Podcast Episodes

Jazz Piano School Ep 35: Walk Bass Lines Part 1

Learning how to walk bass lines is a skill all jazz pianists want to accomplish. And who wouldn't? We have a nice bass register on the piano but we n…

11 years, 8 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 34 : Rootless Voicing Textures

We recently learned our rootless voicings. In this episode I'm going to show you how to turn these rootless voicings into two hand comping textures t…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 33 : Beginning Ear Training

Ear training is highly sought after in jazz because much of the music involves using our ear to hear progressions, licks, movements and much more. Th…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 32 : Rootless Voicings Part 2

So structure 2 is simply an inversion of rootless voicings structure 1. We now start on the 7th degree of our minor chord instead of the 3rd. Once yo…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 31 : Rootless Voicings Part 1

Alright, you've waited long enough for some pro jazz voicings! Well here they are. Rootless voicings will be your key to advanced jazz voicings with …

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 30 : How To Use Diatonic Harmony

So you may be wondering how can you start putting these diatonic chords to use now. Well there are a number of different ways you can do it. The firs…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 29 : How To Use Modes

I don't use modes. Who needs modes? What good are modes anyway? Modes are the building blocks of improv. Modes are the notes that correspond with a c…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School Ep 28 : Why You Need Diatonic Harmony

Episode 28

We have to be able to understand how to put the puzzle pieces together in jazz. How can you expect to do this without understanding where they go? We…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School, Ep 27 : Connecting Chord Changes In Your Solo

Episode 27

To make our solo's sound good we need to be able to connect the chord changes smoothly in our right hand. This means hitting chord tones on down beat…

11 years, 9 months ago

Jazz Piano School, Ep 26: Beginner Improv Part 2, Connecting Chord Tones

Episode 26

Jazz information has always gone about jazz piano improvisation as if it is some trip to outer space. Well you have to explore yourself in order to f…

11 years, 10 months ago