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Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution
Our TOP Picks For Your Favorite Listens of July 2026
Heavy Weather – Weather Report
Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell
The BEST Moments from MJ's Greatest Run, Ranked
Oh, Jeff Parker? He Gets It.
Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)
Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
Thrust – Herbie Hancock
Mothership Connection – Parliament
WOAH: Angine de Poitrine Might Be It
Genius + Soul = Jazz – Ray Charles
Kid A – Radiohead
Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and Steamin' – Miles Davis Quintet
I Want You – Marvin Gaye
Buena Vista Social Club
"Money Jungle" – Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Best New Jazz Of March 2026
"Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington" – Thelonious Monk
"Brown Sugar" – D'Angelo
"The Shape of Jazz to Come" – Ornette Coleman
"Music of My Mind" – Stevie Wonder
Best New Jazz In February 2026
"Charlie Parker with Strings" – Charlie Parker
"Gaucho" – Steely Dan
"Bad" – Michael Jackson
"Tapestry" – Carole King
Fresh Spin Fridays - January 2026
We're back! You'll Hear It Returns For A New Season
The Best New Jazz of 2025
How to Live a Musical Life in 2026
"Sign o' the Times" – Prince
"Sinatra at the Sands" — Frank Sinatra with Count Basie and His Orchestra
The Peter Martin x Strong Songs Interview
"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" – Lauryn Hill
"The Köln Concert" – Keith Jarrett
"Songs in the Key of Life" – Stevie Wonder
"Mingus Ah Um" — Charles Mingus
"At Town Hall" – Nina Simone
"Thriller" – Michael Jackson
"Voodoo" – D'Angelo
The Jazz Samples That Built Hip Hop
"Hard Groove" – The RH Factor
"Blue" – Joni Mitchell
"A Love Supreme" — John Coltrane
Why Jazz Musicians Love Hip Hop (ft. Switched On Pop)
"Innervisions" — Stevie Wonder
"Someday My Prince Will Come" — Miles Davis
You'll Hear It - Season 13
"Afro Blue" — Robert Glasper
"Rumours" — Fleetwood Mac
"Maiden Voyage" — Herbie Hancock
"Still Crazy After All These Years" — Paul Simon
Season Finale: Testing Our Show Against Our Own Rules
From Sonata to Stank Face
The Best Thing To Ever Happen In 1960
Jazz Organ LEGEND Reveals Favorite Tracks
The Genius of D'Angelo's Voodoo
90's Jazz At Its Finest
It’s Time: Joshua Redman’s Spirit of the Moment
Miles’ First Masterpiece: Birth of the Cool
The “Love Supreme” of Soul Music?
What Genre Is Tower Of Power??
Did Chick Corea Perfect Midi Jazz?
Best Oscar Peterson Trio - Guitar or Drums?
Stevie's Greatest Album?
Is Keith Jarrett The Greatest Solo Pianist Ever?
Herbie Hancock's Greatest Era Is Not Even Jazz?
The Ten Most Important Years In Jazz
Why Do Jazz Pianists LOVE Roberta Flack?
Miles' Greatest Album - You're Welcome
Is "Off The Wall" Michael's True Masterpiece?
Bill Evans and The Trio That Changed Trios
Greatest FUNK Band Of All Time?
6 Songs To Turn Coltrane Curious Into Coltrane Converted
How Brad Mehldau Became Jazz' Greatest Genre Hacker
Steely Dan's "Aja": A Perfect Album?
Our Favorite Village Vanguard Sets
How To Live Musical Life In 2025
Tunes That Teach Ya Somethin
What Makes A Heart Tugger?
The Greatest Pianist Ever
Holiday Classics That No Longer Sleigh
7 GAS Standards That Still Slay
Taught In 60 Seconds
What's In Your Ears?
Best Drummer Of The Past 99 Years
Please... Can We Stop Saying Jazz Is Dead Yet?
In Memory Of Lou Donaldson
The No. 1 Musician We Don't Talk About Enough
The Trio That Defined Swing
It's All Communication
7 GREATEST Jazz Standards
The Ultimate Jazz For The Masses
When Should I STOP Practicing??
The Perfect Album (almost)
It’s time for Sunday School (and scales and chords..)
This Band Made Jazz Legends
Jazz Chords For Beginners
Is Bossa Nova Jazz?
The WORST Way To Practice
End Of An Era For Miles
Jazz Pianists Changed Forever After This Album
Sound Bad? You're Missing This!
Why Adam Wants To End The Pod...
Our SECRET Minor 2-5 Voicing
What We Think About The "State Of Jazz"
7 Levels of Jazz Snobbery
Peter and Adam LOVE Kenny G
Bill Evans' Most Underrated Album?
Greatest Duet Album Ever?
Sonic Nutrition
The ONLY Solo You Need To Know
Wait... the 80's hit THIS HARD?
How We Play Out
Time Out Is Way Weirder Than You Think
Can We Write A Song In 30 Minutes?
Greatest Jazz Album of All Time?
Old School Or New School?
The First Great Album Of The 21st Century
Get Off The Information Treadmill
Jazz Musicians Get Real About ‘Kind Of Blue'
The Best Part About Harmony
What Makes This Album Great: Songs In The Key Of Life
What's The Motivation?
What Is Happy Practicing?
What Makes This Album Great: Live At The Pershing
The Secrets Lie In The Triad
Be Something Different
Are We Just Making This Stuff Up??
What Makes This Album Great: Light As A Feather
Our Favorite Chord
What Makes This Album Great: Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley
The Most Controversial Chord Movement
What Makes This Album Great: Double Rainbow
Why Should I Care About The Melodic Minor Scale
What Makes This Album Great: Empyrean Isles
3 Steps To Better Voicings
What Makes This Album Great: Thelonious Alone In San Francisco
How to Nurture Joyful Musicians
6 Years Later... Were We Right?
The MVP of ATTYA
What Should I Be Practicing?
The Secrets To Advanced Ear Training
How Bill Evans Practiced Harmony
How To Receive Constructive Criticism
The MOST Underrated Jazz Albums From Artists You May Know
How I Became A Better Player In My 40's
The Brad Mehldau/Rick Beato Interview
What Makes A Good Standard?
3 Essential Groove Elements
How Anxiety Almost Ruined My Playing...
The State Of (Jazz) Vocals 2024
Nobody Does It Brecker!
It's 2024: Is Jazz Getting Smoother?
Do You Need Bebop To Swing?
We're Jazz Pianists and (we think) We Can Do ANYTHING
Biggest Wins and Losses of 2023
Fun With (Hard) Triads
How To Have A Bulletproof Method of Phrasing
Struggling To Grow Your Playing?
Why You Don't Have A Practice Routine
7 Chords From 1 Shape
Our Top 5 Jazz Albums of 2023
Finding Your Internal Clock
Podcast Takeover! Inside The Career of Sarah Hanahan
Surviving The Holiday Setlist
Unsolved Mysteries: An Early Keith Jarrett Influence?
What WE Play On Long Gigs
What is ALT Jazz?
The State of the Art of Jazz?
Struggling With What To Practice?
One Of The Most Revolutionary Trios Of Our Time
Add THIS To Your Playing TODAY
The Mind of Oscar Peterson
Why Sound Production Matters with Jazz
What's A Groove Echo Chamber??
Is Arranging More Powerful Than Composing?
Our FAV YouTubers (Jazz?)
3 BIGGEST Chord Mistakes...
2023's Newest(?) Piano Sensation
The Genre Of Stevie
Relaxing Jazz Cafe From Hell
3 Zones 2 Hands
Is Bill Evans The Larry Bird Of Jazz?
How Do We Feel About Mid-Century Pop?
Ahh, To Be Brad Mehldau In The 90's
Overcoming Adversity
6 Definitive Solos
The Most Interesting Man In Jazz
What We Learned From Making An Album Live
Warming Up With Intention
"Aha" Moments Through The Years
Navigating Ambiguous Harmony
Top Anti-Desert Island Albums
Venues: The Good, The Bad, and The Crazy
The Heart and Soul of Jazz
Is Peter Crazy For Trying To Make An Album In 1 Take?
The Most Important Chord?
The Six GOATs
Why Peter REFUSES To Play Keyboards
How Important Is Transcribing Really?
How To Vibe With Only One Chord
32 Years Of Musical Wisdom
Quick Tips From A New Perspective
Most Copied Pianist In Jazz
How To Survive Listening To Yourself
Beyond The Bebop Scale
How Does He DO It?
Is Innovation Really The Goal?
Are Bootlegs Still A Thing?
Stop Clinging To Music Theory
Stump Tha Chump
What We Hate About Our Own Playing
Greatest Jazz Etude Ever Written
Is There Anything Great Happening in Jazz Today?
Is ENVY The Thief of Joy?
Is it WRONG to Like Smooth Jazz? ⛔️🤔
Feeling Way Too Stuck
Greatest Jazz Piano Solo Ever?
What Age Defines A Jazz "Master"
Language Or Sound: What's More Important?
Do All Modern Jazz Musicians Really Sound The Same?
Building Your Teaching Chops
The Secret Behind Playing Great Music
The A.I. Practice Method?
One EZ Way To Sky-ROCKET Your Playing
What Chords Work In A Minor Key?
Accountability Check-In
Let's Talk "Jazz" Festivals
Get To Know The Real Peter
The Best 7 Minutes Of Music You've Ever Heard
The Legacy of Ahmad Jamal
Finding Your Balance
The "To-Don't List"
The Magic Of Elis Regina
The Most Inspirational Musician Of His Generation
Voice Leaders
Vibe-Free Jazz
60 Second Pedagogy
The Power Of The Mu Chord
Do We Care If There's Soul?
Beyond The Bassist
Which Keys Will Please?
Remembering Wayne
The Keith Jarrett/Rick Beato Interview
It's Not All On Paper
Why Am I Not Getting Any Better?
Speaking Without Talking
Has Jazz Strayed Too Far?
5 Fundamentals
What Musicians Can Learn From Sports Psychology
2023 Grammy Recap
Beginner? Intermediate? Or A Secret Third Thing.
Can Public Radio Swing??
Stop Using Scales
Everyone's Busy. Nobody Cares. Find Time To Practice.
7 Favorite NON-Jazz Solos
OG's React To IG's #5
Bebop Scale? Not a Thing.
Unintended Benefits of Practicing in 12 Keys
7 New Year's NOT-Resolutions
ONE THOUSAND
Attitude Of Gratitude
Why Aren't I Motivated To Practice?
Weird, Worst, Embarrassing, and ...Celebrities?
Best Holiday Bangers
No More Getting Lost
Unicorn Chords
Blues Clues
7 Voicings You Needed Yesterday
Funkify Your Playing Now
The State of Jazz
Getting To Know Cbabi Bayoc
What's That Tune?
OG's React To IG's - #4
Why We Love Larry! (Goldings)
OG's React To IG Pianists
Finding Your Identity
Playing The Scary Chords
Celebrities (Pianists), They're Just Like US
Talkin' Music With Dianne Reeves
7 Greatest Pianists Of The Greatest Generation
Victor Goines In The Pod
An Interview With Anat Cohen
That's Bebop For Ya
Groovin' Inclusively
Poly Want A... Rhythm?
7 Greatest Silent Generation Pianists
An Interview With The Great Fred Hersch
Play What You Hear
7 Greatest Baby Boomer Pianists
Hustlin' With Hutch
OG's React to IG Pianists
7 Greatest Gen X Pianists
Most Unique Pianist In Jazz?
OG's React to IG
7 Greatest Millennial Pianists
You'll Hear It Goes Underground
A List of Lists
Keeping It Mainstream
Simplest Way To Build A Solo
Finding Your Flow
Why So Serious?
What Makes A Solo Special?
Starting From Scratch
Yes, And?
Optimizing The Shed
5 Levels of a 6 Chord
Diatonix!
Sus It Out
Spicing Up Your Solos
Tricks For Overcoming Hurdles
Weird Practice Habits That Actually Kinda Work
Quartal Questions
When Practice Pays Off
Is Jazz Bad?
Squadin' Up
Meet Eric Harland
The 3 Motions
Delayed Gratification
Keezer Talks Comping
Tips To Jumpstart Back Into Playing Shape
Actual Proof
It's All About Bill Evans
Pedalin' Into Your Audience's Heart
Peter and Adam's MOST Inspirational Tracks
2 Minutes From the Past
An Analysis' Analysis
Gotta Get That Boost!
Jazz Ahoy!
Attitudes of Gratitudes
To Be Taught or to Self-Teach?
Feelin' the Listener Love!
What's Your Mindset?
Chroma-Dramatics
Why We Love Geoffrey Keezer
Give it to em' straight.
Sneak Peak-isode
Motivation Station
Al Gore Rhythm
Slash Slingers
Hackin' The Mainframe
Play a Great Solo Every Time!
That's the Gig, Man!
Adding Some Serious Spice
Can We Stump Adam?
Can We Stump Peter?
Take 4 and call it 7
Can't beat it? Copy it!
What's Goin' on Here?
Wurli or Rhodes?
Triple Take Friday!
Hittin' the Shed!
Bebop explained.
Say "Hello!" to the 6th Chord
Let's Hear it!
Low-End Theories
Grammy Breakdown!
Transatlantic Deep Dive
4 Chords to Rule Them All
Hymns and Her's
Questions Abroad
What Note am I thinking of?
Too many notes? Maybe.
Lifelong Learnin'
Aspirational Alterations
Usin' those EARS.
Straight from LG himself.
Mistakes Happen, You got this!
Improvisation Techniques Today!
S-Tier Swingin'
What is Equanimity? And how can it help your playing?
Easy tips on chord voicings
2 Grammy nominated solos: Jon Batiste & Chick Corea
7 Understated Ballads (*with playlist)
3 Killin' Vibes Tracks (special guest Warren Wolf)
Kenny Barron's Grammy nominated solo
5, 7, 11...Hey Emmet, What time signature is it?
Smooth vs. Straight Ahead and 3 more Novice Jazz Questions
Weedie Braimah's "The Hands of Time"
Keeping time like Chick Corea (without a metronome!)
Simplify your chords
Listener Stories - Vol. 2
Listener Stories - Vol. 1
"Bakka Chuka...Bakka Tuka" - Find Funky Basslines
Charles Lloyd & the Marvels: Tone Poem
Gotta catch 'em all: Grooves
Fall in love with Minor 2-5-1's
Left hand? Right hand? Equal rights...and equal lefts.
The Maestro's 6th Chords
Practicing, Herbie, Peter's jazz origins and more - Highlights of 2021
Stretched too thin? Set some guard rails and focus.
Three tracks to reflect on - Evans, Redman & Doky (*not a law firm)
First Take Friday: Dr. Lonnie Smith
Want to be a jazz musician? Be inquisitive. Be curious.
How to Work Hard (in jazz & in life)
Nicholas Payton's new release "Smoke Sessions"
Vince Guaraldi EXPLAINED
Jazz Piano: Day 1 (who ordered a full plate of the blues?)
First Take Friday: Barry Harris
Solos, Being in the Moment, and Throwing in all of Your Chips
YouTube Hang: review and discuss the videos in their recommended viewing
First Take Friday: Jon Batiste's "WE ARE" *Grammy Nominated*
Let the lyrics guide you.(or don't)
How to make meaningful melodies
First Take Friday: Christian McBride & Inside Straight Live at the Village Vanguard
Forget playing just one instrument.
How To Learn Any New Skill
First Take Friday: Bill Charlap Trio
Sight reading tunes, The Real Book, and applying newly learned ideas into a tune
Ron Carter
First Take Friday: Sharel Cassity
How to Listen to the Form
Why social listening is important
First Take Friday: Sam Fribush Organ Trio
Should I Focus on Sh$t I Know, or Sh$t I Don't Know?
Duel of Dopeness: Songs That Should Suck
First Take Friday: Terence Blanchard
Music We Like That's Not Jazz
How To Listen to Music
5 Lifestyle Tweaks That Make You a Better Musician
First Take Wednesday: Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves
How To Communicate With Music
3 Things To Make You Sound Better TODAY
When Jazz Musicians Go POP
Who Should I Listen to for a Better Feel?
7 Voicings That We Love
What Are You Listening for When You Transcribe?
How Do You Handle Mistakes?
Our Biggest Musical Challenges
Teaching Jazz to Beginners
Does Perfect Pitch Make You a Better Musician?
How to Organize Your Practice Routine
What Do You Do When You Can't Hear Yourself?
How to Thematically Improvise
Adam's Musical Origin Story
Peter's Musical Origin Story
7 Left Hand Voicing Shapes
What Do Pianists Want To Hear From Guitarists?
7 Ways to up Your Streaming Game
A Conversation With Fred Hersch
Herbie Hancock's Minor Scale
How to Hiatus
A 5-Part Framework to Practicing Effectively
7 Hippest TV Show Themes
A First Episode Retrospective
Killin' Comping That Anyone Can Do
Burnout - The Good Kind.
From the Vault: Herbie Hancock's Solo on "Cantaloupe Island"
Our 7 Favorite '80s Albums
Cavalcade of Comments - Uh Oh, Oleo
How To Play the Bridge of Rhythm Changes
Cavalcade of Comments - Celebrity Jazz Flautist Edition
Our 7 Favorite '90s Albums
Climb Into the 'Cade of Comments
Oscar Peterson Solo Reaction and Analysis
Cavalcade of Comments (And Life Advice)
The Ultimate Deep Dive into Standards
Cavalcade of Crappy Comments 💩
5 Ways To Start an Iconic Album
What's Goin' On? - Peter & Adam Catch Up
Why Do I Sound Bad?
A Conversation With Nicholas Payton (Part 2)
A Conversation With Nicholas Payton (Part 1)
Ron Carter on Bass Lines, Miles, and More (A Conversation)
Peter & Adam Answer Your Practice Questions
The Real Book Strikes Back
Cavalcade of Comments: Noodle Edition
7 Iconic Bass Lines (And Why You Should Learn Them)
Cavalcade of Comments
8 GREAT Herbie Hancock Moments
Carousel of Comments - Hater Edition
7 Classic Intros
Back on the Carousel of Comments 🎠
How Bad Is the Real Book, Actually?
Carousel of Comments
The 7 Greatest Jazz Solos*
The Most Important Job of a Rhythm Section
Gen X Pianists React to 2021 Jazz
7 Levels of V7 Chords
Peter's Six Segments of Practice
Remembering Chick Corea
Who's the Next Oscar Peterson?
Rorschach Melodies
Critiquing the Music of the Inauguration
Unicorn Pockets
Things I Wish I Were Told
What Makes This Track Great?
The Evolution of an Artist
5 Dope Tracks for This Weekend
From the Vault: 7 Ways To Practice Scales Creatively
From the Vault: 7 Ways To End a Tune
Tips for Making Solo Arrangements
Fitness & Diet Check-In
Jazz Musicians Play the Blues
Staying Inspired at an Advanced Level
From the Vault: 7 Great Standards You Don't Know
Playing for the Audience (And Not Yourself)
What Do You Do When Things Don't Go Your Way?
Best of Q&A's (Part 2)
Best of Q&A's (Part 1)
Why Don't "Pretty" Notes Work in Other Genres?
Diminished Scales & When To Use Them
How Important are Scales?
What To Practice When You Don't Feel Like Practicing
The State of Music Education
Is Music Notation Still Relevant?
The Basics of Ear Training
Tips for Improvising Over Quick Chord Movements
Is Bebop Relevant?
How To Sound Great When You're Not a Great Player
How To Use YouTube To Improve Your Playing
How Much Self-Admiration Should I Have?
Jazzing up Holiday Tunes
What Does "Altered" Actually Mean?
The Best Musicians All Share This One Trait
How To Comp for Bass Solos
Giving Advice To Musicians Without Being a Jerk
Why Aren't Piano Solos as Good as Horn Solos?
The Free Association Episode
How To Shed on Hard Tunes
How Do I Get My Friends Into Jazz?
Tune Breakdown: "Dolphin Dance" (Part 2)
Tune Breakdown: "Dolphin Dance" (Part 1)
Why Top Jazz Players Love Risk
What Do I Do With Ascending Chord Progressions?
Is Composing Improvisation?
Tips for Counting During Drum Solos
Talking Politics
Kenny Kirkland's Sound
Tips for Playing With a Big Band
Cocktail Piano Method???
Peter and Adam's Approach To Wayne Shorter Tunes
How To Improv Over Minor 2-5's
Smoking It up at the Instrument
How to Prevent Problems With Your Playing BEFORE They Happen
General Q&A
Is There Such Thing as "the Right Fingering?"
Voicings for Pop and Rock
Practice Check-In: Preparing for a Performance
Piano Technique Questions
How to Stay Motivated Without Performances
Passing Chords in Gospel
All About Diminished Chords
Peter and Adam's Practice Check-In
The Right (And Wrong) Way To Listen
7 Tools to Supercharge Your Practice
Practice: Quality or Quantity?
What Makes a Definitive Tune?
What Are We Practicing?
How To Connect With Other Musicians During a Pandemic
STOP Doing These 10 Things in Your Solos
The Best New Practice Techniques We're Doing
What To Practice
Tips for Memorizing Melody and Changes
"Tenderly" Taste Advice
What You Should Start Doing TODAY as an Improvisor
4 Memory Hacks To Learn Standards
Tips for Playing What You Hear
Where Can I Learn Chords & Voicings?
Set It and Forget It - Starting Tunes
7 Tips To Help You FOCUS
How To Fix Boring Solos
Rhythm Context - What Is It and How to Practice It
Practicing on 2-5-1 Progressions
How To Play Joe Henderson Tunes
Getting Inspired by Other Genres
How to Improv Over Sus Chords
The Posture of Practicing
Should I Learn Piano?
Who's the Kevin Bacon of Jazz?
5 "Giant Steps" Hacks
Recent Reads: Peter & Adam's Book Club
The Worst Blues Podcast Ever
Peter and Adam's Lightbulb Moments
We Answer Your Most Pressing Questions
Your Questions... Answered
Play This, Not That (On the Blues)
Play Like a Great: Play Blues Like Oscar Peterson
How to Practice Away From Your Instrument
Two Jazz Pianists React to Bill Evans
How to Play Great Sh*t
Play Like a Great: How to Play Blues Like McCoy Tyner
Bass-ic Instinct: How to Play Better Bass Lines
How to Break Out of Your Straight-Ahead Rut
How to Get Better at Phrasing
Playing Melodically on Minor 2-5's
Change and Exploration: How to Build Skills
How to Up Your Stream Game
What to Do When You're Not Feeling It
The Locked Hand Voicings THEY Won't Tell You About
Adam's Magic Voicings System
McCoy Tyner Solo Breakdown
Our 7 Favorite Musician Quotes
How to Cut Out the Noise
Footprints Solo Reaction
4 Bebop Hacks That Will Blow Your Mind
4 Ways to Stay Motivated During a Pandemic
4 Scales Every Jazz Musician Should Know
How to Get Good at Anything
The Future of Live Jazz
Help! Which Diminished Scale Should I Use?
Who Is the GREATEST Jazz Musician?
Do You Believe in Magic Chord Systems?
A Jimmy Cobb Retrospective (Part 2)
A Jimmy Cobb Retrospective (Part 1)
Milestones: How to Tell That You're Improving
The 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Jazz Musician (Part 2)
The 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Jazz Musician (Part 1)
Keeping the Faith - How to Stay Motivated to Practice
Burning Questions: Help! I'm a Classical Pianist Who Wants to Improvise!
What Do Keith Jarrett & a Mediocre Music Student Have in Common?
Burning Questions: Hitting the Fan - What to Do When Things Go Wrong
Burning Questions: Strange Time Signatures, Even Stranger Internet Problems
Burning Questions: How to Play Melodically FAST
Burning Questions: Does Bebop Still Matter in 2020?
Special Guests: An Interview With "Switched on Pop" (Part 2)
Special Guests: An Interview With "Switched on Pop" (Part 1)
When Am I Done Practicing This?
4 Ways to Sound GREAT as a Beginner Jazz Pianist
4 Ways to Keep Motivated
Burning Questions: Peter's Horror Gig Story
Burning Questions: How to Get Wined and Dined
Burning Questions: What NOT to Do When Comping
Live From Instagram (5/9/20) - Part 3
Live From Instagram (5/9/20) - Part 2
Live From Instagram (5/9/20) - Part 1
Best of Season 6: Scales Part 2 (Advanced Scales)
Live From Instagram: Q&A (5/2/20) - Part 3
Live From Instagram: Q&A (5/2/20) - Part 2
Live From Instagram: Q&A (5/2/20) - Part 1
Best of Season 6: Scale Practice - Part 1
Best of Season 6: Peter and Adam's Favorite Solos
Live From Instagram: Q&A (4/25/20) - Part 2
Live From Instagram: Q&A (4/25/20) - Part 1
McCoy Tyner Tribute - Part 2
McCoy Tyner Tribute - Part 1
How to Practice (PM Solo Edition)
How to Practice (AM Solo Edition)
Best of Season 6: Navigating Voicings and Changes
Best of Season 6: Peter and Adam Dopio Intros
Peter Goes Solo...
7 Standards to Start
Live From Instagram: Q&A (4/20/20)
4 Ways to Work on Your Hand Independence
4 Tips to Make Your Diminished Chords Sound HIP
The 7 Kinds of Practicers
7 Ways to Make a Piano "Talk"
Hand Health With Dr. Charles Goldfarb
Geoffrey Keezer's 7 Favorite Solo Piano Tracks
7 Creative Ideas While Sheltering in Place
Guided Practice Session
Our 7 Favorite "Modern" Vocal Tracks
5 Ways to Tighten Up Your Time
5 Easy Chord Substitutions
4 Power Practice Ideas
The New YHI - With Andrew and Sam
Writing Lyrics
7 Beast Mode Memories
7 Great Mopey Straight-8th Tunes
7 Things to Practice When Working From Home
Our 7 Favorite Burners
Get Your Funky Pop Stuff On!
The King: The Blues Scale
7 Things to Practice During a Pandemic
Our Quarantine Listening Mix
How to Handle Playing Badly
7 Times Jazz Went Pop
7 Times Pop Went Jazz
Being a Musician During a Pandemic
7 Greatest Moments in Comping History
The Most Important Tool for Getting Better
5 Ways to Get Called More
Our 7 Favorite Slick Turnarounds
Dominate Your Lydian Dominants
He's Got His Coltrane Stuff Together
Peter & Adam's Background and Motivation
The Art of Trading
1 Hip Drop-2 Trick
Triad Triage: 4 Basic Voicings
7 Tracks to Help Your Funk Chops
The 3 Different Minor 7 Chords
How to Practice Scales (It's Not What You Think)
How to Maximize LONG Practice Sessions
Our 7 Favorite Brazilian Tracks
7 Essential Skillzz for Pro Musicians
Our 5 Favorite "Busy" Solos
7 Nifty Bebop Tactics to Deploy Now
Our 5 Favorite "Simple" Solos
Dealing With Minor 2-5-1's
Solo Piano Basics
Advanced Use of the Altered Scale
7 Funkiest Breaks/Intros
Our Favorite Oscar Peterson Fireworks
How to Practice Mindfully
How to Practice in All Keys
Our Favorite Bluesy Double Stops
Is Stevie Really a Jazz Musician? (Yes, Here's Why)
How to CRUSH a 15-Minute Practice Session
7 Great Trombone Solos
The Diminished Scale - What the Hell Is It?
Why Have So Many Pros Come From the Suzuki Method?
4 Reasons You're Not Swinging
7 Biggest Myths About Learning Music
7 Biggest Improv Mistakes You're Probably Making
How to Practice Technique (It's Not What You Think)
An Analog Mindset for a Digital World
Should You Be Dogmatic With the "Real" Changes?
7 Ways to Use Pedal Tones
Introducing the Pod Suite (feat. JEN Recap)
7 Practice Hacks for Better Ears
Do You Even Target Notes, Bro?
Don't Do These 7 Things When You Practice
What Makes a Hip Voicing?
You'll Hear It: B-Sides Ep. 1 - Mildly Delightful
Phrasing... What the Hell Is It?
Our Most Embarrassing Moments on Stage
The Big Question: What Is Swing?
The Crucial Element You're Not Practicing
Practice Ideas: Weekly Concepts
Best of Season 5 (Adam & Peter Wittily Banting)
Best of Season 5 (7 Tips on Technique and Creativity)
Best of Season 5(How does that Work?)
Best of Season 5(What The Hell is...)
Get the Most Out of Your Lessons
Our 7 Favorite Non-Jazz Songs to Cover
The Current Political "Jazz" Landscape
How to Crush It on Every Solo
7 Soundtracks Peter and Adam Love
Peter & Adam's New Years Resolutions
7 Lessons Learned from the Masters
7 Lessons Learned From Whack Gigs
What the Hell Do I Do With My Left Hand?
What the Hell Are Adam & Peter Practicing?
What the Hell Is the Difference Between a b5 and a #11?
What the Hell Do I Play Over a Secondary Dominant?
Humor in the Language
Finding and Following YOUR Narrative
What Do You Want From Us?
7 (Barely) Bear-able Holiday Tunes
7 Artists We're Thankful for This Year
4 Ways to Use Pentatonic Scales (And How to Practice Them)
4 Super Slick Chords (And How to Use Them)
Crossing Over to Other Genres
3 Levels of Listening (And Why They're All Important)
The Boyz Are Back in Town
Special Guest: Rick Beato Part 3
Special Guest: Rick Beato Part 2
Special Guest: Rick Beato Part 1
How to Take Care of Yourself as a Jazz Musician
What's Happening With Jazz?
How to Survive a Horrible Performance (By You)
7 Ways to Learn Jazz Faster
You've Transcribed a Solo. Now What?
Practice Tips for Hand Independence
Managing a Band
7 Solos You Should Know
This Week's Recap
7 Ways to Keep Your Playing in Shape on the Road
Bebop Enclosures
How Does That Work? Drop 2 Voicing
How Does That Work? Playing Out
How Does That Work? Chord Substitutions
How Does That Work? Diminished Chords
How Does That Work? Altered Extensions
Best of: 7 Best Tips for the Practice Room
Best of: 7 Best Tips on How to Play Better
Best of: The Tunes of Season 4
Best of: Ultimate Tips (Season 4 Edition)
How Many Choruses Should You Take?
The #1 Thing You Need to Play Better
7 Greatest Sounding Albums
Trouble With the Vocalist? We've Got You Covered!
Playing With Another Pianist
How to Get Started Transcribing
Fingering Basics
Building Rootless Left Hand Voicings
How to Approach 2 Piano Duos
All About Adam & Peter's Palate
Should I Move to New York?
All About Triadic Chromatic Concepts
Top 7 Underappreciated Jazz Pianists
Build Your Solo Like an Architect
7 Ways to Improve Your Soloing
Melodic Two-Handed Voicings
7 Most Asked Questions About Jazz
Balancing Gigs
What Have We Learned Since Starting Open Studio?
The Why, How, and When of Dynamics
7 Highly Effective Habits to Make You a Better Jazz Musician
How to Effectively Use Melody in Improv
YHI Live: Q&A (Vol. 2)
Should You Use the Real Book?
Why Scales?
Our 7 Favorite Tunes in 3
Two-Handed Voicings That Kick Ass
Practicing While Others Are Around
Advice From a Master: Thelonious Monk (Part 2)
Advice From a Master: Thelonious Monk (Part 1)
Our Favorite Jazz Websites
Dealing With Rhythm Changes
7 Hip Ways to Get Where You're Goin'
Jam Sessions
Should You Specialize?
How to Supercharge Your Practice Routine
What Brings About Stank Face?
What Makes a Good Vocalist?
Thoughts on Comping From a Master
I Hate Jazz
7 Things We Don't Agree On
Musicians Raising Kids
Special Guest: Jazz Memes
Playing and Accepting
The Jazziest Musician Names
Record Deal Do's and Don'ts
Keeping Track of the Changes
The Best Jazz Players Do This
YHI Live: Q&A
7 Things Not to Do at Soundcheck
The Katy Perry/Flame Lawsuit
Practice Routine
7 Jazz Standards You Gotta Know
Our 7 Favorite 2 Feels
Getting Past Licks
What Are You Thinking?
Top 4 Non-Piano Records You Can Practice To
7-Step Syllabus to Becoming a Functional Jazz Musician
Arranging for Solo Piano
Creativity and Substance Abuse
17 Tunes You Gotta Know
7 Favorite Piano-y Runs
Rootless Voicings vs. Rooted Voicings
How to NOT Be Perfect
7 Things NOT to Do for a GREAT Sound
Phrasing While Comping
7 Reasons NOT to Start Your Own Band (And 1 Reason You Should)
Best of: Ultimate Tips
Best of: Lists of Seven
How to Practice Performance
Working Out Your Left Hand
Should You Learn Classical Music?
7 Tracks We've Been Diggin'
7 Most Influential Solos for Us
How to Hire & Fire
7 Options for a Dominant 7th Chord
7 Keys to a Growth Mindset
All-Star Bands
Learning the Tradition vs. Finding Your Own Voice
Deep Listening
7 Unbelievable Facts About Jazz
How to Be an AMAZING Jazz Pianist by Practicing ONE Simple Thing
4 Core Principles for Learning Jazz
How to Learn New Tunes
How to Hear the Harmony
How to Fail
Planing
Comment Analysis: Why People REALLY Hate Jazz
The Big Life Question
Modal Playing: Where Do You Place the Notes?
Humor in Jazz
Left-Hand Voicings
What's So Great About Miles?
Big Band Playing
Being (Ill) Prepared for the Gig
Heavy Pianos
Vertical Harmony
Playing for Free
What is Jazz?
Metronome Practice
Getting Beyond the Changes
What to Practice When You Can't Play
Our Favorite Peter-isms (Feat. Geoff Clapp)
Best New Orleans Drummers (feat. Geoff Clapp)
How to Get Your Kids Into Jazz
Use of Space/Silence
All About Habits
Fingering: Getting Out of It
Gig Marketing: 7 Ways to Put Butts in Seats
Making Good Harmonic Decisions/Playing With Guitarists
Set Lists
Getting Your Rhythm Stronger
Lyrics
What Makes A Great Pianist?
The Worst Jazz Advice We Ever Got
The Best Jazz Advice We Ever Got
Welcome Back, Peter
The Three Zone Concept
Chromatic Enclosures
Getting Closer to Playing What We Hear
Jazz, Politics, and the 21st Century
Ideas for Practicing Comping
Leading Ensembles
Getting Arranging Gigs
Accompanying: When to Use Solo Fills
7 Albums Peter Never Knew
Soloing on Pop Changes
Our Individual Development
Accompanying in a Duo
Composers Who've Influenced Us
7 Things You Didn't Know About Peter and Adam
Spouses Special: Favorite Artists
Pursuing a Unique Sound
Communication on the Bandstand
History of Open Studio
Jazz Resources
Comparing Yourself to Other Musicians
4th Style Voicings
Equipment We Gig With
This Week in Jazz
4 Ways to Practice Voice Leading
Staying Inspired
Minor Harmony
Playing in All Keys
A Comments Section Retrospective
Slash Chords
7 Albums Adam Never Knew
Sus Chords
Practical Applications of Root, Shell, Pretty
7 Secret Ways to Practice Scales
This Week in Jazz
Solo Discussion: Louis Armstrong - "West End Blues"
7 Tracks That Give Us Chills
How to Absorb What You Transcribe
Root, Shell, Pretty
Getting Dogmatic: How to Get the Gig
7 Hacks to Swing Harder
How to Not Get Lost in a Drum Solo
Our 7 Favorite Jazz Compositions
7 Favorite Scat Singers
How to Name Chords
How to Improve Memory Work
7 Crucial Details for Navigating Chord Changes
Notes From Chick: How to Hear What You Play
This Week in Jazz
Tension in the Body
Range of a Melody
Bebop Scales
7 Practice Strategies You Can Implement Today
The Secret of Syncopation - S3E45
The Good, the Bad, & the Annoying: Musicians Who Sing While They Play - S3E44
Comment Analysis: Our "Lingus" Solo Discussion - S3E43
Recording: How to Make the Studio Feel Like the Bandstand - S3E42
String Theory: Writing for a String Section - S3E41
How to Compose Your Own Music - S3E40
What Other Musicians Expect From the Bass Player - S3E39
How to Avoid Getting Lost - S3E38
Practicing Freely - S3E37
Playing With Two Hands - S3E36
Playing Fast - S3E35
A How-To for Drop 2 - S3E34
Getting the Most Out of the Half/Whole Diminished Scale - S3E33
The Soft Touch - Ballads - S3E32
What is Jazz? - S3E31
This Week in Jazz - #30
7 Step Guide to Learning Jazz Piano - #29
Sean Jones Interview - #28
Modes in Jazz (Featuring Warren Wolf) - #27
Tia Fuller Interview - #26
Comping for Bass Solos - #25
Getting Out of the Math - #24
Solo Analysis: "Lingus" - Cory Henry - #23
How to Hear the Changes - #22
The One Scale You Should Be Practicing Every Day - #21
This Week in Jazz - #20
Solo Analysis "Cantaloupe Island" - Pat Metheny - #19
Solo Analysis: "Cantaloupe Island" - Herbie Hancock - #18
How Horn Players Can Add Interest - #17
Tips on Playing the Changes - #16
Christian Sands Interview: Part 2 - #15
Christian Sands Interview: Part 1 - #14
Solo Analysis: "Rebel Music" - Christian Sands - #13
7 Ways to Find Your True Artistic Self - #12
This Week in Jazz - #11
How to Practice Efficiently in Limited Time - #10
7 Jazz Controversies - #9
7 Ways to Swing - #8
Comping Patterns - #7
The Trio Setting - #6
This Week in Jazz - #5
Blakey Musicians - #4
Solo Analysis: "No Greater Love" - Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing - #3
4 Tunes to Absolutely NEVER Ask a Serious Jazz Musician to Play - #2
Top 7 Jazz Albums of 2018 - #1
Best of YHI: 7 Ways To Practice Scales Creatively - #90
Best of YHI: 7 Ways To End a Tune - #89
Best of YHI: 7 Great Practice Routine Hacks - #88
Best of YHI: 7 Great Standards You Don't Know - #87
Best of YHI: 17 Standards Every Jazz Player Should Know - #86
This Week in Jazz - #85
7 Biggest Jazz Myths - #84
Performance Anxiety - #83
Playing Free - #82
Discussing Chick - #81
Barry Harris's 6th Diminished: The Basics - #80
5 Triad Pairs That Sound Great - #79
4 Basic Chord Voicings Every Jazz Musician Should Know - #78
Scales for a Minor 2-5-1 - #77
The Origin of Open Studio - #76
This Week in Jazz - #75