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You'll Hear It

Peter Martin & Adam Maness

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A podcast about jazz - how to listen, play, practice, and enjoy. Listen for a combo of advice, insights, and occasional humor from pianists Peter Martin and Adam Maness. A podcast from Open Studio https://www.openstudiojazz.com
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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

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The LJS Podcast is the podcast where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories and advice for becoming a better jazz musician! Hosting the show is the jazz musician behind learnjazzstandards.com, author, and entrepreneur Brent Vaartstra, who’s one goal is to answer any question about playing jazz music you may have. Jazz can be a challenging music to learn and play, but it doesn’t have to be so hard. Each episode features a specific musical challenge that jazz students may come across, w ...
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Self Management for Musicians-by Mike del Ferro

Mike del Ferro - Pianist & World Traveler

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Created by International Award winning Pianist & World Traveler Mike del Ferro; his highly successful clinic"Self-management and Networking for Musicians" (in any genre). Short episodes with great advice. "As long as you don't have a Manager, you need to manage yourself, develop your Networking skills and be well organized". Mike has been coaching thousands of Musicians already with great results. For private online Sessions, Monthly free Q&A sessions, Questions and Requests for Topics, send ...
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Soundboard

Steinway & Sons

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Soundboard features conversations on artistry and craftsmanship between Ben Finane, Editor in Chief at Steinway & Sons, and distinguished pianists, musicians, artists, and creatives. Soundboard seeks out inspiration, hones in on the creative process, parses influences, and attempts to diagnose artistic greatness.
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The Dr. Jazz Podcast

Nathan Holaway (Dr. Jazz)

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The Dr. Jazz Podcast is not for the faint of heart. All kidding aside – This is just me spinning some of my favorite jazz tracks and sharing them with you. Check it out - - - it'll make ya feel better!
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Welcome to the Jazz Tutorial podcast with Julian Bradley. Topics include: Jazz piano lessons Jazz theory lessons Jazz piano chord voicings Jazz improvisation Jazz scales Jazz piano chord progressions Beginner Jazz piano lessons Tritone substitution Julian Bradley is a Jazz pianist and teacher from the U.K. He has a masters degree in music, and loves sharing his passion for Jazz piano through online lessons.
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Welcome to Piano Meditations Podcast by Blake Rowe. For the past six years (with occasional breaks), Wednesday nights have been devoted to creating freely improvised music for about 45 minutes. Known melodies may come to mind and may be explored, but the pieces are primarily “spontaneously composed”. The music tends to follow an arc from introspective to energetic and back again. The first few notes become a motif to be explored; sometimes a piece is more structured and and other times more ...
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The Mike del Ferro - Podcast

Mike del Ferro - Pianist & World Traveler

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Created by International Award winning Pianist and World Traveler Mike del Ferro, who played with Jazz legends like Toots Thielemans, Randy Brecker, Jack DeJohnette, Branford Marsalis and many others Mike is a world-renowned pianist and musical adventurer who has spent his life exploring the globe and immersing himself in different cultures. His passion for music has taken him to over a 100 countries, where he has absorbed the local sounds and incorporated them into his own unique style. Wit ...
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The Carolina Shout is a podcast about ragtime, New Orleans jazz, Harlem stride piano, and swing. Ethan Uslan is the pianist and host who performs live from his living room and offers up fun commentary and stories about the music. Each episode is a short informal private concert just for you, with occasional special guests and experts. So if you are interested in a podcast about rip-roarin American piano music that’s funny, quirky, a little educational but not too much, here it is!
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A jazz podcast that explores jazz music from all of its many perspectives. Hosted by Howard Robertson, Chuck O’Bannon and Deborah Swiney. These three jazz aficionados talk about that classic African American art form called jazz.
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1.A virtual band comprised of talented musicians from planet Earth that have found a common groove and freedom to create in the jazz-funk/fusion scene. 2.Jazz musicians that collaborate in the virtual realm by sending recorded wave files through cyberspace via the internet to develop infectious instrumental compositions. Official web site at www.funkdawgs.com
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SCHOOL OF JAZZ

ROBIN HOOD RADIO

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A Weekly journey of classic jazz as curated by the show host Jonathan Horwich. International Phonograph, Inc., is a small independent label that specializes in jazz. The company ... piano playing." - Jonathan Horwich Producer & Engineer
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Piano Improvisations by Curt Siffert - unless otherwise noted, all pieces are made up on the spot starting when the record button is pressed. These pieces are more about exploring the creative process than about producing finished, polished works. However, some material will undoubtedly be reworked into finished pieces for future projects. All pieces released under a Creative Commons license - by-nc-sa 3.0. In other words, they are not to be used for commercial purposes, but can be used/adap ...
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The Musical Ear podcast teaches you how to play music by ear. Topics include: interval ear training. Ear training exercises. Interval ear training. Chord progression ear training. Common melodic shapes. Common chord progressions. How to transcribe bass lines. Music theory lessons. Ear training for piano. How to play piano by ear. And how to play songs by ear. Julian Bradley is a Jazz piano teacher from the UK with a passion for music theory.
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JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST.
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Extended Techniques

Erlena Dlu and Alotro Lado

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Extended Techniques is a podcast about contemporary music that features deeply researched stories about lives, philosophies and creative work of the most inspiring musicians of our time.
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In conversations with his musical collaborators and friends, Chick reveals insights into his music universe. From the tour buses and airports to the recording studios and backstage. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the details of the creative process from the legends of jazz. "These podcasts introduce a topic that's very exciting to me: giving a helping hand to other musicians." —Chick
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In "Let's Talk Piano," we are going to have fun talking about many interesting topics as you continue in your piano adventures. A lot of the topics will be based on questions asked over the years by ambitious and not-so-ambitious students of piano all over the world. There will also be episodes that will include actual playing and discussions as well. You will be able to contribute your ideas and thoughts through social media by going to: Facebook: https://facebook.com/easypiano Twitter: htt ...
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The Jazz Treasury Podcast is devoted to exhibiting the best of jazz history in the format of an auditory tour of America’s richest indigenous music. Bi-weekly a different aspect of jazz will be presented. It may be a portrait of a musician such as Duke Ellington or John Coltrane. It could be a specific instrument like the bass or trumpet. We may visit a jazz city like Chicago or New Orleans. Other exhibits will focus on genera such as bebop or swing. Your curator and tour guide, Rich Sylvest ...
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Welcome to KwoMusic.com's Daily Music Inspirational Podcast - Nature. We will be posting a nature oriented new inspirational music track by Paul Kwo here every day for a year along with a short quote to get everyone started everyday. We will be starting on January 1, 2010 at 9am GMT0 time in the morning (US Eastern time at 4am and Pacific time at 1am). We look forward to sharing our music with you. Thanks for listening!
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Courtney Pine Global (CPG) is an exciting non-stop music playlist of the best new jazz releases dropping globally. From swing, smooth-jazz and latin-jazz to fusion, rock and global beats, Courtney picks a cool mix of new and well-known artists for you to work, rest and play to! Easy listening vocals, soulful bop, experimental vibes. Refreshingly new jazz. Funk, World and Hiphop lovers will enjoy these grooves too! A Jazz-pod Production - www.jazz-pod.com
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Join music educator and guitarist, Brian Jump, as he explores music history, education, and technology. Jump earned a bachelor’s degree in guitar performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in music technology from Duquesne University. He teaches a wide range of classes at Community College of Allegheny County including Music Technology, Music History, Class Piano, and History of Jazz. In addition to teaching, Brian performs regularly as a professional pop, clas ...
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Join your hosts Robert Estrin and Mike Wood as they discuss everything and anything piano. This podcast covers a wide range of topics from piano lessons and techniques, general music questions, music theory, and insights into the piano industry featuring interviews with musicians as well as luminaries in the piano world. Robert is a concert pianist and Mike is his producer. Together they created the company Living Pianos which sells restored pianos all over the world. They have produced hund ...
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Mission: Commission

Miller Theatre at Columbia University

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Demystifying the process of how classical music gets made, each season we follow three composers as they create vibrant new works of music. From Columbia University's Miller Theatre. Hosted by Melissa Smey.
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A companion to the Vancouver jazz blog Rhythm Changes, the RCP is a home for creative, improvising, local music people. In this guest-driven interview show, host Will Chernoff is your guide to the people and projects of our scene. Keep up with the community, discover new artists, and catch busy musicians as they reflect on interesting times.
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I produce music that incorporates impressionistic, modernist, minimalistic, jazz, and rock elements that, for the most part, is suitable as relaxing, pensive background music. You can find my greater body of work on my YouTube, which you can find by searching for my name, there ("PJ Cornell"). I try to update this podcast weekly, but if you want access to my broader body of work as an improvisatory musician, please follow me on my social media.
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Zenith

Stephanie Zenith

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Zenith, Stephanie Zenith, was born in Washington, DC but grew up all over the world. Her childhood included places such as southern Virginia, northern Michigan, the Philippines, and South Korea. Stephanie's jazz-drummer father started her in piano lessons at age 6. From that beginning, her interests have spread to many different aspects of music. Classical piano; talent shows; choirs; singing in musicals; tenor saxophone; choreography; and DJing her college radio station are some of the many ...
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Music Musing is a podcast where we talk about music. How it influenced you, how it makes you feel, what it has done for your life. We are always looking for those in the music industry to come on and talk about those experiences. If you have show ideas or just want to share your ideas on one of our topics, reach out to us at musicmusingfeedback@gmail.com
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It's time to discover, learn, and play jazz piano with Andy LaViolette. Andy LaViolette is a musician and filmmaker who has co-owned his company, Mr. Magic Carpet Ride Productions (MMCRP), with his wife, Christi, since 2006. His studies in jazz guitar started in 1994 when he studied with Dr. Bob Lawrence at The Dallas School of Music up until his t…
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Here are my 5 best secrets to improvising over super fast tempos so you sound like a pro!Also...Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feellike you're still constantly guessing, can't play any tunes without copying what someone else has played, and don't know how to connect all the tid bits you've learned? …
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In this episode, Brent tackles a compelling question from Robert about the necessity of learning piano for musicians aiming to master improvisation. Drawing from his own experience as a guitarist navigating the intricacies of harmony, Brent explores the unique advantages that the piano offers in understanding music theory and chordal structures. Th…
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In this Fast Track Friday episode, Brent shares an amusing and insightful story about how two simple chords fooled him, a professional jazz musician. Tasked with playing an easy song for his sister's wedding, Brent initially dismissed the simplicity of the piece. However, as the event approached, he realized he had not internalized the music proper…
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(I also uploaded this Episode on my "Self management for Musicians" Podcast, but I think this is interesting for everybody to listen to.) I am talking to Philippe Lemm, a great Dutch drummer who lives in New York, and who has a great course for Musicians: "How to book a Tour". In this Episode we talk about the great Concept of "a 1000 true Fans" , …
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I recorded a couple of short episodes with Philippe Lemm, who has a great course for Musicians: "How to book a Tour". In this Episode we talk about the great Concept of "a 1000 true Fans" , written by Kevin Kelly. To be a successful creator you don’t need millions. You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of customers, millions of clients or …
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In this episode, Brent discusses an insightful question from listener John Gao about the use of chord extensions in jazz improvisation and band settings. He explores the intricacies of incorporating exotic chords like 11ths and 13ths, and how these can be seamlessly integrated into solos and ensemble playing without clashing. Brent also emphasizes …
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Kind of Blue is one of the most iconic albums in the jazz idiom. It's inspired so many of us that we even use it as the modern standard for a great album. Join Adam and Peter as they breakdown what exactly makes this album so great. Unlock your FREE Open Studio trial to become a better player today. Have a question for us? Leave us a SpeakPipe Chec…
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Small but appreciative audience tonight. I stayed in the lyrical realm, using the first few improvised notes as the thematic material for the pieces. There was a Spanish-sounding piece (happens with the Phrygian Mode), a pop-chord piece at the end, some impressionistic arpeggios and something that was at times in 7/8. Enjoy!…
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In this engaging episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast, Brent tackles a question from Neil, a tenor saxophonist from the UK, who wants to master sight reading jazz standards and improvising melodic solos on the fly. Brent breaks down the essentials for achieving this goal, emphasizing the importance of solid jazz improvisation skills and a th…
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In this Episode I am talking to Lauren Kinhan. Lauren is a fantastic, versatile vocalist and songwriter from New York, who has been part of the iconic Vocal group the New York Voices for almost 30 years. She also collaborated with Bobby Mc.Ferrin, Ornette Coleman and countless other world class musicians. We met in Miami earlier this year when I pe…
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In this engaging episode, Brent tackles an intriguing question from listener Xing Shen about how to determine chords from sheet music without chord symbols. Brent explores practical strategies for learning chords by ear, emphasizing the importance of basic chord recognition and ear training fundamentals. He highlights the five primary chord qualiti…
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Sarah Stevenson talks about her first year at McGill University's jazz program as a vocalist and her upbringing in Nanaimo, including studies at Wellington Secondary School's jazz program. I heard Sarah play in Nanaimo at the Vault Cafe and spoke with her at her family's home the next day. This episode is the first on-the-road session I've ever con…
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In this episode, Brent discusses about a question from listener Michael George, a clarinet player facing challenges with jazz standards often perceived as more suited to tenor saxophone. Michael seeks advice on emulating the styles of Paul Desmond and Stan Getz to improve his clarinet performance. Brent addresses this by debunking the notion that j…
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Adam and Peter dive into their favorite subject... HARMONY! Adam walks us through modal interchange and all of it's functions. North Sea Jazz Fest Unlock your FREE Open Studio trial to become a better player today. Have a question for us? Leave us a SpeakPipe Checkout courses from Adam, Peter and more at Open Studio 🎹 Head over to our YouTube chann…
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#WATCHMOVIE HERE: Jon Hammond Show 05 25 2024 Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/jon-hammond-show-05-25-2024 Youtube https://youtu.be/RLOZwbm6nxU?si=BQfXga4Gz684FbiC FB https://fb.watch/shLkUDYE3L/ Jon Hammond Show 05 25 2024 by Jon Hammond Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Savoy Lounge, Jon Hammond Show, Manh…
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Join Brent in this insightful Fast Track Friday episode, where he delves into the crucial topic of measuring your musical progress. He addresses a common concern among musicians: the feeling of not improving fast enough, or at all. He shares his empathy for this struggle and offers practical strategies to help you see your progress more clearly. He…
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In this engaging episode, Brent explores into the intriguing differences between classical and jazz harmony. He begins by acknowledging that while he's an expert in jazz harmony, his knowledge of classical harmony is more limited. He explains that classical harmony varies across different eras and styles, making it difficult to pinpoint exact diffe…
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In this episode, Adam and Peter check out one of Stevie Wonder's iconic albums. The master piece entitled "Songs in the Key of Life". What would you rate this album? Check the album yourself! Unlock your FREE Open Studio trial to become a better player today. Have a question for us? Leave us a SpeakPipe Checkout courses from Adam, Peter and more at…
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We have had several weeks with guest musicians! The downside is that I need to spend time mixing and editing, and the end result is procrastination. Tonight was just solo piano, however, so here it is. I felt like I was digging into the music tonight, and felt very focused on following the flow.By Blake Rowe
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Join Brent as he explores the art of jazz improvisation. In this episode, Brent answers a listener's question about incorporating enclosures into chord tone maps, offering valuable insights into bebop language and improvisational techniques. Through clear explanations and practical examples, he guides listeners on a journey to enhance their improvi…
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I've been starting to index my records on Discogs recently, and it's been a good exercise to go back through a lot of albums I haven't listened to in a minute and decide whether I still want to keep them. When I first started digging in the mid-90s, Jimmy Smith albums (except for the elusive Root Down) seemed to be in dollar bins everywhere. I eage…
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Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play "There Is No Greater Love." In this Jazz Piano…
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In these series I talk with Joost Lijbaart. Joost is an outstanding drummer from the Netherlands and has over 30 years experience with booking bands and touring all over the world (over 90 countries) , including his own bands/projects. We have a lot in common and in this Episode we talk about “living and surviving on the road” and how to prepare be…
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In this episode, Brent discusses a listener question from Michael George about transferring solo ideas from the mind to the instrument. Brent addresses the disconnect between musical ideas in one's head and their execution on an instrument, highlighting the common challenge of bridging the gap between ear and instrument. He suggests a valuable meth…
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Jon McCaslin talks about publishing about jazz drums at Four on the Floor for 15 years and counting, as well as his performing and recorded work as a professional drummer based in Calgary. Jon has an album called Sunalta on Cellar Music featuring his original compositions with Brad Turner, Phil Dwyer, Tilden Webb, and Jodi Proznick. My second album…
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In this episode Peter and Adam tackle the big question... are they sell outs? Have they gone too far with their endeavors or is it coming from the right place. Stay tuned and decide for yourself! Unlock your FREE Open Studio trial to become a better player today. Have a question for us? Leave us a SpeakPipe Checkout courses from Adam, Peter and mor…
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In this episode I am talking to Mike Boddé. Mike is a very famous TV personality in the Netherlands, both as a Comedian and as a Pianist. Every week he conducts a live Music show on National Dutch TV which became very popular, Mike and myself have a Piano duo (we also recorded an album which you can find on all digital platforms) and we became good…
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In this Fast Track Friday episode, Brent reveals the power of community in fostering long-term musical success. Drawing from his own unexpected journey as a newfound New York Rangers fan, he uncovers the transformative impact of shared interests and camaraderie in fueling passion and motivation. Brent illuminates the profound connection between com…
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On to practice Round 2! We'll be practicing structure 2 of our rootless voicings at 5 different tempos. Here we go! Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feellike you're still constantly guessing, can't play any tunes without copying what someone else has played, and don't know how to connect all the tid b…
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In this episode, Brent responds to a thought-provoking question from Peter Hakenan, a classically trained trumpet player seeking guidance on bridging music theory with improvisational prowess. Brent unravels the complexities of jazz improvisation, emphasizing the transformation of theoretical knowledge into musical expression. Through engaging exam…
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