♦ 8/29 林煒盛:爵士吉他心法

爵士吉他一向被視為吉他演奏者的一大難題,主要原因是其背後牽涉的和聲理論複雜,而且真正原汁原味的爵士吉他演奏包含了大量的即興演奏,也許很多吉他演奏者可以花很多時間苦練死背一首需要高超技巧的演奏曲,只要花上時間苦練,往往能得到相對的回報。但是將同樣的概念套在爵士吉他上面,花上大量的時間苦練,跟最後能不能真的會彈爵士吉他不一定能畫上等號。因為中間牽涉大量的腦部運作即興演奏的過程,如果耳朵沒有真正打開的話,大量時間的苦練很可能是徒勞無功的。

本講座由在紐約長達十五年從事職業樂手的林煒盛主講,主題將介紹爵士吉他的風格,以及學會爵士吉他到底需要知道哪些東西?

➡講座大綱:
  • 爵士吉他風格介紹
  • 即興演奏的想法及元素
➡適合對象:
  • 吉他手(不限風格, 即興演奏音樂相關皆可,如搖滾、藍調、流行等等)
  • 爵士樂學習者(不限於吉他)
  • 音樂創作者
➡講座時間:

8/29(六)下午14:00 – 16:00(下午13:30開始入場)

➡講師介紹:

吉他/低音提琴演奏家林煒盛出生於台灣台南市,台灣大學哲學系畢業,退伍後赴美國攻讀爵士低音提琴碩士,2002獲得紐約州立大學(Purchase college,
State Univ. of NY)音樂碩士學位(master of music),畢業後在紐約展開低音提琴職業演奏生涯,為目前極少數在紐約從事全職樂手的台灣人。

林煒盛在紐約曾與許多知名的爵士樂手合作,包括Ralph Lalama、Bill Mays、Bob Dorough、Joe Cohn、Bobby Porcelli、T.S. Monk、Lewis Nash、Eddie
Bert等等;演奏地點遍及美國東岸各大爵士樂俱樂部如Blue Note、Birdland、Iridium、Lenox Lounge、Cleopatra’s Needle、Small’s, Deer Head Inn等。

林煒盛並曾受國際主流爵士媒體All About Jazz New York青睞予以報導,2006年10月由名樂評Donald Elfman為其個人專輯”Gone With the Wind”撰寫樂評並給予佳評,而All About Jazz更曾於2007年7月選擇他為當月值得聆聽人物(Listen Up!)之一。

2014年, 因為兩年前在臺灣救援的老狗林熊寶年事已高,行動不便, 決定結束紐約職業樂手生涯搬回台灣照顧老犬,除了在臺灣從事動保志工之外, ,仍然繼續在臺灣從事繁忙的職業樂手工作至今 。

Bassist /guitarist WeiSheng Lin was born in Tainan, Taiwan . He began to study double bass at the second year of college . After one year , he was playing professionally with local musicians in Taipei .

In 1999 , WeiShengmoved to New York to pursue graduate studies at State University of New York ,Purchase College . While in school ,he studied with Todd Coolman and Dennis Irwin .

WeiShnegfinished his graduate studies in 2002 .Since then , he has been very active in New York jazz scene . He has played in many New York jazz clubs , such asBlue Note ,Birdland , Iridium ,Lenox Lounge , Cleopatra’s Needle , Small’s ,etc . He has performed with Jon Faddis , Bill Mays , Ralph Lalama , Don Sickler , Bob Dorough , Joe Cohn ,Bobby Porcelli, Grant Stewart T’S Monk ,Lewis Nash ,Eddie Bert ,Doug Munro,etc.

In 2006 , WeiSheng’s debut album “Gone With the Wind” was highly acclaimed byAll About Jazz’s music critic Donald Elfman .Also, in July of 2007 ,All About Jazz picked WeiSheng Lin as 2 of the “listen up” musicians of the month .

For thelast few years , WeiSheng has been involved in Animal rescue scene in Taiwan ,especially for dogs . In 2014, WeiSheng decided to move back to Taiwanto take care of the senior dog “Shiung Bao”,who he has rescued years ago .While spending a lot of time volunteering in animal rescue scene, he still maintains his busy schedule as a professional musician .