Isixeko saseNew York saba njani sisikhuthazo seJazz

(Eli bali lahlengahlengiswa kwimicimbi yehlobo yaseManhattan IZiko Ijenali yeSixeko .)

UJi-azz ihambile kwihlabathi liphela. Njengomsebenzi wakho, imali mboleko yakho kunye nexabiso legesi kwimpompo, umculo ngoku uphendula kwimikhosi yehlabathi.

Njengomgxeki we-jazz, ngoku kufuneka ndiqwalasele italente ephuma eNew Zealand, eIndonesia, eLebhanon, eChile, nakwezinye iindawo ngaphambili ngaphandle kokubona kwam. Phantse sonke isixeko esiphambili kwiplanethi ngoku sinetalente esikhule ekhaya efanelekile kubaphulaphuli kwihlabathi liphela.

Nangona kunjalo inye into engatshintshanga kumdlalo wejazz: INew York ihleli ngaphezulu kwemfumba.Amagcisa e-jazz amakhulu ahlala evela eManhattan, kodwa bayasokola ukwakha igama kwaye bafumane umkhondo womsebenzi ukuba abangeni eManhattan.

Imvakalelo yakutshanje kwi-jazz prodigy yase-Indonesia UJoey Alexander yimeko efanelekileyo. Kwiminyaka eyi-8, lo mfana uboyikisayo wayesele ethathe ingqalelo ye-jazz icon uHerbie Hancock, kwaye nge-9, wabetha iimvumi ezingama-43 (zayo yonke iminyaka) kumazwe ali-17 ukuphumelela ukhuphiswano lwaseYurophu. Kunyaka kamva, abazali baka-Alexander bafudukela eNew York, beqonda ukuba eyona prodigy inkulu yejazz yayidinga kuphela oko kunokunikwa sisixeko.

Isebenze njani? Ngeminyaka eli-11 ubudala, uAlexander wafumana ubhaliso oluqaqambileyo ngaphakathi Inkqubo ye-INew York Times , isivumelwano sengxelo kunye nokuhlawulwa kwentloko kumnyhadala weNewport Jazz. Waba yimvumi yokuqala yaseIndonesia enerekhodi kwitshathi yeBillboard 200 eMelika. Icwecwe lakhe lokuqala lafumana amagama amabini e-Grammy, kwaye uAlexander wadlala kusasazo lwe-TV, wafikelela kubaphulaphuli babantu abazizigidi ezingama-25- kunye nokufumana ihlombe. Akukho nto ibinokwenzeka ukuba usapho lakwa-Alexander lusahlala eBali. UJoey Alexander.Ifoto: ngoncedo lukaJoey Alexander

Saxophonist UMelissa aldana , ophumelele kutshanje wodumo Ukhuphiswano lweMonk Walandela indlela efanayo, esuka kwilizwe lakhe laseChile waya kufunda umculo eBoston, emva koko wangena kwindawo yejazz yaseNew York. Ucelomngeni kwimvumi, utshilo. Kuya kufuneka uye kwiiseshoni zejam kwaye udibane nabantu abafanelekileyo. Kuya kufuneka ufumane indlela yokuhlawula irente ephezulu eNew York. Kwaye kuya kufuneka ugcine ujonge kwicala lokuyila lomculo wakho.

Kodwa akazange acinge ngenye indlela. Zisuka nje, kulapho ndandifuna ukuhlala khona. INew York yayiyindawo apho zonke izithixo zam zazihlala khona. Apha unethuba lokudlala ngeyona nto ibalaseleyo. Intlawulo iye yaqhankqalaza. Ialbhamu yakutshanje ka-Aldana, Emve Ekhaya , iphakathi kwezona zinto zikhutshiweyo zejazz ezakhutshwa ngo-2016, kwaye kubonakala ngathi ukulungele ukungena kwi-echelon ephezulu yeenkwenkwezi zejazz zehlabathi.

ULara Bello , imvumi nomqambi ovela eSpain, uhlala eNew York ukusukela ngo-2009. Ufundile ukuba ngenene kulula ukwenza unxibelelwano oluphezulu kumzi-mveliso womculo waseSpain ukusuka kwindawo yakhe eseHarlem. Ukuba nabaphi na abaqambi abakhulu, ababhali, abavelisi, abavela eSpain beza apha, ummeli wakowenu uyakucela ukuba uze ezintlanganisweni ukuze ube yinxalenye yokwamkela kwabo esixekweni… Kuyahlekisa, abantu baseSpain abangenakufikeleleka, nina nihlangene eNew York.

Abalandeli abaninzi bejazz bacinga ukuba iNew York ibisoloko iyindawo ekhethwayo yeemvumi ezizayo, kodwa oku bekungasoloko kunjalo. Ngapha koko, iNew York yafika kade kwitheko lejazz. Ukuhamba kwezithuthi kwindlela enqamlezayo ye-Fifth Avenue kunye ne-42nd Street kwisiXeko saseNew York ngo-Agasti 13, 1925.Ifoto: I-Arhente yeendaba yeendaba / i-Getty Izithombe

Emva phaya kwiJazz Age-igama eladuma ngo-1920 ngu-F. Scott Fitzgerald-eChicago yayisisazulu somculo oshushu. Ngaphambi koko, iNew Orleans yema ngaphambili nakwiziko lendawo yejezi, kwindawo apho abantu abaninzi eNew York babengazi nokuba lithetha ntoni igama elithi jazz.

Iibhendi zokuqala ze-jazz zaseNew Orleans ezaziza kwenziwa eNew York zafika edolophini njengezenzo zaseVaudeville, zabelana ngolungelelwaniso nabajikijeli, abahlekisi kunye nabanye abakhenkethi abahambahambayo. Abaphulaphuli base Northeast vaudeville babengalindelanga ukuba kuguqulwe i-jazz phakathi kwabo, kwaye bambalwa ababenolwazi lokuba imbali yomculo yayisenziwa eqongeni.

Xa ikona eyimbali UFreddie Keppard yazisa i-jazz yaseNew Orleans eyiyo kwi-Winter Garden yase-New York ngo-1915, i INew York Clipper Umbuyekezi wancoma ibhendi kuphela ngenxa yokuhlekisa kwayo kwaye akawuhoyanga umculo ngelixa etsalela umdla kumdaniso ohamba kunye nedarkey endala eyenze iiponti ezo iibhodi de iikhinki emadolweni zamkhumbuza ubudala bakhe. Xa ibhendi yabuya ngo-1917, ukushicilelwa kweendaba kwakungathandeki; omnye umvavanyi wagxeka ingxolo abanye abantu abayibiza ngokuba 'ngumculo' kwaye wanyanzelisa ukuba iimvumi zazikhuphisana ngamnye nomnye kumzamo wokuvelisa ukungavisisani.

Iqela leJazz yasekuqaleni yeDixieland , iqela labaculi abamhlophe baseNew Orleans, bafumana ulwamkelo olungcono eNew York ngaloo nyaka. I-Columbia Records, enethemba lokuzuza ekuzibandakanyeni ngempumelelo kweqela eReisenweber's Cafe eManhattan, yamema iimvumi kwistudiyo sazo sokwakha iWoolworth ngomhla wamashumi amathathu ananye kuJanuwari ngo-1917. Babakhuphile abadlali ngaphambi kokuba kwenziwe imini, kwaye akukho rekhodi zikhutshiweyo. Kwiiveki ezine kamva, ileyibhile kaVictor yaphumelela ukurekhoda ibhendi kwi studio yayo yaseNew York, kwaye iingoma ezibangelwa -Iirekhodi zokuqala ze-jazz ezake zabakho-ngokukhawuleza, ekugqibeleni zathengisa ngaphezulu kwesigidi esinye seekopi.

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Apha ekuqaleni kokurekhodwa kwejazz, iNew York ibinokugqwesa ukhuphiswano kwaye ikhokele. Kodwa i-Original Dixieland Jazz Band yakhawuleza yashiya iNew York ukuya kokonwabela ukuhlala eYurophu. Iilebhile zokurekhoda zaseNew York zisenokuba zilithathile eli thuba ngokusayina iimvumi eziphambili zase-Afrika naseMelika ezivela eMzantsi, kodwa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukeneyo, azizange.

Ndikrokrela ukuba abaphathi berekhodi abaninzi babona ezo rekhodi zokuqala ze-jazz njengezinto ezinqabileyo-uninzi lwesibheno serekhodi ye-ODJB ye-Livery Stable Blues yavela ekulingiseni kwebhendi yezilwanyana zasefama ngezixhobo zazo-kwaye hayi ukuzalwa kohlobo olutsha lobugcisa. Kutheni le nto kufuneka utyale ixesha kunye namandla, banokuziva, belingisa ukubetha ngokukhawuleza okuza kuvakala kukhawuleza? Kodwa nabavelisi berekhodi ababambe amandla e-jazz kurhwebo bakhawuleza babalekela kwimingcipheko, kubandakanya nokuchazwa kakuhle kwabantu baseNew York abadumileyo abathi bafumanisa ukuba le ndlela intsha inamabala amakhulu, inengxolo kakhulu, okanye inesono kakhulu.

Iimvumi ngokwazo zisenokuba zezona zithintelo kuzo zonke. Uninzi lwalunqikaza ukurekhoda iilebheli zaseNew York.

Nini W. C. Iluncedo , owayehlala eMemphis, wamenywa ukuba eze neqela elinamaqhekeza ali-12 eNew York ukurekhoda iColumbia, wayenokufumana iimvumi ezine kuphela ezikulungeleyo ukuthatha uhambo. Waya eChicago ukugcwalisa amabala aseleyo, kodwa wadibana nokuthandabuza nokusola apho, naye. NjengamaMemphi, iimvumi zaseChicago zazingazange zive ngeqela elinombala elihamba lisiya naseNew York lisiya kwenza iirekhodi, kamva wakhumbula. Xa uFreddie Keppard wayenethuba lokwenza ushicilelo lokuqala lwejazz lukaVictor ngo-1916, naye wavakalisa ukubekeka, kodwa ngenxa yesizathu esahlukileyo. Amakhwenkwe kaNothin ’, uxelele abo wayedlala nabo. Asizukubeka izinto zethu kwiirekhodi zokuba wonke umntu ebe.

Okwangoku, i-jazz yayithatha iChicago ngesiqhwithi. Ezona talente zibalaseleyo kwijazz yaseNew Orleans zabeka ivenkile kwiWindy City kwiminyaka eyalandela iMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala. USidney Bechet bafudukela eChicago ngo-1917. Ijeli Roll Morton wayetyelele eChicago ngo-1914 kwaye wayeza kubuya ixesha elide-isixeko sasisebenza njengesiseko sekhaya lakhe xa esenza ezona zirekhodi zakhe zibalulekileyo ngeminyaka yoo-1920. Kumkani Oliver Kuqala kufunyenwe ukwanda okubalaseleyo njengesiphathamandla seChicago ngeli xesha linye, kwaye ULouis Armstrong Okokuqala kwaqatshelwa luluntu njengelungu leqela lika-Oliver, ngelixa liqhuba eChicago.

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NGAPHAKATHINgaba i-jazz yakha yashiya iNew Orleans? Namhlanje, iBig Easy isazama ukwakha amabango okhenketho malunga nelifa layo le-jazz, kodwa konke ukuqhayisa kunye neencwadana azinakukufihla inyani yokuba imeko yejazz yaseNew Orleans iye yehla phantse iminyaka eli-100. Ngo-1918, iRekhodi yaseColumbia yazama ukuthatha amandla eerekhodi zokuqala zejazz ngokuthumela italente uRalph Peer ayokukhangela izinto ezirekhodiweyo, kodwa uPeer wothusa iofisi yasekhaya ngetelegram yakhe emva kweeveki ezintathu esemsebenzini: akukho majelo e-jazz kwii-orleans ezintsha.

Yayiyinto ebaxekileyo leyo. Abadlali abambalwa bejazz benza amakhaya abo eNew Orleans. Jonga umculo wexilongo USam Morgan kamva yabhalwa eColumbia, engqina italente yasekhaya eyahlala kwisiXeko saseCrescent. Nangona kunjalo, iimvumi ze-jazz ezaziwayo zase-New Orleans zazisele zilishiyile ikhaya xa uluntu luqala ukuthetha nge-Jazz Age, kwaye isixeko asizukuza ngaphambili kwisaci kwakhona kude kube kukunyuka IWynton Marsalis kunye nezinye ngeminyaka yoo-1980.

Isizathu esiqhelekileyo esinikiweyo sokumka kwesizukulwana sokuqala seetalente zaseNew Orleans kukuvalwa kwesithili sokukhanya esibomvu esi sixeko ngo-1917. Ngaphandle kwamahenyukazi, ibali liyahamba, iimvumi zejazz zazingenandawo yokudlala. Imbali yokwenyani inzima ngakumbi. Kuyinyani, iimvumi ezininzi zalahlekelwa ziigig ngenxa yokuzimisela komkhosi wenqanawa ukucoca iNew Orleans, kodwa ezinye izinto zanegalelo kule mfuduko, kubhubhane wesifo somkhuhlane owatshabalalisa isixeko ngenxa yokubhadula.

Kodwa esona sizathu sokuba iimvumi ze-jazz zazinokufudukela eChicago yayingumnqweno olula wokubaleka ubuhlanga base Mzantsi kwaye ufumane amathuba oqoqosho angcono. Isiqingatha sesigidi sama-Afrika aseMelika ekugqibeleni bafuduka besuka eMazantsi beza eChicago-iimvumi, kunye nabanye abantu.

Umxholo omibalabala uhlala uxelelwa malunga neemvumi zejazz ezifudukela eMidwest ngeMisissippi River steamboats. Ngapha koko, oku kufuduka kwenzeka ikakhulu ngololiwe, kwaye abaphengululi babonakalisile ukuba amathuba oMnyama oMnyama wokufudukela emantla anokuqikelelwa ngokusekwe kufutshane nesikhululo sikaloliwe kwindawo yomntu yokuzalwa. Uninzi lwenze izigqibo zokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kuxhomekeka ekubeni yeyiphi eyona dolophu iphambili emgceni. Ukufuduka Okukhulu kwatshintsha imbali yezomculo eMelika, nabantu abamnyama baseLouisiana naseMississippi -kunye namasiko abo e-jazz kunye ne-blues-bahlala bahlala eChicago, ngelixa abo baseVirginia, Georgia naseCarolinas behlala besiya eNew York. Isixeko saseNew York City eseMpuma ngo-1925.Ifoto: Hulton Archive / Getty Izithombe

Hekuqaleni, ukusasazwa kwe-jazz kwinkcubeko ebanzi, iNew York yabonakala ngathi izakuphoswa lulonwabo olukhulu.

Ekuqaleni kwee-1920, amaphephandaba aseNew York ayedla ngokunika ingxelo ngemidlalo yejazz eChicago — ngamanye amaxesha ade abonise neentengiso zemidlalo yasebusuku eFesty City. Njengokuba kunzima ukukholelwa namhlanje, indawo yomculo yaseNew York ihlupheke kakhulu kukuziphatha okuhle nokuziphatha koluntu. Kude kube lunyulo luka-1926 lukaSodolophu uJimmy Walker, unyamezelo lwentetho ezingekho mthethweni (apho wayenokufumaneka khona) watshintsha ithoni yobusuku bobusuku eNew York, eChicago babenethuba eliqinisekileyo lokuhamba kamnandi emva kobumnyama.

INew York ikwabonile ukuba abantu abamnyama bayakhula ngeli xesha, kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo kwigama lejazz kwii-1920s zakuqala zavela ikakhulu kwitalente yalapha. Uhlobo lokuqala lwejazz yaseNew York IHarlem stride , umculo wepiyano okrelekrele. Eli gama libhekisa kwisindululo esinyakazayo sesandla sasekhohlo somdanisi, esidanisa sibheka ngapha nangapha ukusuka emazantsi ebhodi yezitshixo ukuya kwirejista esembindini kuyo yonke into ekubethwa kuyo, nakummandla waseNew York apho le ndlela yokusebenza yachuma khona.

Inzala yaseNew York UThomas Fats Waller mhlawumbi wenze ngaphezulu kwakhe nabani na ukubonisa ukuba isixeko besingasoloko sifuna ukungenisa italente yaso yejezi. Wayengoyena udumileyo kubadlali beHarlem stride, kodwa umkhosi wezinye iikhibhodi ezinobuqaqawuli-kubandakanya UJames P. Johnson , UWillie Ingonyama Smith , UDonald Lambert , ULuckey Roberts , kunye Tatum yobugcisa Ikwangabanikeli abaphambili kule ntshukumo. Ngaphandle kukaTatum, zonke ezi mvumi zazalelwa eMantla mpuma. Inkokheli yomculo wejazz yaseMelika kunye nomqambi, uDuke Ellington.Ifoto: UJohn Pratt / Iimpawu eziphambili zelitye / imifanekiso kaFetty

Ndikrokrela ukuba isigqibo sikaDuke Ellington sokusuka eWashington, D.C., siye eHarlem phaya ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1920 — xa sibuyela emva, indawo eguqukayo kwimbali yejezi — sikhuthazekile ngenxa yentshukumo yesiko lepiyano lendawo. Ngelo xesha, iChicago yayisenokuba yindawo ekuthandwayo kuyo uninzi lweetalente ze-jazz, kodwa njengomdlali wepiyano oqeqeshiweyo owayengene kwisithethe esinqabileyo, uEllington wayenemicimbi eyahlukeneyo eyahlukeneyo.

Kungekudala, abanye balandela ekhondweni likaEllington.

Njengokuba iNew York ikhula ngakumbi ngokuqhelana nobungendawo kunye nobomi bobusuku obabuselwe ngotywala ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1920, phantsi kolawulo olungqongqo lukaSodolophu uWalker, iqela leenkwenkwezi zejazz zashiya iChicago zaya eManhattan.

Ngo-1928, UBen Pollack wafudusa iokhestra ye jazz eyimpumelelo esuka eChicago eSouthmoor Hotel wayisa eNew York, apho wazinza kwindawo yokuhlala ePark Central Hotel. Ilungu leBhendi UBenny Goodman , oyinzalelwane yaseChicago kunye nemvumi ephumeleleyo kweso sixeko ngexesha leSwing Era, wafumana umsebenzi rhoqo kwizitudiyo zaseNew York, kwaye zange abuye ngasemva. ULouis Armstrong wenze ukuhlala okufutshane eNew York ukujoyina UFletcher Henderson Ibhendi ngo-1924. Kungekudala wabuyela eChicago, kodwa uloyiso lwakhe iManhattan lwabuya ngo-1929 ukuya kudlala kuhlaziyo lweTshokholethi ezishushu kwangqineka kulilungelo elikhulu kwikhondo lakhe lomsebenzi. U-Armstrong wathenga indlu eQueens, wayigcina njengesiseko sekhaya lakhe kwiminyaka engama-28 yokugqibela yobomi bakhe.

Ngo-1930, iNew York yathatha indawo yeChicago njengeziko lehlabathi lejazz. Ukupela okufutshane, isiXeko saseKansas sasikhangeleka ngathi sikhuphisana, kodwa eso sixeko sasingenakubambelela kwitalente yaso. Ibhendi ebaluleke kakhulu eKansas City jazz, Bala uBasie Iokhestra eshushu, kunye ne icon yesax U-Lester Young Kwicandelo lophondo lwayo, wamisa isiseko esitsha sekhaya eWoodside Hotel eQueens ngo-1937 kwaye kungekudala watsala abaphulaphuli abaqaqambileyo eRoseland Ballroom, eSavoy Ballroom, naseApollo Theatre. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa kamva, saxophonist UCharlie Parker -Iyona talente inkulu yejezi ukuphuma kweKansas City -kwaye yafudukela eGotham. Ngeli xesha, isigwebo sasicacile: abo banqwenela i-jazz stardom kwafuneka babonakalise amandla abo eManhattan. UCharlie Parker udlala kwiiDeces ezintathu eManhattan.Ifoto: Wikimedia Commons

Since ngelo xesha, iNew York ijongene nomceli mngeni omnye kuphela kulawulo lwayo lwejazz. Ngama-1950, i-jazz yase-West Coast yathintela abalandeli bomculo, kwaye umshicileli we-jazz waqala ukubhala malunga neCalifornia neNew York njengabaphikisana neetalente ezizayo.

Unxweme oluseNtshona alugcini ngokuqhayisa ngeemvumi ezibetha umhlaba, ezifana UDave Brubeck , UCharles Mingus , U-Eric Dolphy kwaye Iphepha lobugcisa , kodwa ikwatsala umdla weenkwenkwezi ezinqwenelekayo ezabona iCalifornia njengeziko elifanelekileyo lekhaya lomsebenzi wejezi. Izitudiyo zefilimu zaseHollywood zazidinga iimvumi ezinesakhono, njengokwenza umabonwakude, iintengiso, kunye nawo onke amanye amashishini okuzonwabisa awayechuma kwindawo ye-LA kwiminyaka eyalandela iMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Ngethuba lokuqala kwikota yeshumi leminyaka, imvumi yomculo we-jazz enomdla yayineenketho ezimbini-eMpuma okanye eNtshona? -Kwaye uninzi lwakhetha ukuya kunxweme lwePasifiki. Njengoko ndandiva enye imvumi opine: Ndacinga ukuba ndingafa yindlala okanye ndibambe ngumkhenkce eNew York, kodwa e-LA, ndingafa yindlala kuphela.

Kodwa indawo yejezi yoNxweme oluseNtshona-njengaleyo yaseKansas City naseChicago ngaphambi kwayo-ayikwazanga kubambelela kwitalente yayo yenkwenkwezi. Iimvumi ezaqala ukuzenzela igama eCalifornia-Brubeck, Mingus, Ornette Coleman, nabanye abaninzi-ekugqibeleni bafudukela eMantla mpuma. Abo bahlala ngasemva bahlala bezabalaza kwiigigs nakwiirekhodi zokuthengisa. Ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1960, iintsuku zobungangamsha zejazz yoNxweme oluseNtshona zazigqityiwe, kwaye iNew York yayiphinde yaba liziko lejazz elingenakuphikiswa.

Kutheni le nto iLos Angeles yabhanga? Ndibeka ityala kwishishini elilethe iimvumi eCalifornia kwasekuqaleni. Ishishini lemiboniso bhanyabhanya kudala lalawula ukonwatyiswa konxweme oluseNtshona. Xa unyanzelwe ukuba ukhethe phakathi kokuya kumnyhadala womculo obukhoma okanye ukuya kwimovie, iLos Angelenos ihlala ikhetha le yokugqibela. Ndizibonele ngokwam ngexesha lobutsha bam eLos Angeles. Abahlobo bam babengamakhoboka emiboniso bhanyabhanya — ndandide ndibenaye owayezama ukubona ifilimu eyahlukileyo yonke imihla evekini. Ukuqala kwam ukuya kwiiklabhu ze-jazz ze-LA kungekudala emva kokuzalwa kwam kwe-16th, ndafumana amaqabane ambalwa azimisele ukundijoyina, kwaye iindawo zasebusuku ngokwazo zazinqabile.

Umfazi wam, umdanisi kunye nomdwebi wokuhlala kwiNew York xa ndadibana naye, wothuka xa wafudukela eNtshona ngenxa yokhetho loluntu lokufota ngaphezulu kokonwaba. Ngubani onokukhetha izinto ezinamathanga ngaphezulu kokusebenza ngoku? Wamangaliswa, ngethoni yengcali yemeko yabantu ejongene nesiko lasekuhlaleni eliphazamisayo. Kodwa yile ethos California. Ngubani ke onokumangaliswa xa iiklabhu zejazz zase West Coast zigqibile ukuvalwa, ngelixa ezokulingana kwe East Coast zichuma?

Nanamhlanje, abantu baseNew York baxhasa ukonwatyiswa kwangoku: hayi iJazz kuphela kodwa yonke imidlalo yeqonga, umdaniso, umculo wasekamereni, ii symphony-uyayibiza loo nto. Kwaye abakhenkethi bongeza kubukhulu bendawo, bezimisele ukuthatha umboniso we-Broadway okanye ijezi esekwe Ilali yaseVanguard . Kwiminyaka yolonwabo, iManhattan ihlala izinikele ekubonakaliseni ubugcisa benyama negazi eqongeni. UNat King Cole udlala neokhestra yakhe yejazz kwinqanaba leApollo Theatre, eHarlem, eNew York ngoo-1950.Ifoto: ERIC SCHWAB / AFP / Getty Izithombe

Cngaba olu tshintsho? Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba imeko yejazz yaseNew York iyachuma kwizinto ezibolekiweyo. Kule meko, ishishini le-jazz alihlukanga kangako kwintengiso okanye eWall Street. Ewe, phantse wonke umdlali wejazz waseNew York utyando. Abanye abazalelwe eNew York bade babone imvelaphi yabo njengengathandekiyo. Xa uligorha lasekhaya elivela kwenye indawo, ukhala ngendalo enye iNew Yorker, unesiseko onokuhlala usiya ekhaya. Abantu baseNew York abanalo olo khetho.

Ukanti nabemi baseNew York bakuthathela ingqalelo ukufuduka xa iimeko zinzima kakhulu. Ukuba iimvumi ziye zathatha isigqibo sokuba iNew York ayifanelekanga-kwaye iimvumi endiye ndadibana nazo kweli nqaku zinikezela uluhlu olude lwee-hassles, ukusuka ekugcineni izixhobo ukuya ekufumaneni indawo yokuziqhelanisa-ezinye iidolophu zinokuvela njengeendawo ezikhethwayo. Kwaye ngokungafaniyo neebhanki zaseWall Street, abadlali bejazz banolwazelelelo kwiinguqu zokuphila kunye nomgangatho wobomi.

Andiyiboni imfuduko isenzeka nanini na kungekudala. IJazz isenokuba iya kwihlabathi jikelele, kodwa iimvumi zejazz zaseNew York azikholelwa ukuba nasiphi na esinye isixeko sinika amathuba namabhaso afanayo.

Ndiva ukuba umsebenzi wam awuyi kubakho kwenye indawo, i-trombonist UDavid Gibson uyandixelela. Ndidlala umculo neemvumi ezimangalisayo ezoyikisayo kwaye zikhuthaze rhoqo. Andinakuze ndihlangabezane nemiceli mngeni eyenziwa ngumculo waseNew York mihla le. Ndinethamsanqa lokudlala iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zomculo apha kwaye ndihlala ndifunda. Ndingaba yinxalenye yoluntu lwamagcisa akumgangatho ophezulu abathanda nababuhloniphayo ubugcisa babo… ISixeko saseNew York kuphela kwendawo endivumelayo ukuba ndibengu-100% ngokwam.

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UTed Gioia ubhala ngomculo, uncwadi, kunye nenkcubeko edumileyo . Incwadi yakhe yamva nje ngu Ungamamela njani kwiJazz .