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Picture this. You’re backstage before a big performance waiting for your turn to step into the spotlight. A few steps away from the curtain you can hear the murmur of the audience and your pulse starts to race. You take a deep breath and confidently walk onstage. The heat of the lights hits you and you …

Charlie Parker’s Brilliant Licks and Tricks on I Remember You

Forrest

Jazz Musicians, Jazz Standards, Transcribing

With its unique opening chord changes, the jazz standard I Remember You poses quite the challenge to most jazz improvisers, which is surprising because the chords themselves don’t seem that difficult. But it’s not the individual chords that create the problem…It’s the way one chord moves to the next chord… We’re simply not used to …

12 Dexter Gordon Lines on Blue Bossa You’d Never Think Of

Forrest

Jazz Language, Jazz Musicians, Jazz Standards

The jazz standard Blue Bossa is often referred to as a beginner jazz tune, but as you quickly find out as you start your journey into jazz, even these so-called “beginner” tunes are not easy to sound great on. Playing beautiful lines through the changes that connect and flow from one chord to the next …

Make 2017 Your Best Musical Year – Use These 3 Simple Steps to Reach Your Goals

Forrest

Inspiration, Jazz Advice and Tips

Let’s be real. New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. Every year, January 1st comes and people act as if they’re going to entirely reinvent themselves, that this is the year. The year that’s different than all other years. The year of making things happen and achieving goals. But just after a few weeks, the smoke from …

Thoughts On Learning Tunes

Forrest

How to Practice Jazz, Jazz Education, Jazz Standards, Perspectives

We practice long tones. We work on two-five progressions until our fingers bleed. We work on new ideas and concepts. The work is mostly enjoyable, sometimes frustrating, and hopefully productive… But what is all this diligent dedication for? Tunes. What else is there? Everything we do is to play tunes in the way we so …

Mythbusting the Top 5 Myths About Jazz Improvisation

Forrest

Inspiration, Myths, Perspectives

Learning how to improvise is not nearly as clear as people think. And what makes it worse is that there are quite a few myths about it. Today, in no particular order, we’re going to dispel five myths about jazz improvisation for you right now! Myth #1 When it comes to improvising, you either got …

Are you learning Jazz Improvisation backwards?

Are You Trying To Learn Jazz Improvisation in Reverse??

Eric

Composition, How to Practice Jazz, Perspectives

You learn scales. You faithfully practice triads and arpeggios in every key. You memorize chord progressions & learn tunes. And then you improvise… Sound familiar? This is the standard approach to jazz improvisation that you find in classrooms, private lessons, masterclasses, and practice rooms everywhere. It’s what we’ve come to accept as “the way” to …

The Real Reason You Should Start Transcribing Jazz Solos

Eric

Transcribing

Here’s a thought. What if you could go back in time and take a lesson with John Coltrane? Yes, that John Coltrane. I mean drive up to his home in Dix Hills, knock on the door, politely say hello to his wife, and walk in past the stacks of staff paper and saxophone mouthpieces into …

Only Listen To The Best Jazz Recordings

Forrest

Jazz Advice and Tips, Jazz Musicians, Perspectives

I used to frequent the Village Vanguard to go see my teacher Rich Perry perform all the time. As you gaze upon the walls of the Vanguard, you peer into the past…jazz legends, the inventors, live on the walls… You sit there in awe, knowing that at some point, they occupied the space you now …

How to Apply the Jazz Language that You’ve Transcribed

Eric

Jazz Advice and Tips, Jazz Language, Jazz Standards, Transcribing

So you’ve transcribed some ii-V lines. You’ve even learned a few solos note for note directly from the record, but, despite your efforts, you’re not seeing the results you expected. Transcribing those lines from your favorite player didn’t transform you into the great improviser that everyone had promised. At the end of the day, improvisation …

How to Acquire Useful Language: The Building Blocks of Your Solo

Eric

Chords, Playing Techniques

Learning how to improvise can be overwhelming. There’s an enormous gap in knowledge to overcome as soon as you decide that you want to play jazz. Before you even improvise a single note, you have to contend with over 100 years of musical history, from Louis Armstrong all the way up to the innovators of …

Expand Your Creativity In Any Solo With These 3 Simple Techniques (Premium)

Eric

Jazz Advice and Tips, Playing Techniques, Premium Only

Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a routine? Going through the motions day in and day out. Performing the same tasks at the same time, no matter what. You can almost predict it like clockwork… The truth is everyone knows this feeling because we’re creatures of habit. We find the path of least …

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Charlie Parker’s Brilliant Licks and Tricks on I Remember You

12 Dexter Gordon Lines on Blue Bossa You’d Never Think Of

Make 2017 Your Best Musical Year – Use These 3 Simple Steps to Reach Your Goals

Thoughts On Learning Tunes

Mythbusting the Top 5 Myths About Jazz Improvisation

Are You Trying To Learn Jazz Improvisation in Reverse??

The Real Reason You Should Start Transcribing Jazz Solos

Only Listen To The Best Jazz Recordings

How to Apply the Jazz Language that You’ve Transcribed

How to Acquire Useful Language: The Building Blocks of Your Solo

Expand Your Creativity In Any Solo With These 3 Simple Techniques (Premium)

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