जो हमारे लोगों की पौराणिक कथाओं और गाथाओं को अपने भीतर समेटे हुए है।
The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people.
The reason why the music [jazz] is important is because it's an art form-an ancient art form-that takes in the mythology of our people.
कई क्रांतियाँ कुछ ही लोगों के कदमों से शुरू होती हैं। स्वतंत्रता की घोषणा पत्र पर महज़ 56 लोगों ने हस्ताक्षर किए थे। कुछ लोग मिलकर भी एक पूरे देश को बदल सकते हैं।
Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.
Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.
शायद तकनीकी प्रगति के प्रति हमारी दीवानगी ने मानवीय प्रगति के प्रति हमारी चिंता को पीछे धकेल दिया है।
Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.
लेकिन जब आप कोल्ट्रेन को सुनते हैं, तो वह कुछ इंसानी सा, कुछ बेहद ऊँचे दर्जे का अहसास कराता है। यह किसी स्त्री के साथ प्रेम करने जैसा है। यह किसी मूल्यवान चीज़ से जुड़ा है, यह सिर्फ शोरगुल नहीं है। इसमें उस तरह की हिंसक भावना नहीं होती। मैं इतनी शिद्दत से जैज़ संगीतकार बनना चाहता था, लेकिन बन नहीं पाया। मुझे समझ ही नहीं आया कि इसे बजाना कैसे सीखा जाए।
But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about something of value, it's not just loud. It doesn't have that violent connotation to it. I wanted to be a jazz musician so bad, but I really couldn't. There was no way I could figure out to learn how to play.
But you listen to Coltrane and that's something human, something that's about elevation. It's like making love to a woman. It's about something of value, it's not just loud. It doesn't have that violent connotation to it. I wanted to be a jazz musician so bad, but I really couldn't. There was no way I could figure out to learn how to play.
ब्लूज़। यह अमरीकी संगीत के कोने-को कोने में बसा है। सुरों को थोड़ा सा मोड़ना (बेंड करना)। दूसरा है—टू-बीट ग्रूव्ह। यह नियो ऑरलियंस के संगीत में है, जैज़ में है, कंट्री संगीत में है और गॉस्पेल में भी है।
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.
बैंडस्टैंड एक पवित्र स्थल होता है।
The bandstand is a sacred place.
The bandstand is a sacred place.
विनम्रता ही सच्चाई और स्पष्टता का द्वार है... यही सीखने की पहली सीढ़ी है।
Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives... it's the doorway 2 learning.
Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives... it's the doorway 2 learning.
क्योंकि ब्लूज़ बीसवीं सदी के ज़्यादातर अमरीकी संगीत की नींव है। यह 12-बार का एक ऐसा फॉर्म है जिसे जैज़, ब्लूग्रास और कंट्री संगीतकार बजाते हैं। इसकी लय की शब्दावली (रिदमिक वोकैबुलरी) का इस्तेमाल रॉक एन रोल में भी भरपूर हुआ है। यह आध्यात्मिक भजनों (स्पिरिचुअल्स) और यहाँ तक कि अमरीकी फिडल परंपरा से भी गहराई से जुड़ा हुआ है।
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that's been used by rock n' roll. It's related to spirituals, and even the American fiddle tradition.
Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that's been used by rock n' roll. It's related to spirituals, and even the American fiddle tradition.
मुझे लगता है कि देश भर में सालों तक पढ़ाने और किताबों में आलोचनाओं को पढ़ने के बाद, हमारी संस्कृति में जिस चीज़ की सबसे ज़्यादा ज़रूरत है, वह है हमारे संगीत के अर्थों को समझना। हमने अपने बच्चों को यह सिखाने में कोई खास अच्छा काम नहीं किया है कि हमारे संगीत का क्या मतलब है, या हमने अपनी उस संगीत की समझ को कैसे विकसित किया है जो हमें यह याद दिलाती और सिखाती है कि हम कौन हैं।
I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.
I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.
अगर अश्वेतों और अफ्रीकी संवेदनाओं का यूरोपीय संवेदनाओं के साथ यह मेल न होता, तो आज जैज़ का अस्तित्व ही न होता। यहाँ तक कि इसके नकारात्मक और सकारात्मक दोनों पहलुओं को मिला लें—यानी अगर गुलामी और गुलामी का अंत न होता, तो जैज़ भी पैदा न होता।
If you didn't have the amalgam of Blacks and African-type sensibility and European sensibility, you wouldn't have jazz. Even in the negative and in the positive ways - if there was no slavery and the abolition of slavery, there would be no jazz.
If you didn't have the amalgam of Blacks and African-type sensibility and European sensibility, you wouldn't have jazz. Even in the negative and in the positive ways - if there was no slavery and the abolition of slavery, there would be no jazz.
मेरी माँ हमेशा मेरे भाइयों और मुझे संगीत सिखाने ले जाती थीं। हम छह भाई-बहन थे। हमारे माता-पिता हमारे संगीत कार्यक्रमों में आते थे और हमें अलग-अलग तरह के संगीत को पढ़ने, सीखने और उसका आनंद लेने के लिए हमेशा प्रोत्साहित करते थे।
My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.
My mother always took my brothers and me to music lessons. There were six children. Our parents attended our concerts and encouraged us to study and enjoy many different types of music.
트럼펫 연주에서 긴장감은 큰 골칫거리입니다. 실수를 하면 누구나 다 들을 수 있기 때문이죠. 하지만 대부분의 사람들은 그에 대해 무언가 말할 정도로 무례하지는 않다는 점을 기억하세요. 그것만으로도 긴장을 푸는 데 도움이 될 겁니다.
The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
The nerves are a problem on trumpet, because when you mess up everyone can hear it. Just remember most people are too polite to say anything about it. That should calm your nerves.
우리는 늘 민주주의의 권리에 대해서만 듣지만, 민주주의에서 가장 중요한 책임은 바로 참여입니다.
We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.
재즈는 3~4년 만에 배울 수 있는 음악도 아니고, 음악적 재능이 좀 있다고 해서 저절로 알게 되는 그런 음악도 아닙니다.
Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.
Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.
제 일정은 항상 빡빡합니다. 하지만 저는 무언가를 끝마쳐야 하는 압박감을 즐깁니다. 그것이 저에게 더 큰 원동력이 되거든요.
My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.
My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.
베토벤이 하지 않은 단 한 가지가 있습니다. 그의 현악 사중주가 연주될 때, 제2 바이올린 연주자가 즉흥 연주를 하고 있지 않았으리라는 것은 확실합니다.
There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising.
흑인으로서, 우리는 왠지 스스로를 사랑하는 마음을 표현하는 것조차 때로는 타인에 대한 혐오로 오해받는 유일한 집단 중 하나입니다.
For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is misconstrued as a dislike for someone else.
For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is misconstrued as a dislike for someone else.
예술에는 엔터테인먼트적 요소가 어느 정도 내포되어 있기 때문에, 우리는 종종 엔터테인먼트를 예술과 혼동하기 시작했습니다. 예술에 그런 요소가 없으면 너무 지루해지고, 자기만의 세계에 갇혀 길을 잃어버리게 되니까요. 하지만 제 생각엔 우리가 그 본질을 잃어가기 시작했고, 그전부터 이미 그러지 말았어야 했습니다.
We started to confuse entertainment with art, because art has a component of entertainment. It has to have that or it becomes too boring. It becomes too lost in its own devices. But I just think that we started to lose, and even before that, it's not necessary.
We started to confuse entertainment with art, because art has a component of entertainment. It has to have that or it becomes too boring. It becomes too lost in its own devices. But I just think that we started to lose, and even before that, it's not necessary.
사람들은 소중한 시간을 내어 돈을 들여 콘서트장에 찾아와 자리에 앉습니다. 게다가 그들이 접하는 건 재즈 음악이지요. 결코 쉽게 다가갈 수 있는 음악이 아닙니다. 저는 그들의 존재를 결코 가볍게 여기고 있다는 느낌을 단 1초도 주고 싶지 않습니다.
People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly.
People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly.
재즈는 단순히 젊은 세대만이 아니라 노년 세대까지 축복합니다. 특정 연령층에게만 음악을 '팔' 때, 우리는 풍부한 경험의 본류와 단절되게 됩니다. 남녀가 함께 추는 춤과 구애의 과정은 정말 우아합니다. 오늘날의 미국을 보면 과거에 미국이 춤과 노래의 나라였다는 사실을 믿기 어려울 정도죠. 인종을 초월해 누구나 춤추고 노래할 수 있었으니까요.
Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you "sell" only to people of a certain age, you get cut off from the main body of experience. The power of couple dancing and courtship, it's elegant, and you wouldn't realize America was once a nation of dancers and singers today. People of all races could dance and sing.
Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you "sell" only to people of a certain age, you get cut off from the main body of experience. The power of couple dancing and courtship, it's elegant, and you wouldn't realize America was once a nation of dancers and singers today. People of all races could dance and sing.
우리가 문화적으로 무지하고 우리의 유산을 알지 못한다는 사실 때문에 치르는 대가는, 거의 늘 제정신이 아닌 상태로 행동하게 된다는 것입니다. 타인과 그들의 문화를 대할 때 우리는 아주 잘못된 결정을 내리게 됩니다.
The fact that we are culturally ignorant and we don't know what our heritage is, the price that we pay is that we act outside of ourselves almost all the time. We make very bad decisions how we deal with other people and their culture.
The fact that we are culturally ignorant and we don't know what our heritage is, the price that we pay is that we act outside of ourselves almost all the time. We make very bad decisions how we deal with other people and their culture.
질과는 아무런 상관없이, 오직 양적인 평가로만 따지는 상업주의.
Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing.
Commercialism that has absolutely no relationship to quality whatsoever, only quantitative assessment of a thing.
형과 저는 늘 함께 밴드 활동을 했지만, 우리가 전문 음악가가 될 줄은 꿈에도 몰랐습니다.
My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians.
My older brother and myself always played together in bands, but we never knew we would be professional musicians.
민주주의의 블랙홀은 바로 도덕성과 진정성입니다. 그 누구도 입 밖에 내지 않지만 가장 중요한 것은 바로 도덕성이지요. 진정성이 최우선이 되지 않을 때, 비록 눈에 보이진 않지만 그 공백은 너무나도 명백하게 느껴집니다. 재즈는 바로 이것을 부각시켜 줍니다. 재즈와 재즈 뮤지션들은 언제나 높은 수준의 진정성을 대변해 왔기 때문입니다.
The black hole in democracy is integrity. The great unspoken is integrity. When integrity is not first and foremost, it's quite palpable but not visible. It's always there. Jazz highlights it because musicians and jazz always represented a high level of integrity.
The black hole in democracy is integrity. The great unspoken is integrity. When integrity is not first and foremost, it's quite palpable but not visible. It's always there. Jazz highlights it because musicians and jazz always represented a high level of integrity.
재즈계에는 '밴드 배틀'이라는 전통이 있어서, 연주할 때 절대 기를 죽거나 져서는 안 됩니다.
There's the tradition in jazz of having the “Battle of the Bands” and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing.
There's the tradition in jazz of having the “Battle of the Bands” and you do not want to get your head cut when you're playing.
스윙의 모든 것은 일정한 기준과 격자(grid)에 관한 것이며, 그 격자를 아주 우아하게 헤쳐 나가는 것입니다.
Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.
Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.
우리 모두는 똑같은 가치관을 바탕으로 가르칩니다. 우리는 마치 한 동네 주민들 같습니다. 이 음악을 통해 플랫폼을 얻고, 정직하고 진실한 소통의 형태인 '사랑'을 담은 이 음악의 메시지를 널리 퍼뜨릴 기회를 얻은 사람들 말입니다.
We all teach from that same frame of reference. We're like neighborhood - the people who have had the opportunity through this music to gain a platform and spread the message of this music, which is basically love in a form of communication that's honest and truthful.
We all teach from that same frame of reference. We're like neighborhood - the people who have had the opportunity through this music to gain a platform and spread the message of this music, which is basically love in a form of communication that's honest and truthful.
미국 문화에 대해, 그리고 아프리카계 미국인 문화에 대해 진지하게 생각한다면 엄청난 고통을 느끼게 될 것입니다. 결코 웃어넘길 수 있는 일이 아닙니다.
If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not - you are not smiling about it.
If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not - you are not smiling about it.
세대마다 앞으로 나서서 자신을 내걸고, 자신의 신념을 위해 모든 것을 걸 기꺼이 감수하는 사람은 언제나 소수에 불과했습니다.
There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.
There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.
어떤 특정한 음악도 나를 향수에 젖게 만들지 못합니다. 훌륭한 음악이라면, 그저 지금 이 순간에 온전히 머물게 할 뿐입니다. 그 수준의 음악은 일리아드 같은 고전 명작과도 같아서, 너무나 완벽하기에 결코 낡아지지 않습니다.
No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a classic story, like the Iliad-something so perfect it can never be old.
No particular music makes me feel nostalgic. If it's great, it just keeps me in the present moment. That level of music is like a classic story, like the Iliad-something so perfect it can never be old.
예술은 우리가 문명화된 존재임을 보여주고 삶을 아름답게 만들어 줍니다. 그래서 우리는 그저 존재하며 더 많은 물건을 사고 더 나은 사람이 될 수 있죠. 하지만 우리는 품질과의 본래적 관계를 흐리는 상업주의와 마주하고 있으며, 이는 국가적 문제입니다.
The arts shows that you're civilized, and it makes life sweet. So you can exist and you can buy more things and you can be more - we're dealing with a form of commercialism that obscures a prior relationship to quality, and it's a national problem.
The arts shows that you're civilized, and it makes life sweet. So you can exist and you can buy more things and you can be more - we're dealing with a form of commercialism that obscures a prior relationship to quality, and it's a national problem.
우리는 영가(spirituals)를 만들었습니다. 그리고 수많은 위대한 음악을 창조해냈습니다. 그중에서도 재즈는 우리의 가장 위대한 혁신 중 하나로, 우리 자신을 소중히 여기는 법과 서로와 소통하는 법을 가르쳐 주었습니다. 그런데 우리 아이들이 그러한 성취를 알지 못한다면, 그것은 결코 우리에게 좋을 리가 없습니다.
We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and how to speak to one another, that our kids don't know that achievement, there's no way in the world that could be good for us.
We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and how to speak to one another, that our kids don't know that achievement, there's no way in the world that could be good for us.