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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