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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast — 571 episodes
Season 2 Finale - 26 Top Tips For Playing Jazz
Should Non-Bass Players Learn Bass Lines?
How Do I Perform Solo?
How Do I Know What To Practice?
How Should Horn Players Play Together In a Jazz Band?
The Importance of Your Practice Engine
Can I Work On Instrument Technique and Songs At The Same Time?
How to Compose For a Jazz Group
How Do I Not Overthink When I Solo?
How Long Should My Jazz Solos Be?
The Worst Mistakes to Make At a Jazz Gig
How Do I Learn Jazz Solos by Ear?
Is It Important to Notate Solos I Learn?
How Do I Foster Creativity Before a Jazz Gig?
The Characteristics of a Great Jazz Band
The Frame-Of-Mind Required for Jazz Improv
How Do I Use Jazz In Other Styles of Music?
How to Improvise Over Dominant 7th Chords
Chord Tone Exercises to Practice
How to Remember Chords to Jazz Standards
How 2 Chords Fooled a Pro Jazz Musician
Can I Play Chord Extensions Even If My Bandmates Are Not?
How Do I Improvise While Sight Reading?
How Do I Learn Chords By Ear?
Should I Imitate a Musician That Doesn't Play My Instrument?
How to Measure If You Are Improving Or Not
What Is The Difference Between Jazz and Classical Harmony?
How Do I Practice Enclosures?
Should I Transcribe Myself?
Should I Learn Piano to Help With Jazz Improv?
The Secret to Long-Term Musical Progress
How Do I Use Music Theory to Improvise?
How Do I Get Great At Jazz Phrasing?
How Do I Create Space In My Solos?
How Do I Use the Lydian Scale?
Finding and Using Your Tune of Greatness
How Do I Make the Pentatonic Scales Jazzier?
How Do I Balance Imitating and Innovating for Jazz?
The Top 25 Jazz Standards You Need to Know
How Do I Use the Phrygian Mode?
How I've Reached Musical Flow State
How Do I Swing My Walking Bass Lines?
How Do I Not Think When I Improvise?
How to Comp Melodically
Should I Play Other Styles of Music? (Non-Jazz)
What's the Purpose of Learning Jazz Solos by Ear?
Should I Learn a Jazz Solo at Original Tempo?
How Do I Play a Jazz Blues?
How to Solo Over Modal Jazz Songs
How Classical Musicians Can Learn Jazz
What Makes You Happy As a Musician?
What's the Difference Between a Scale Tone and a Chord Extension?
How to Gain Confidence to Play With Other Musicians
How A Minor 2-5-1 Chord Progression Works
How Do I Overcome Self Doubt As A Musician?
The Big Myth About Playing What You Hear
The Importance of Muscle Memory and Jazz Improv
How Do I Play What I'm Hearing In My Head?
Should I Plan Out My Jazz Solos?
Why The Blues Is Important For Jazz?
Steal My Jazz Gig Setlist!
What Are Jazz Contrafacts and How Are They Useful?
What's the Difference Between a Beginner and Pro Jazz Solo?
How to Create a Setlist for a Jazz Gig
How to Improve Rhythm and Syncopation
My Most Embarrassing Moment Playing Jazz
The 3 Steps for Jazz Improvisation
How Do I Not Forget Jazz Licks I've Learned?
How Do I Improvise Over Giant Steps?
What Are Quartal Voicings and How Do You Use Them?
10 Jazz Solos You Should Learn
How Do I Tell A Story With My Solo (Not Just Licks)?
What Software Is Good For Learning Jazz?
What Are Drop 2 Voicings and How Are They Useful?
How to Resolve Your Jazz Lines Effectively?
How to Stay Motivated to Practice
How Can Other Instruments Play Pianistically?
When Do You Know a Song Well Enough to Perform It?
Should I Learn a Second Instrument? (Pros and Cons)
How Do I Avoid Getting Lost In The Form?
How to Prepare For a Jazz Performance
What Is Good Jazz Jam Session Etiquette?
How Do I Deal With Stage Fright?
How Do I Get Licks To Come Out In My Solos?
How Important Is Reading Music Notation for Jazz?
Using Composition to Improvise Great Jazz Solos
Are Pro Jazz Musicians Actually Improvising?
How Do I Know the Real Melody to a Jazz Standard?
How Do I Use Triad Pairs?
Why Diminished Arpeggios Sound Awesome Over Dominant 7ths?
The B.A.D Jazz Solo Strategy
What's the Best Way to Learn How to Improvise?
What to Do If Your Playing Is Not Improving
How to Play At Faster Speeds
How Can I Play Bebop Solos Without Learning Scales?
How to Improve Just By Listening to Jazz
The Best Jazz Guitar Albums Ever
How to Practice Without Your Instrument
How to Use an Altered Dominant Chord
How to Reharmonize Jazz Standards
Best Exercise for Becoming a More Melodic Player
Did the Jazz Greats Use Music Theory?
How Much Do I Need to Practice to Get Great At Jazz?
How Do I Analyze Chord Changes And Construct Solos?
How to Use the Bebop Scales In Jazz
How to Develop Your Own Sound
How Do I Play More Creative Ideas in My Solos?
How Jazz Pianists and Guitarists Should Play Together
How to Get Better At Swing Feel and Jazz Phrasing
What's the Best Way to Play Chromatic Jazz Lines?
3 Mindset Shifts to Improve At Jazz Faster
How Do I Recognize Secondary Dominants In Jazz?
How Do I Improvise Over Unrelated Chords?
Can Non-Jazz Instruments Play Jazz?
The Biggest Challenge In Jazz I've Ever Faced
How to Create Less Choppy Solos
How Do I Turn Scales and Arpeggios Into Solos?
What Are Ghost Notes in Jazz?
Who Is The Greatest Jazz Guitarist of All Time?
Is Good Instrument Technique Important for Jazz?
The One Jazz Standard Strategy for Jazz
How Do I Retain the Songs I've Learned?
Which Metronomes Are Good For Jazz?
Should I Be Counting When I Solo?
What Size of Jazz Band is Best?
The Batch Practice Method for Jazz
Should I Think When I Improvise?
How to Use the Melodic Minor In Jazz
Who's the First Ever Jazz Musician?
The Best Songs for Jazz Beginners
Introducing Season 2 of the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast
Why I'm taking a break from the podcast...
How a Hobbyist Musician Created a Pro Jazz Album (feat. Christian Schrader)
5 Ways to Make Practice Not Boring
Revisiting the Fundamentals of Learning Jazz
10 Tips for Learning Music By Ear
9 Jazz Chord Progressions You Need to Know
Free Masterclass: Jazz Standards Mastery Formula
Free Masterclass: Orchestrating Your Musical Breakthrough
Free Masterclass: Your Best Jazz Playing Ever
Free Masterclass: How to Effortlessly Improvise Amazing Jazz Solos
How to Learn Lots of Jazz Songs Quickly
The Best Way to Learn a Jazz Song
How to Become A Jazz Master
The Pros and Cons of Practicing In All 12 Keys
25 Jazz Albums Every Jazz Musician Needs to Know
The Dark Side of Jazz Musician Culture
Jazz Teacher vs. Jazz Coach - Which One Do You Need?
3 Melodic Minor Scale Jazz Improv Hacks
About My Bad Relationship With Music...
Taking Musical Shots to Increase Your Success Rate
The 1% Mindset For High Achieving Musicians
5 Struggles With Playing Great Jazz Solos
6 Things to Do When On a Musical Plateau
The Secret to Jazz Improvisation Revealed
Think and Improve Your Jazz Playing (8 Ways)
10 Habits of Successful Jazz Musicians
Jazz Talk With Leander Young from Improv Exchange
What are Ghost Notes in Jazz?
The 3 Kinds of Jazz Musicians (And the Challenges They Face)
5 Reasons You Shouldn't Transcribe Jazz Solos
How to Play Jazz By Instrument (Guitar, Piano, Sax, Trumpet, Bass)
The 7 Categories of Jazz Standards You Need to Learn
Using Chord Extensions and Alterations to Spice Up Voicings and Solos
From The Vault: How to Prepare to Play at Jazz Jam Sessions
Big Thinking Will Transform Your Jazz Playing
Fine Tuning Your Jazz Playing with P.B.R. Practice
My Story of Overcoming Performance Anxiety
The 6 Lies of Jazz Success
The Art of Taking B.A.D Jazz Solos
Becoming a Jazz Expert With Your Tune of Destiny
What I've Learned After 400 Podcast Episodes
How To Exponentially Improve Your Jazz Playing in 2023
I Improvised A Jazz Solo in 6 Different Ways
I Redid Episode 1 of the LJS Podcast (4 Habits for Better Practicing)
The Pros and Cons of Binge Practicing
32 Jazz Standards I Had My Students Learn
The 4 Elements of Mastering A Jazz Standard
2 Ways to Improve Your Jazz Solos Today
Secrets To Becoming A More Creative Jazz Musician
The Secret to Feeling Calm When You Play Your Instruments
Why Most People Won't Learn Jazz
The 3 Essential Elements of An Amazing Jazz Solo
3 Questions I Ask My Inner Circle Members That I Want You To Ask Yourself, Too.
What I Think About The Future of Jazz
Quick Win: Turn ANY Song Into JAZZ (Reharmonization 101)
My Experience Going to Music School (How it Helped and How It Didn't)
Quick Win: How to Learn Jazz Melodies by Ear
40 Jazz Standards to Know (Broken Down by Category)
Quick Win: 10 Biggest Lies About Playing Jazz
The Practicing Snowball for Multiplying Your Musical Results
Quick Win: Jazz Improvisation For Beginners (How to Get Started)
Using "Restrictive Practicing" to Improve Your Jazz Solos
Where Should You Learn Jazz (Books, YouTube, Courses, Memberships, Lessons)?
Quick Win: Pro Jazz Musician Reacts to His Playing From 10 Years Ago
How to Get Back "Into Shape" After a Break In Playing Jazz
Quick Win: How to Learn Giant Steps (Jazz Tutorial)
What Prevents You From Achieving Your Jazz Goals?
Quick Win: How to Learn Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise (Jazz Tutorial)
The One Musical Skill I Would Master (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)
Quick Win: How to Learn Misty (Jazz Tutorial)
Why You Need to Learn Giant Steps
What to Do If You Are No Longer Passionate About Jazz
Quick Win: 5 Pro-Level Jazz Licks You Need to Know
How to Reduce Friction In Your Jazz Improvement
Quick Win: $600 vs. $6,000 Jazz Guitar | Is Cheap or Expensive Better?
This Is What I'd Do If I Started Jazz All Over Again
Quick Win: How to Memorize Chords to Jazz Standards
Non-Jazz Music I Listen To (And How it Influences My Jazz)
How to Play Jazz Melodies Like a Pro (Thought Experiment)
Quick Win: The Best Jazz Practice Advice
Why Are We Passionate About Playing Jazz (Story Time)?
Quick Win: The Best Ear Training For Jazz
From the Vault: How to Beat the Brain Game for Musical Freedom (feat. Matt Vaartstra)
Quick Win: How to Play Changes In Your Jazz Solos
Frameworks for Ingraining Jazz Recordings
Quick Win: How To Play Chord Melody On A Jazz Standard
How Long Will It Take to Play Great Jazz Solos?
Quick Win: Using Pentatonics for AMAZING Jazz Solos
Is Learning Jazz Solos Worth It (And How to Get Results from Them)
Quick Win: How to PRACTICE Improvising Over a Jazz Standard
21 Things For You to Practice
Quick Win: The Most IMPORTANT Music Theory for Jazz Standards
The Last Time I Will Play My Guitar
Quick Win: Instantly Improve Your Jazz Solos (3 Strategies)
6 Lessons We’ve Learned from Our Jazz Community (2 Year Anniversary Special)
Finding The ONE Thing That Will Accelerate Your Jazz Skills
Quick Win: The Most Important Scales for Jazz Standards
7 Lessons I’ve Learned As A Pro Jazz Musician (Music Advice)
Quick Win: 10 Jazz Blues Songs You Need to Know
How to Play Wrong Notes and Still Sound Good In Your Solos
Quick Win: How I Memorized 100 Jazz Standards In One Year
Deep Dive Into My Favorite Jazz Ballad
Quick Win: How to Master Rhythm Changes
Are You Ready to Go to a Jazz Jam Session (Checklist)?
Quick Win: Why Your Jazz Improv Isn’t Improving…
How to Get Unstuck From Playing The Same Stuff Over and Over
Quick Win: Perfect BEBOP Minor BLUES Solo
My Entire Philosophy On Learning and Teaching Jazz
Quick Win: Best Jazz SCALE EXERCISE Ever
Top Questions About Playing Jazz Answered
Quick Win: How to Use Jazz Licks In Your Solos (3 Steps)
3 Mindset Shifts That Helped Me Enjoy Playing Music More
How to Effectively Practice Improvising
Should I Learn Jazz By Reading Music?
Quick Win: How to Instantly Learn Chord Progressions for Jazz Standards
Rhythm Changes Accelerator: A Powerful Course to Help You Master Rhythm Changes
What Should I Do If I Don’t Have a Lot of Time to Practice?
Quick Win: 8 Must-Know Jazz Standards for Jazz Gigs
I Compose a Jazz Tune On The Spot (Again)
Quick Win: 5 Jazz Practice Hacks to Improve Faster
Why Is My Jazz Improvisation Not Improving? This Could Be Why…
Quick Win: Creating AMAZING Jazz Solos Using Jazz Chords (3 Levels)
Quick Win: 4 Must-Know BLUESY Jazz Standards
Revealing Harmonic Secrets of a Bebop Jazz Standard
Quick Win: How to Learn a Jazz Solo by Ear (Step-by-Step)
The State of Learn Jazz Standards Address 2022
How to Do a Self Jazz Audit to Speed Up Your Improvement
Quick Win: Using Rhythm for AMAZING Jazz Solos
Gear I Use to Play, Teach, and Practice Jazz
Quick Win: 3 Jazz Mistakes Beginners Make (Avoid These)
Why Practicing LESS Is Better Than Practicing More
Quick Win: How to Comp Like a Jazz Pro
How to Get Un-Stuck In Your Jazz Playing (5 Steps)
Quick Win: How to Go From Jazz Beginner to Intermediate, to Advanced
5 Personality Traits of My Most Successful Jazz Students
Quick Win: How to Overcome Jazz Performance Anxiety
Beginner’s Guide to Learning Chord Progressions By Ear
Quick Win: 10 Must-Know Jazz Standards for Jam Sessions
Behind the Scenes of Learn Jazz Standards (feat. Brett Pontecorvo and Justin Kellerer)
Quick Win: How to Play Scales Over Jazz Chords (Without Sounding Like Scales)
From the Vault: My Interview With The Great Peter Bernstein
Quick Win: How to Play Instant Bebop (On Any Instrument)
5 Filters for How to Know What You Should Practice
Quick Win: 30 Minute Jazz Standard Practice Routine
Is Your Jazz Playing Healthy (3 Core Factors)?
Quick Win: Easy Jazz Standard to Improve Fast
What I’m Thinking About When I Improvise
Quick Win: Tasty Minor Bebop Altered Lick
6 Powerful Reasons to Record Your Jazz Playing
Quick Win: Sick Minor Blues Improv Hack
Beginner, to Intermediate, to Advanced Jazz Musician – How to Do It
How to Deal With Musical Failure
3 Ways to Spice Up Your Minor 2-5-1 Playing
How to Play More Melodic Jazz Solos
How to Know If You Are Ready to Learn Jazz
3 Powerful Mindsets for Improving Faster While Practicing Less
The 3 Pillars of Bebop for Improving Your Bop Solos (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)
The 3 Track System for Skyrocketing Your Jazz Playing (feat. Justin Nielsen)
How to Create Killer Set Lists for Your Jazz Gigs
6 Reasons Your Jazz Solos May Sound Bad
Lessons From Learning 100 Jazz Standards in a Year
I’ve got a confession to make…brace yourself
3 Week Jazz Tune by Ear Challenge (Week 3)
3 Week Jazz Tune by Ear Challenge (Week 2)
3 Week Jazz Tune by Ear Challenge (Week 1)
Only 3 Things I Would Practice for the Rest of My Life
Worst, Best, Most Challenging, Most Lucrative Gigs I’ve Played
How to Know What the CORRECT Changes Are to a Jazz Standard
Understanding Gypsy Jazz and Other Musical Truth Nuggets (feat. Dani Rabin and Danny Markovich)
ONLY Scale and Chords You Need to Know for Jazz
Musicians Like YOU Share Their Jazz Breakthroughs (Inner Circle Celebration)
Innovative Practice Strategies for Mind, Body, and Music (feat. Marc Gelfo)
Mastering Swing Feel and Finding That Perfect Swing
Overcoming Musical Frustration and Maintaining Motivation (feat. Michael Lake)
Memorizing Jazz Standards 101 (So You Don’t Forget Them)
The L.R.C Practice Strategy for Mastering Musical Material
From the Vault: Bossa Nova Basics with Livio Almeida (5 Year Birthday Episode)
4 Levels of Jazz Chords to Spice Up Your Comping and Improv
7 Steps for Improvising Over Jazz Standards from Scratch
7 Steps for Not Getting Lost During Your Jazz Solos
Experimenting with Your Improvisation (Practice Session)
10 Life Skills I’ve Learned from Studying Jazz
How to Develop a Jazz Solo (First Steps)
Why is Analyzing Jazz Standards Helpful for Improvisation?
How to Develop Great Time Feel 101
How to Know Which Scales to Play Over Jazz Standards
How to Start Improvising Effortlessly and Unleash Your Inner Musician (feat. Mike Casey)
Internalizing Licks with Jam Tracks and Improving Your Musicality (feat. Quist)
How to ACTUALLY Achieve Your 2021 Jazz New Years Resolutions
Using the Concepts You Already Know to Play Great Jazz Solos (feat. Matt Warnock)
How to Speed Up Your Musical Progress By Focusing On What Matters (feat. Mark Morley-Fletcher)
How to Crush It On a “Bird Blues” and Simplify Your Solos
5 Important Lessons I Learned From My Jazz Teachers
How Much Do I Need to Practice to Make Meaningful Improvement?
3 Roadblocks Intermediate Jazz Musicians Face (And How to Overcome)
My Top 10 Favorite Jazz Albums (Old and Modern)
[Practice Plan] How to Master a Minor Blues and Accelerate Your Progress
[Strategy #3] Sky-rocketing a Minor Blues with Bebop Language
[Strategy #2] Elevating a Minor Blues with Chord Tones and Scales
[Strategy #1] Crushing a Minor Blues with Minor Pentatonics
I Learn Part of a Jazz Solo by Ear (My Process)
How to Listen to Jazz Mindfully
Spice Up Your Jazz Ballad Playing with Side Step 2-5’s
Take This Ear Training Intervals Quiz
Are You Having Fun While You Practice?
Learn These 4 Jazz Blues Licks (You’ll Thank Me Later)
6 Biggest Mistakes Beginner Jazz Improvisers Make
Defining Your “Why” and Setting Goals for Jazz Acceleration
3 Steps to Playing Licks Organically in Your Jazz Improv
How to Turn Scales Into Killer Jazz Solos
How to Play “Outside” and Sound Good
3 Practice Habits for Retaining Musical Material
How to End a Jazz Standard
When to Stop Practicing Something and Move On
By the End of This Episode You’ll Know a New Jazz Standard
3 Jazz Theory Lessons from On the Sunny Side of the Street
Jazz, Racial Injustice, and What This Music Really Means (feat. Kyle Younger)
Improv Hacking Jazz Standards (3 Step Proven Process)
Less is More (Reduce Overwhelm While Skyrocketing Your Jazz Skills)
How to Apply Scales to Jazz Standards
Practicing with Intention and Growing Through Consistency (feat. Trent Jordan)
Learn Music Faster with Community (feat. Christopher Sutton)
By the End of This Episode You’ll Have Learned a Jazz Blues Solo
Apps, Software, and Technology for Practicing Jazz
16 Scales to Know for Jazz
How to Comp Over Jazz Standards Like a Pro
Harnessing Pure Musical Expression (Improv Session with Brent)
Bonus Episode: Special Message from Brent About COVID-19
Making Jazz Standards Your Own and Developing Your Musical Voice (feat. Mike Casey)
1-6-2-5 Licks Over Rhythm Changes (Learning From Dexter Gordon)
4 Secrets for Jazz Improv Success
Making Good Musical Decisions Through Effective Practice (feat. Dani Rabin of Marbin)
3 Strategies for Melodic Improv on Jazz Standards
Jazz Improvisation Made Simple (A Preview Reading of My New Book)
Learning from the Greats and Embracing the Joy of Musical Growth (feat. Shirley Jansen)
How to Prepare for Jam Sessions and Group Playing (feat. Diego Maldonado and Wallace Stelzer)
Practicing with a Plan and Crushing Musical Weaknesses (feat Bob Petix)
3 Ways to Start Improvising Organically
Podcast Listeners Share Their 2020 Jazz Goals (Celebration Episode)
Top 5 Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Episodes (2019 Year End Review)
3 Steps for Hearing Chords (Ear Training Masterclass)
A Jazz Geek Hang with Diego Maldonado and Wallace Stelzer
Recycling Jazz Practice Plan (Jazz Practice Plan #2)
Stair Step Practice Plan (Jazz Practice Plan #1)
Understanding the Jazz Eras (Jazz History Made Simple)
Jazz Theory Made Simple (Only Theory You Need to Know)
I Compose a Jazz Tune on the Spot
Understanding All the Things You Are
3 Ways to Get Jazz Gigs
Finding More Time to Practice and Skyrocketing Your Jazz Potential (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)
Inside Look on a Pro Jazz Musicians Development
[Strategy #3] The Secret Sauce for Mastering a Jazz Blues
[Strategy #2] 3 Pillars of Jazz Blues Language
[Strategy #1] Mapping out a Jazz Blues for Improv Success
3 Reasons You NEED to Master the Jazz Blues
Analyzing a Good and Bad Jazz Solo (What Makes a Good Solo)
Understanding Diminished 7th Chords and How to Improvise Over Them (feat. Adam Levy)
I’m Taking a Break from Jazz
I Answer Your Jazz Questions (Ask Me Anything)
Intros to Play on Jazz Standards (7 Options)
Becoming Your Own Jazz Teacher by Recording Yourself (feat. Jens Larsen)
Composing a Jazz Solo Over a Minor Blues
Leveling Up Your Jazz Improvisation by Thinking Slow (feat. Nick Mainella)
Using Pitch Collections to Create Jazz Lines Over Static Chords
How to Learn Chord Progressions By Ear (Step-by-Step)
Taking the Blues Through All 12 Keys (How and Why to Do It)
5 Things I Did to Jump-Start My Jazz Playing
10 Jazz Standards That Will Expand Your Understanding of Jazz Harmony
Limiting Beliefs are Crushing Your Jazz Potential
Composing Jazz Solos Using Target Notes (Over There Will Never Be Another You)
Making Rhythms the Foundation of Your Jazz Solos (Someday My Prince Will Come Study)
Making Pentatonic Scales Musical Over Just Friends (Analysis and Improv Lesson)
Simplifying Jazz Standards to Make Them Easy (Tune Up Analysis)
Improvising Over the LJS Podcast Theme Song (feat. Listener Improvisations)
Warming Up the Body and Mind for Killer Musical Performances (feat. Michael Lake)
5 Things to Do When You Feel Un-Motivated to Practice
Developing an Engaging Story Line for Your Jazz Solos (feat. Aimee Nolte)
Understanding the Jazz Standard There Will Never Be Another You (Chords Analysis)
1 Month Practice Plan For Learning 1-2 Jazz Solos by Ear
Brain Hacking for Speeding Up Your Jazz Improv Success (feat. Rodney Brim)
1,000,000+ Downloads of the LJS Podcast!
Using Chromaticism to Develop Your Jazz Lines
4 Scales to Play Over a Half-Diminished Chord
How to Memorize Chord Changes and Not Get Lost
Using “Musical Playgrounds” For Better Improvisation (feat. Christopher Sutton)
How to Avoid Meandering Jazz Solos (feat. Jeff Schneider)
28 Jazz Skills to Practice (by Category)
Music Theory Checklist for Understanding Jazz Improvisation
Applying Patterns to Scales for Jazz Improv Flexibility
Using Enclosure to Create Bebop Lines Over a Jazz Blues
Setting Up a Game-Changing Practice Plan for Your Jazz Playing
Top 5 Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Episodes (2018 Year Review)
Writing Tunes With Non-Functional Jazz Harmony (My Composition Analysis)
3 Strategies for Improvising Over a Jazz Blues
How to Listen to a Jazz Recording (And Learn From It)
Bonus Episode! My New Podcast On Making Money Teaching Music Online
How to Know When to Move On From Something You Are Practicing (feat. Brent Arnold)
Learning Jazz by Ear and Putting Away Fakebooks (feat. Ina Dennekamp)
Creating Melodic Jazz Solos and the Art of Not Thinking (Coaching Call with Dan Sich)
What I Think About When I Take a Jazz Solo
3 Hip 1-6-2-5 Licks to Practice
Learning Jazz by Ear or Sheet Music (Which One is Better?)
How Alexander Technique Can Help You as a Musician (feat. Christian Steineder)
Chord Progression Hacks to Make Playing Jazz Simple (feat. Steve Nixon)
I Critique My Jazz Playing From 7 Years Ago
How to Learn Difficult Jazz Standards
10 Myths About Playing Jazz You Need to Stop Believing
The Sad Truth About Ear Training Fundamentals (Why You Should Practice Them)
Avoiding “Avoid Notes” and When Not to Avoid Them
The Neuroscience Behind Radical Musical Improvement (Feat. Marc Gelfo)
Ask Me Anything- Listener Jazz Questions Answered
Using Musical Parameters for Next Level Jazz Practice (feat. Josiah Boornazian)
3 Hip 2-5-1 Licks for You to Practice
How to Maintenance Practice to Keep Up Your Jazz Skills
Practicing Away from the Instrument Effectively and Using Jazz as Therapy (feat. Joyce Kettering)
The Power of Structured Jazz Practice (Coaching Call with Francis Belanger)
The Only 3 Big Things You Need to Be Practicing as a Jazz Musician
5 Powerful Results That Come From Focused, Goal-Oriented Jazz Practicing
How to Use Target Notes to Create Melodic Jazz Lines (Feat. Jens Larsen)
Understanding Secondary and Backdoor Dominant 7 Chords
How to Practice Towards Fail-Proof Musical Performances (Feat. Diego Maldonado)
How to Get Unstuck From a Musical Slump and Start Improving
Top 13 Jazz Lessons From Our Podcast Guests
How to Practice Licks in all 12 Keys
Dominating a Learning Mindset and Transcending Musical Limits (Feat. Kobie Watkins)
How to Balance Music Theory and Playing by Ear
Minor Tonality and How to Build Minor Chord Progressions (feat. Dan Carillo)
How Play-Alongs Could Be Hurting Your Jazz Playing
Mastering the Art of Transcribing (feat. Greg Fishman)
Learning Songs on the Bandstand and Other Lessons From My Gig
How to Start Crushing It On the Blues (Feat. Nick Mainella)
Pro Tips on Proper Music Notation, Formatting and Phrasing (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)
Using Motivic Development to Create Musical Themes
Composing Contrafacts to Develop Melodic Ideas
Mapping Out a Jazz Standard for Improv Success
Analyzing Jazz Standards With Roman Numerals for Max Results
11 Listeners Give Their Jazz Tips and Advice
Playing Along vs. Knowing a Jazz Tune
Blazing Your Own Trail Towards Musical Success
Learn How to Play “My Shining Hour”
My Jazz Mentor Gives You His Best Tips and Advice (feat. Justin Nielsen)
Which Scales You Can Play Over Different Kinds of 7th Chords
How to Beat the Brain Game for Musical Freedom (feat. Matt Vaartstra)
Using the 80/20 Rule for Productive 30 Minute Practice
Important Jazz Chord Substitutions You Need to Know
10 Tips for Successful Jazz Gigs and Jam Sessions
How I’m Planning for Musical Success in 2018
How to Unlock Bebop Language (feat. Chad Lefkowitz-Brown)
How to Use Tritone Substitution In Your Jazz Improv
Understanding African Music and the Origins of Jazz (feat. Joe Agu)
How to Get the Very Most Out of Your Jazz Solo Transcriptions
How to Develop Time Feel and Up Your Rhythm Game
Using the LIST Method to Learn Jazz Solos by Ear
Inside the Development of a Jazz Musician (feat. Chris Davis)
7 Chords You Can Play the Melodic Minor Scale Over
How to Practice Smart and Improve Quickly (feat. Steve Nixon)
Important Jazz Standards You Need to Learn
How to Improve Speed and Accuracy in Your Jazz Solos
How to Set Game-Changing Goals for Your Musicianship
How to Translate What You Hear to Your Instrument
Chord Progressions and How to Identify Them By Ear
The Power of Training Your Ear to Hear Chords
How to Master Hearing Intervals and Level-Up Your Ears
LJS 77: How to Navigate Major 1-6-2-5 Chord Progressions
5 Huge Benefits of Playing With Musicians Better Than You
How to Internalize Jazz Language
How to Improvise Over Sus Chords
LJS 73: 4 Strategies For Improvising Over Major 2-5-1’s
How to Beat Performance Anxiety and Quiet Your Inner Critic
Why The “Vibing” Culture In Jazz Has to Go
Bossa Nova Basics with Livio Almeida
4 Awesome Tools For Jazz Musicians
LJS 68: How to Compose a Jazz Solo From Scratch
How to Use Pentatonic Scales Over Any Chord
5 Most Important Jazz Musicians You Need to Listen To
LJS 65: How to Create Killer Jazz Solos By Thinking Like a Composer (Feat. Jeff Schneider)
5 Tips for Never Losing Your Place In a Jazz Standard
How to Become an Expert Sight Reader (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)
LJS 62: 4 Steps for Playing What You Hear In Your Jazz Improv
LJS 61: How to Use Scales In Your Jazz Solos the Right Way
How to Develop Relative Pitch (Feat. Aimee Nolte)
5 Tips for Playing Jazz Ballads Like an Expert
How to Use Triads to Improve Your Jazz Improvisation
Why I Stopped Hating My Playing
8 Reasons Why Jazz Musicians Should Shed Classical
4 Important Jazz Chord Progressions You Need to Master
How to Organize Balanced Jazz Practice Sessions
LJS 53: How to Improve Your Jazz Solos By Using Guide Tones
Birthday Episode feat. 8 Special Guests with Musical Failures
Everything You Need to Know About Jazz Jam Sessions
How to Become an Expert Jazz Comper
LJS 49: 3 Ways Practicing in all 12 Keys Will Make You a Better Musician
Why You Should Stop Practicing
3 Ways to Develop an Original Sound On Your Instrument
How to Make Extra Money From a Jazz Side Hustle
Should I Go to College For Jazz?
How to 2X The Results of Your Practice Sessions
Why We Play Jazz
How to Keep Your Jazz New Years Resolutions
How to Become a Better Jazz Musician Just By Listening
LJS 40: An Important Jazz Improv Technique and How to Use It
A Jazz Master You’ve Probably Never Heard of Before
5 Questions I Ask Myself During My Jazz Gigs
LJS 37: How to Tell Stories With Your Jazz Solos
14 Jazz Practicing Ideas
How Mastering Tempo and Rhythm Can Transform Your Jazz Playing
How Playing Gigs For Free is Destroying the Music Economy
How Charlie Parker and John Coltrane Became Great
Music Advice I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Ear Training For Jazz Musicians
5 Jazz Solos You Should Learn and Why
Jazz Challenge #4 Learn a New Jazz Lick
Jazz Challenge #3 Write Your Own Jazz Solo
Jazz Challenge #2 Practice the Blues in all 12 Keys
Jazz Challenge #1 Write Your Own Contrafact
4 Fears That Jazz Musicians Face (And How to Overcome Them)
Why Jazz is Unpopular and What We Can Do About It
Gig Etiquette 101 for Musicians
How to Play at Fast Tempos and Not Get Burned
4 Steps to Finding More Time to Practice
How Studying Jazz Can Make You a Better Musician
Jazz Talk With Larry Koonse (Part 2)
Jazz Talk With Larry Koonse (Part 1)
8 Jazz Records You Need To Listen To
Practicing With a Metronome
LJS 15: 5 Steps to Learning Jazz Language By Ear
10 Important Jazz Standards You Need To Know and Why
The Art of Playing Duo
Social Music, Bus Drivers and Jazz Musicians with Peter Bernstein
4 Ingredients to Becoming a Better Jazz Musician
Interview With Bruce Forman
The How and Why of Jazz Composing
2 Exercises For Hearing Chord Changes In Your Solos
How Playing Free Can Make You a Better Improviser
Why Jazz Is Important to Society
How to Play Well With Others, Gig Etiquette and More
3 Things Every Jazz Musician Should Practice
How to Overcome Low Self-Esteem as a Musician
How to Properly Learn a Jazz Standard
4 Habits For Better Practicing