Post Category: Jazz & Improvisation

If you are practicing repeated work like chords, scales, arpeggios, chord progressions or finger exercises, it is useful to practice through all 12 keys in different orders.  If you always practice in...

Every jazz vocalist and every instrumentalist that works with a jazz vocalist needs to know how to start the song.  Having a collection of vocal jazz introductions at the ready will help you to keep...

Knowing how to count off the jazz band is a really important skill that every musician should have. Singers and instrumentalists alike should feel comfortable counting off the band in any tempo and...

Calling all jazzers (or aspiring jazzers)! This awesome video is going to teach you how to walk a bass line on any jazz standard. It is super easy and straight ahead and I will take you step-by-step...

For anyone who is a jazz instrumentalist, vocalist or enthusiast, you know that the Bossa Nova is a staple of this music.  Songs by Jobim and Gilberto are part of our repertoire, and we love to...

Welcome to the courses!  Here is a quick-and-dirty tutorial on how to utilize the Teachable Platform.  Teachable is such a user-friendly and intuitive platform, which is why I chose it as the home of...