演奏爵士乐时，并没有乐谱，你必须即兴发挥。有时你需要暂停下来，让别人领奏；有时你却要独领风骚。为了能在正确的时候做正确的事，你需要认真倾听乐队同伴的演奏，以便了解接下来怎么弹奏。所有出色的有创意的合作感觉应该都是相同的。要把你们的诸般技能像不同乐器一样组合在一起，即兴创作乐章，同时你自己要服从团队的目标，这样才可以演奏出伟大的作品。但要记住，多少个合作者一起演奏是最优的组合。有才华的乐手通过二重奏就可以即兴进行优美的表演，就像三重奏、四重奏一样。但是，如果把10个乐手聚在一起，无论每个人多么有天赋，除非他们能谨慎配合好，否则恐怕只会因为人太多了而效果不好。
In jazz, there’s no script: You have to figure things out as you go along. Sometimes you need to sit back and let others drive things; other times, you blare it out yourself. To do the right thing at the right moment you need to really listen to the people you’re playing with so that you can understand where they’re going. All great creative collaboration should feel the same way. Combining your different skills like different instruments, improvising creatively, and at the same time subordinating yourself to the goals of the group leads to playing great music together. But it’s important to keep in mind what number of collaborators will play well together: A talented duo can improvise beautifully, as can a trio or quartet. But gather ten musicians and no matter how talented they are, it’s probably going to be too many unless they’re carefully orchestrated.
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