High Life

品 80 #11 2017 年 8 月 “It was normal to be selftaught, it’s our tradition,” Pilc recalled. “And when I started to teach, I didn’t know if I could teach anything. Then I found a way to convince my student – I wouldn’t call myself a teacher but more like a coach. All I can do is play to them, listen to them playing and suggest, ‘Oh maybe you could do this’ or ‘have you tried that?’ “Just go home and play. Record yourself, try to find what’s wrong. It’s like a tree – you don’t know how, but it grows by itself. “For me, jazz means freedom. It’s something I feel and try to play along. This is a chance to be at large.”