Fusion is Inside of Yourself: Nguy??n L? & Sizhukong’s Global Fusion Jazz
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Chao, Yen-Ting
Abstract
In the development of jazz, the musicians, in order to broaden their jazz expressionism, constantly draw materials from other musical genres and cultures, and has made the contemporary jazz scene presenting its various appearances. Such phenomenon, resulting in ‘Fusion,’ arose many discussions. The previous discourses mostly focused on Fusion’s ‘authenticity’ and ’commercialism’ issues involved, few focused on its demanding technique in reality. However, different types of jazz fusion project inevitably bring about different technical challenges that either the composers or the individual performers ought to cope with. The paper points out that the ones who deal with disparate cultures, undertaking the music termed ‘global fusion jazz,’ must be aware of the incongruous concept toward ‘improvisation’ held in different traditions which calls for negotiation and adjustment in order to balance the differences. This paper takes the Vietnamese- French guitarist Nguyễn Lê and The Taiwanese experimental jazz band ‘Sizhukong’ as examples, exploring their encountering challenges and the coping methods, respectively from the composer’s and the traditional instrumentalists’ perspective. Basing on the observations, the paper argues that jazz is in its nature with high potential to be hybrid and the commonality of jazz seems hard to exsist in the external features within an creative object; rather, in the creative act in which an experimental spirit retains innovation and individuality.
Subjects
Jazz
Fusion
Global Fusion Jazz
Improvisation
Type
thesis
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