The principal of the Brussels Conservatory of Music appeared at the door of Fu Tuo's backstage lounge, nodded to Fu Tuo very friendly, and spoke.

"Frederick Ross, you can just call me Rose."

"Fu Tune."

Fu Tiao nodded slightly at the principal, and after putting the last few sheets of music back in his package, he asked Rose.

"Principal Ross, do you have anything to do with me?"

"No, it's nothing, just come over and thank you."

Rose smiled, patted the side of his clothes, walked to the chair in the lounge, sat down with a little difficulty, then rubbed his back, and said helplessly: "Sorry, I have a little problem with my lumbar spine, I can't stand all the time, can you come and sit with me for a while?" ”

Fu Tiao looked at the packed package and Rose who was sitting there, thought about it, or sat down next to Rose, and said softly: "It can be, but is there anything wrong?" If it's okay, I'm going back to the hotel to rest......"

"It's not a problem......

Rose smiled, took out a concert ticket from his pocket, handed it to Fu Tuo, and spoke to him.

"This is an invitation to the Bonjour bar in Paris three days later, I heard you play jazz very well, and there happened to be a jazz exchange in that bar recently, or a concert? You can go and give it a try. ”

"Jazz Meetup?"

Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Principal Ross to actually hand him this item, and he didn't understand it for a while.

Why did you give him this? What's the use of this thing?

A concert in a bar?

Rose seemed to see Fu Xuan's incomprehension, he couldn't help blinking his eyes, and said with a smile: "Have you never participated in this kind of jazz exchange meeting before?" ”

"No ......"

Fu Tune shook his head, but after raising his head and thinking about it, he still hesitated: "I have been to a bar to play a little jazz before, but there should still be no systematic learning, basically my own thoughts on music." ”

"Wow, if that's true, then you're an absolute genius at jazz!" Rose's eyes lit up, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and then pointed to the ticket or invitation that was being placed in Fu Tiao's hand, and continued.

"This exchange meeting is actually an occasion for many people in the industry to exchange their recently written works, usually this kind of exchange will go to people are more ordinary, but this time it is different, this time there is a very powerful person in it, causing many bigwigs in the industry to go too, this exchange invitation has become very rare, even I, the director of the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels, only have one ticket."

He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and said to Fu while checking something.

"I don't know if you know each other, but this person is also known as the greatest genius in the entire jazz world, very strong, not very old, currently seems to be thirty or forty years old, I can't remember how old it is, and like you, she is also from East Asia."

"She?" Fu Tiao grabbed a key word and couldn't help asking, "Who is she?" ”

"Hiromi Ishihara, a new generation of jazz players in Toei, the winner of the 53rd Grammy Best Jazz Player, a completely indescribable style, you can tentatively identify her as the king of jazz fusion jazz, the strongest jazz trio pianist in history."

Rose handed his mobile phone to Fu Tuo, pointed to the information on it and said to Fu Tuo.

Rose's phone is not particularly luxurious, but rather a little old.

This is a smart phone from five or six years ago, the screen has cracks, and it is forcibly glued together by a protective film on the outside, but you can still see a lot of bad pixels, and even a little bit of touch failure.

However, the text above seems to be quite clear and acceptable.

Fu Tiao looked at this person's information little by little, and Ross introduced Fu Tiao from the side.

"In addition to her, there are also world-class bass master Anthony Jackson and jazz drum king Steven Smith, I won't talk about the reputation of these two, but these two people said in the interview that their cooperation with Hiromi Ishihara is very painful, because they dare not take it lightly, and their spirit cannot be slack."

"...... like this"

Fu Tune nodded and returned the phone to Rose.

As Ross said, the honor won by this Dongying Ishihara Hiromi may really be a little bit short of the god of jazz.

To use a similar example, Hiromi Ishihara's status in jazz may be a little higher than Lang Liangyue's status in classical music, a little closer to Argerich.

It's just that she is more controversial than Argerich, because she is keen to show off her skills, and the music she plays is extremely profound, and the things she plays may be extremely amazing to those who listen to jazz regularly, and a little unacceptable to ordinary people.

At the same time, she often uses some behaviors similar to Yan Yi when playing, looking a little crazy, even more crazy than Lang Liangyue, and Yan Yi's performance is more wild, which adds to the multiplicity of her international reputation.

Those who like it are more like, and those who hate them are equally more hateful.

After Ross took back his phone, he found a new page and handed it to Fu Tuo, and said to him.

"At the same time, she was invited to this exchange meeting, and many other jazz musicians from different musical instruments were invited, not only bass, drummers, but also saxophonists, violinists and the like, as well as some electronic music creators, and it was precisely because of the arrival of Hiromi Ishihara that the original relatively ordinary grade was brought to a higher level."

After that, Rose grinned at Fu Tuo, looked at Fu Tuo and said very seriously: "I think you should need this now, a little more exposure to newer music, and a little bit of completely different jazz will be good for your future." ”

"Then ...... Thanks a lot? Although Fu Tiao didn't understand why the principal suddenly came over to deliver something to him, he still thanked him: "When I go to Paris in a few days, I will definitely go there." ”

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you go or not, anyway, the invitation is given to you, you can do whatever you want, I just give you a message, a chance to step into their group of jazz musicians, you can do whatever you want."

Rose laughed and waved his hand casually: "Okay, if you want to study at our Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels in the future, you can contact me, I will definitely organize an admission exchange for you individually, Fu, I like your music very much, whether it is Chopin or jazz, you play it perfectly!" I love it! ”

He got up and rubbed his back, slowly walked to the door, turned to Fu and smiled, nodded and said: "Anyway, thank you for promoting the students of our school, although it is a pity that the students of our school wasted this opportunity, but I think she should be able to take advantage of this opportunity to grow a lot, so, I still want to thank you again, I wish you a smooth future performance career, oh yes, remember to be careful when you go to Paris." ”

"Thank you ......"

Principal Ross smiled and waved his hand at Fu Tuo, rubbed his back, and turned away without any hesitation.

Looking at the back of the principal leaving, Fu Tiao only understood what the principal was doing when he came over.

He just came to thank him for pulling the students of his school before, and in order not to owe him anything, he also decided to come and pull himself.

And the way he decided to pull himself in was to give himself an invitation to step into the current jazz circle.

The world's top jazz players gather in one place to exchange ideas and play their own jazz music.

It sounds very, very emotional.

And that Hiromi Ishihara.

Fu Tiao took out his mobile phone, searched for information about Hiromi Ishihara, and casually found a little of her video and watched it, and the most topped up on it was the first work, the album "Voice" released in 2011, voice.

Fu Tune thought about it, opened the first piece of this set of albums, and listened to it.

A few melancholy and sad chords flow out in the opening section, which don't seem to be complicated, and you don't even feel a lot of jazz, but a bit like classical?

Indeed, it is similar to the classical, and it is very similar to the classical feeling.

Fu Tiao looked at this person's resume and found that she really studied classical at the beginning, and only after entering the university did she gradually switch from classical to jazz, and then she became a blockbuster.

Fu Tune nodded thoughtfully, the direction of this chord is a bit interesting, he has never played like this before, I feel that the next time I play it, I can use it?

Fu Tiao kept this chord in his heart for the time being, and continued to listen to it towards the rear.

The chord chord, which represents the main theme, falls silent, and with a brief silence, a quick and continuous round of notes appears on the music.

Fu Diao's eyes couldn't help but widen.

This...... It's so much fun!

Obviously, it is just a single note of the wheel fingers, but the change of timbre changes so quickly, and the layers in the music have become extremely rich.

"This music?"

Fu Tiao listened and listened, and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and his eyes gradually lit up.

Under the colorful monophonic variation, the left hand bass part begins to play the main melody, which is not monotonous, but sounds extremely complex.

And it's getting more and more interesting and colorful.

With the addition of bass bass and drums, the music became more and more interesting.

Music is no longer confined to classical music chords, not only the rhythm has changed, but the use of various sevenths, ninths, elevens, thirteenths, and even fifteenths has become more complex.

Many sound effects that Fu had not heard before appeared in the man's hands.

Fu Tiao couldn't help but get up from the chair, and the corners of his mouth gradually rose.

He felt as if goosebumps were pouring out.

This music is so interesting, so interesting, is this modern jazz?

While listening to the music, Fu Tiao picked up his bag casually, put it on his shoulder, and walked towards the outside of the house, ready to walk towards his hotel.

It's really worthy of being recommended by Principal Ross, and this person's performance is really interesting.

Not only are the chords varied many times, but they are also extremely strong in terms of musical performance.

"This level, this music, it's kind of interesting......"

Fu Tiao walked out of the gate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels, stood at the door and looked at the stars overhead, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, smiled lightly, and then looked into the distance.

He didn't know which direction Paris was in, but he was really looking forward to it now.

Not just the concert in Paris, but also the jazz exchange in Paris.

According to Principal Ross's words, there should have been many, many people in the concert in Paris that he had never seen before, all of whom had special skills, and Hiromi Ishihara was the most powerful of them, and the others were not much worse than her.

Everything seems to be getting a lot more interesting.

Merely......

Fu tightened his backpack and couldn't help but shiver.

It's just that now no matter what, let's go back to the hotel and sleep first, now the weather in Europe feels colder and colder, and any breath can turn into mist, and the temperature on the surface of the body is getting lower and lower.

It feels like I might need to buy a little new clothes to wear recently.

Fu Tiao's mind didn't know why, and suddenly remembered that kind of black long down jacket, which was the kind of down jacket that was so long that it could wrap a person in it.

It seems that he often wore this during a certain exam before, wearing this to sleep directly in the piano room, not caring if the clothes will get dirty, and keeping warm, almost everyone in the school wears it like this, and even someone in the school will issue a black down jacket with a school medal.

"Do you want to buy a down jacket when you go back? Or do you want to learn from the people in Germany and get a set of jackets to wear? ”

Fu Tiao muttered quietly while listening to the music, walking in the direction of the hotel, he was going to rest for a day or two, and then go directly to Paris to see how this city, which everyone calls the capital of art and romance, is like.

……

At the same time, France Paris.

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A Boeing 777 docked in the airport building, taxied for more than ten minutes, and finally stopped at the terminal, He Shen rubbed his shoulders, walked out of the boarding gate with a bitter face, turned his head to look at the crowd that was pouring out, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but complain to the girl next to him.

"No, doesn't this mean the noblest romantic airline in France? Why is your transcontinental flight so bad, the seats are small, what are the in-flight meals on the plane, are you sure it's not Italian food? Two choices, one with creamy mushroom pasta and the other with Indian masala, a French meal with French characteristics? Just give us a champagne? ”

"You're in economy class, of course the food is not good, if you are in business class or first class, of course there are good things to eat!"

Zhao Zitong wore a pair of sunglasses, looked at everything around curiously, listened to He Shen's words and couldn't help laughing, and joked at him: "I asked you to buy business class, but you refused to buy it, saying that you want to save money or something, I said that you don't need to spend money, I will give you business class, you still don't agree, and now you regret it, right?" I'll tell you how good I ate in business class! ”

"You! I! ”

He Shen looked at Zhao Zitong on the side, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he couldn't help but lower his head and said dejectedly: "Your father is the principal of Jiangzhou Art Academy, and I am just an ordinary professor, how can I have any money......

"That's why I said I'll send you! A little money, it's fine. ”

"How can I make you pay for it? Am I not going to eat soft rice? He Shen said righteously: "I must buy this ticket myself!" ”

"Huh? But the house you live in in the beautiful country now is what I bought, and I am your landlord~"

"I, I, I...... I paid the rent......" He Shen's words gradually weakened.

"Are you sure, your rent is not worthy of the market price~"

"I, I still cook for you every day, and I pay for groceries......" He Shen's tone was a little lower, and he felt as if he couldn't find any point to refute.

Zhao Zitong immediately heard He Shen's depression, and couldn't help poking He Shen, then hooked his arm, leaned on his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm playing with you, don't be too entangled, you are a professor at the Manhattan School of Music, how can you say that you eat soft rice." ”

"I ......"

He Shen's eyes drifted to the side, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, involuntarily moved away, and changed the topic: "Forget it, let's go to the hotel I set for first, Fu Diao's concert tickets are not easy to get, especially the tickets for this Paris venue, I found several friends to find this ticket." ”

"Fu Tiao, but you're a student, didn't you get a ticket even so?"

"He's my student, so it's hard for me to find him, and I'm a teacher who has worked so hard to find tickets for student concerts."

He Shen shook his head and walked outside with Zhao Zitong, and the two quickly walked to the taxi stop near the airport, and after making a call to the hotel, they sat there and waited for the hotel's car.

"But then again, in addition to Fu tunes, there was a particularly powerful concert ticket in Paris recently, which was a jazz exchange at the Bonjour bar, I remember you don't really like to listen to jazz?"

He Shen hugged Zhao Zitong and looked at the cars in front of him, and said casually: "My colleague said that Kapustin is also going to come to this exchange, this old man is over seventy, and his body is still so tough, it is really rare, not only him, Ishihara Hiromi will actually come, I feel that this music exchange will be very beautiful." ”

Hiromi Ishihara is Hiromi Uehara, the jazz pianist of the Tokyo Olympics

I flipped through her album while writing this chapter and goosebumps were up.

And Kapustin was still alive in 2015, and I always felt like he was a man of the last century, but I didn't expect to die in 2020, the top master in the history of jazz.

As for the Bonjour bar, I made it up

(End of chapter)