“变脸”是最近十几年来经常出现在舞台上的表演。原先大概是街头卖艺人的手艺，就是脸上蒙几层画布，用橡皮筋拴着，一抖就换掉一层布。这些年这个手艺进了大剧院，表演的行头比以往的档次高了许多，可以变好多层了。还听说有艺人把这不传外人的绝活传给了外国来的子弟。但是这次在达拉斯SMU的表演是有史以来第一次用爵士乐伴奏。

这并不是他们事先想好要来点新招数。听众大多是华人，没这个必要。原因是他们从中国带来的民乐伴音盘在这里不好用。中国的都是新设备，从来没遇到唱片会不好使唤。但这所大学的大礼堂上百年历史了，不认识这种制式。事先谁也没想到会有这事，没试一试。这会儿演员上台了，背朝观众，好几分钟，就在那儿站着。晓辉当时是舞台监督，急得一头汗，从一堆唱片中扒拉着找个曲子，最后找到一个爵士乐带子，就凑合着放吧。那演员听到音乐，知道什么地方出来差错，也就只好闻歌起舞。

这么着就成了历史上第一次爵士伴奏的变脸表演。

Traditionally this performance is always done with a piece of Chinese music. But this time, it was accompanied by Jazz. It's not because it was planned to use Jazz but the music files brought to the theater by the Chinese performers do not work with the old styled sound equipment. So my friend Max Song, as the stage manager, asked the technicians to find just any piece of music that's not too strong or not too soft. They found this piece of Jazz. The actor was waiting on the stage for minutes, facing back, and when the music came, even though not the one he was expecting, he figured out something must gone wrong, and he started his part.

So this is the first performance of this kind accompanied by Jazz in the history.