Chapter 81: Ready for Battle
It's not far from the jazz bar where Fu Tiao stayed before, and it's only a few minutes walk down the stairs.
Broz didn't choose to drive, and the location in the city center is actually far less efficient than walking.
So after packing up some luggage and putting it neatly, the two of them walked directly to the bar.
It's not the time for this bar to be at its most popular, after all, everyone is still having dinner.
But there was already a long queue at the door of the bar, and countless people were standing at the door of the bar, waiting to enter.
Fu Tiao was a little puzzled for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed when he looked at the surrounding environment.
Obviously, there weren't so many people in this place a few months ago, and even when he left before, it wasn't so hot.
Why ...... now?
So many people? So much so that it was difficult for him to even enter?
Looking at the queue at the door, at least you need to wait for ten minutes or even half an hour to have a chance to enter.
Brotz seemed to see Fu Diao's doubts, so he directly pulled Fu Diao to the side, looked at the people who were queuing up to enter in turn, and said with a smile.
"How? How do you feel about the sin you committed half a year ago? ”
"This ...... Is it because of me? Fu Tiao was stunned, looking at this bar, he didn't expect such a reason at all, and then couldn't help but be suspicious.
"But I'm not leaving? I've been gone for half a year. ”
"Nonsense, of course you're leaving, but it's impossible for the crowd you brought with you to go directly with you."
Brotz rubbed his hands, exhaled a breath of cold air, and continued to Fu Tuo: "Do you remember when I told you that your reputation was heard even by me who lives in the suburbs? ”
"Well, I remember, but I remember you telling me that you don't like drinking with this group in this tavern, and that you prefer the one on your own doorstep."
"Yes, but I'm me, I don't like this place because it's an urban area, if I want to get here from home, I need to drive more than half an hour or even an hour, and I go out for a drink, in the tavern I'm most used to, maybe only a few minutes away."
Brotz looked at the crowd slowly moving in front of him and shrugged his shoulders: "I don't like to come over to drink, and I happened to be on the way with you today, but ...... I'm me, others are other people, they don't have to! ”
"Although everyone prefers to rely on their own home closer to the bar, but there is no way to deny it, people still prefer to be lively, there is a particularly hot business in their own home, they have been to drink a few times, the taste is also good, and there are almost not many people downstairs in their own house, only two or three fixed, do not like the lively old man sitting in that place to drink and read the newspaper, they will definitely be more willing to go a little more, the taste is also good bar."
Brotz pointed to the bar sign in front of the two people, and said with a smile: "It's the one you brought the fire before, although you are gone, but because the guests you came over have not been completely lost, there are many people who choose to stay and drink, and the owner of this place has more money, so he invited some more professional jazz players to come over to play, or stay." ”
"Over time...... The place became a very famous jazz concert hall and even attracted some famous jazz players to play. ”
Brotz raised his hand, frowned, and counted: "As far as I remember, there seems to be Gregory Porter, Wolfram Knauer, Grzegorz Karnas, ......"
These names are not clear, after all, his focus on jazz is more on himself than on other virtuosos.
For him, it is enough to play his jazz well and let his jazz be able to express everything he wants to express.
As for the rest of the jazz players......
It's good to listen to it, although their playing methods may be newer, but some of their expressions in jazz music are not as good as their own.
At the very least, when Fu Tune was idle before, he looked through the recordings of some of the more popular jazz players, and heard that.
The two soon followed the crowd into the bar, which was clearly more luxurious than the previous one, and the people in it were more indulgent.
The never-before-seen jazz pianist on stage was racing the scales and building his own improvised music.
And in the center of the stage, there is still a group of people swaying their bodies casually to the music.
It's a lot like a nightclub, except it's not as crazy as a nightclub, and everyone is restrained.
After all, this place is a jazz bar, and everyone comes here to listen to jazz music.
Fu Tiao led the two of them to the bar and sat down, and said to the bar.
"A glass of mineral water, ungasped, and ...... Mr. Broz, what do you want? ”
"Me? I want a beer, huh...... Just beer is enough. ”
"Good! A glass of beer, a glass of mineral water......" The bartender wiped the glass in the bar, shouted to the backstage who didn't know who, then put the cup down himself, poured his beer for Brotz first, handed it to him, then bowed under the counter, took out a bottle of mineral water, poured it for Fu Tuo, and pushed it in front of him.
The bartender picked up a new cup and wiped it unconsciously in that place, complaining casually to Fu Tiao.
"Tsk, I didn't expect anyone to come to the bar to drink mineral water, this is the second one I've seen, the last one to drink mineral water in the bar, directly set our whole bar on fire, oh yes, mineral water 10 zlotys, beer 20 zlotys."
"No." Fu Tiao flipped out 30 zlotys and handed it to the bartender, adding: "But you are wrong, I should not be the second one you have seen, to be precise, I should be the first one you have seen." ”
"The first one?"
The bartender was stunned, his hand wiping the glass suddenly stopped, he raised his gaze to look at Fu Tuo, blinked, looked at the photo wall behind him, looked at the photo with Argerich, and looked back at Fu Tuo, who was looking at him with a gentle smile, and was startled.
"Dio Fu! Wait, is that you? Tutor! Are you back in Poland? You...... Oh yes! Chopin International Piano Competition, I remember you said! You participated in the Chopin International Piano Competition! ”
"Hmm." Fu Tune smiled, took a sip of the mineral water in the cup, and looked at the jazz musician who was playing on the stage, with a trace of curiosity in his eyes.
"This man is ......"
The bartender leaned forward, approached Fu Tiao's side, looked at the one who was playing on the stage, and couldn't help but smile: "This person, this person is not from Warsaw, he is a jazz player from Germany, Nicolas lang, from a small city near Munich, he plays very well, and he can be regarded as one of the pillars of our side at present." ”
Fu Tiao looked at the man and didn't say much, but asked, "Hmm...... What about the previous ones? ”
"Those from before? You mean...... The bandmates who were with you before? ”
"Well, that's them."
"They......" The bartender shrugged his shoulders brainlessly, looked at the performance on the stage and sighed, "They retreated on their own." ”
Fu was puzzled: "I ...... Withdrawn? ”
The bartender nodded without surprise: "Yes, I left our bar, because there are more and more people coming, and there are more and more people coming to watch them play, and when there were few people before, it was relatively open, after all, even if the performance failed, there was no problem, but now that there are more people, they begin to have pressure, especially when they watch the people who were brought by Dior gradually leave, the pressure in their hearts explodes directly." ”
"Pressure......" Fu Tuo suddenly understood.
The bartender didn't notice Fu Tiao's expression, but continued: "This situation continues, and finally one day, around May, the members of their band came over to talk to our boss and wanted to leave, at first the boss thought they wanted to increase their salary, but after talking for a long time, they realized that they really wanted to leave, and the pressure in their hearts was too great, hoping that the boss could start looking for a new person." ”
"I didn't understand it at first, but then I listened to them themselves and roughly understood their thoughts, if they were like that at the beginning, they might be able to continue playing, after all, many of the people who attracted them should be their fans, but Dior, you came, and now they play a lot of people are your Dior fans, many people come because of you, but they don't necessarily go because of you, it's very likely because of them."
"The huge stage with the performances that don't match the strength, and the gradual loss of guests......"
"Although the turnover has increased a lot compared to before, and the tips they receive every day are higher, they can't accept this kind of scene of watching regular customers never come back every day, so they finally decide to give up on themselves and leave directly when a new person comes."
"Later, as you can see in front of you, from the jazz band to the pianist, all of them finally succeeded in changing blood and became what they are today."
The bartender said very sorry.
He had worked with the band before him for a long time, and both of them knew each other well, but after learning that the band had finally decided to give up his position and go to another small jazz bar, he felt uncomfortable for a long time.
But when the new band arrived, his mood immediately changed.
The new band played much better than the previous one, brought in many of the previous guests, and even directly launched their side of the fame.
They no longer want to boast about themselves with the place where a jazz pianist who was all the rage in Warsaw once played, but where a jazz musician who is all the rage in Warsaw now plays.
Fu Tune listened to the bartender and didn't say much, everyone has their own choice.
When he was about to leave, the man told him that he felt that it might be difficult for him to hold up the field that Fu had transferred to him.
Now, it seems, it is.
But it's a good thing, they at least have witnessed and experienced such a big field, they know what such a field needs, and they can move in the direction of this kind of big jazz bar band.
Fu Tiao couldn't help but smile and took another sip of mineral water.
Brodz on the side sat honestly drinking beer and looked at the people around him with a little curiosity.
He'd only heard it before and had never been here.
The performance on the stage suddenly stopped, and the Nicholas Lang stood on the stage and looked at the crowd, and pretended to speak mysteriously.
"Everyone, today's jazz experience is about to start again! The rules are the same as before, we let you come up and play on the piano casually, and we will help you make a jazz piece and experience the thrill of a jazz player! Who's ...... Want to join? ”
Wow!
The whole bar exploded, and everyone quickly raised their hands, hoping that Nicholas Lang would be able to order them.
Brotz couldn't help but feel a little amused when he looked at the situation, and poked Fu Tune with his elbow.
"Hey, Dior, can you do that in this case? Even if I play whatever note, you can help me make jazz music? ”
Fu Tiao thought about it and didn't hesitate: "It should be possible." ”
"Oh? How? Tell me about it? ”
The bartender listened to the conversation between the two, and couldn't help but lean his body towards Fu Tuo as well, wanting to hear a little cheats.
Looking at the two people around him, Fu Tiao was a little helpless, thought for a while, and said in more professional words.
"To put it simply, jazz is more inclusive, no matter what note you play, it may sound like jazz, after all, there are often 9, 11, and 13 chords in jazz, and these chords basically include every note within an octave."
"For example, the simplest C major 7th chord, CEGB, plus nine notes, is CEGBD, plus eleven, thirteen, fifteen, you will find that CEGBDFA, all the notes are in it, and you even press CDE, it is a very harmonious existence."
"Of course, you ask about the variations, and the variations are actually very simple, because there are no simple thirds, majors, and ninth chords in the piano chords, and you can encounter minor chords, increasing chords, and decreasing chords, and these chords also contain all the notes."
"So if you look at the music played by the person next to you, understand it quickly enough, and then reflect that on the piano, you can play any single note with that person, and you can add the chords."
"The kind of person who doesn't understand music, the more he likes to press it simply and casually, the easier it is to follow, and you can even take him with his own rhythm, but if you change to the kind of person who has learned a little bit of music, and will engage in some strange rhythms, let them go up, it will be more difficult to follow, after all, you don't know what strange operations they will do."
Brotz and the bartender glanced at each other.
Although I couldn't understand what Fu Tuo was saying, it sounded so powerful.
The bartender immediately asked, "So if you were to go up now, and let you go up and play with him, what would you be able to play?" Will you be able to run away with him? ”
"Take him for a run?" Fu Tuo thought about it, not understanding what the bartender meant.
The bartender immediately explained: "That is to say, he is not playing with those who have not studied the piano very easily, so can you give your playing through his chords, from him running with you to you running with him?" ”
"This ......"
Fu Tiao didn't expect the bartender to ask this, and he suddenly hesitated a little.
"If you really want to do it, you can actually do it, after all, no matter what kind of music, the accompaniment is not the most important, the most important thing is the main melody, I can change the main melody I gave, let his accompaniment play according to my ideas, but ......"
"But what?" The bartender asked excitedly.
Fu Tiao looked at the excited bar, pointed to the person who was playing on the stage, and smiled helplessly: "But I have no grievances with him, I don't need to dismantle his stage." ”
"Hey, how can this be considered a demolition? You have to know that this venue is your venue, and now you are just getting your place back! Up, up, up! him! Come on Dior! I'm optimistic about you! Let's go! ”
The bartender looked at Fu Diao and the jazz musician playing on the stage, and couldn't help but be even more excited, and flickered Fu Diao to go up directly to dismantle the person's stage on the stage, so that the person couldn't get off the stage.
After all, this is a bar, and it's a jazz bar.
Jazz is all about straightness, I can't get used to you, I just want to use music to scare you, use music technology to crush you.
Unlike those raps, which also belong to black music, rap is more verbally aggressive, while jazz is more of a musical attack.
Just like Fu was on the boat before.
But Fu Tiao looked at the man, thought about it, and finally shook his head slightly.
He has always had a principle, that is, if people don't offend me, I won't offend people, even if the piano on the ship was like that before.
People are working hard, and there is no need for them to make people unable to come to the stage.
And your time is precious.
I came to this jazz bar today more because I had been holding back when I was in Haicheng before, except for playing a little jazz in the jazz and pop music performance class, I was practicing classical at other times.
Now that I'm finally in Warsaw, my first choice is to relax in one of these jazz bars.
Fu Tune leaned back on the bar so easily, watching Nicholas playing jazz in the distance, casually swaying his body to his rhythm.
That man's skills are not bad, even on the ship, he can be regarded as one of the more powerful people.
Of course, it was a little worse than the previous one, who provoked himself on the ship.
The bartender behind him looked at Fu Diao, his expression extremely resentful.
Looking at Fu Tune like this, today's excitement should be gone.
But it doesn't matter, since Fu Tune has returned, this bar will definitely be even more lively.
After all...... This bar is Fu Tune with the fire.
Fu Tiao, not knowing the bartender's thoughts, raised the cup, and there was still the last sip of mineral water left in the cup.
He held the cup to Brotz next to him and smiled gently.
"Mr. Brotz."
"Huh? What's wrong? Broz turned his head.
"Thank you for the help you gave me, I will definitely get a high enough grade, thank you."
When the words fell, Fu Tiao drank all the mineral water in the cup, nodded slightly to the bartender behind him, and said with a smile: "Go back and talk to the boss, just say I'm back." ”
"Okay! Monsieur Dior! The bartender's eyes lit up and he asked expectantly, "Is it still the time before?" ”
"No, I still need to practice recently, wait for me to let you know, I'll let you know in advance!"
"Okay! Dior, I'll tell the boss, I'm waiting for your head-on confrontation with Nicholas. ”
Fu picked up his clothes, waved at the bartender, and turned to leave.
Brotz helplessly looked at the beer that was still half of his cup, and then looked at the cup that Fu Tuo had already drunk, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Who toasts beer with mineral water?"
With that, he drank half of the beer, burped hard, and then left as well.
It's just a matter of waiting for the game to begin.
(End of chapter)