Art Tatum

โ€œGod is in the house tonightโ€ were the famous words uttered by pianist/composer extraordinaire Fats Waller on Art Tatum.ย  In […]

Minority Arrangement

Marc Mommaas arrangement of Gigi Gryce’s Minority, written for the students of the theory and improvisation workshop. The arrangement includes […]

John Coltrane

John William Coltrane spent a career of searching and scaling new heights, with thrilling highs, and some things that leave […]

Coleman Hawkins

When discussing artists at the forefront of their fields and then embracing change, naturally adapting with their own voices names […]

Louis Armstrong

Throughout the history of Jazz, perhaps it can be said there is no more influential figure than Louis Armstrong. From […]

Stanley Turrentine

Stanley Turrentine was one of the big toned tenors in the tradition of Illinois Jacquet and Gene Ammons. His sumptuous […]

Gary Burton’s Improv Class

Take a two-hour class, recorded at Loyola University, with vibraphonist extraordinaire and Berklee teacher Gary Burton. You’ll also hear us […]

Modern Jazz

Hi everybody! Time to share some music. We had a great class last night with my Modern Jazz Workshop and […]

What are your favorites?

During the holiday break, Andrea (our teacher) asked us to learn three blues and three rhythm changes tunes. So to […]

More Daahoud

Here is a link to Clifford Brown’s trumpet solo taken from the Clifford Brown Complete EmArcy recordings. Emily Remler’s guitar […]

Jazz Advice

I just finished reading a persuasive article on the blogย Jazz Advice (here) entitled, 6 Reasons You Should Start Composing Today. […]

Solo Entrances

I was browsing through Hal Cook’s How to Improvise (Advance Music, 1991), a great resource for the jazz student, and […]