Jazz Vocal Workshop back up and running…
I had a sweet time on the road in March and so great to return to running the The Jazz […]
Hal Galper
There are portions of various Hal Galper masterclasses on Youtube in which he discusses various aspects of jazz improvisation. I […]
Rhythm Changes
Want to understand rhythm changes and some useful advice, with examples, about how to improvise on them? Check this out. […]
Angelica
Today our warm up was in the Mingus blues composition called” Noddin Your Head Blues.” It’s a slow blues using […]
Duke Ellington
When I showed up to class we had a violinists and a new pianist. The pianist Bob told us he […]
Interview on Critical Jazz website.
Hi! I wanna share with you an interview that I had with journalist Brent Black from Critical Jazz. I think […]
I’ll Remember April
There’s a good discussion about chord subs on this tune on website all about jazz, including this contrefact (new melody) […]
new tunes
Back to some warmups involving the modes in major and scoped out the locrian natural 2, 6th mode of melodic […]
tunes
Today we worked mostly on originals. Two tunes of Clement, one in 5/4 and one with a cycle of 3/4 […]
My Foolish Heart
What does My Foolish Heart have in Blue Moon and Heart and Soul, and with many hits from the 1950’s […]
More Airegin
Here’s a transcription of Grant Green’s solo on Airegin. And Craig Buhler dedicates a post on his website to a nice […]
Just friends in the West Coast?
In our last class we welcomed Shri who plays bass and sat in with us. There was an immediate connection […]