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Seven Steps to Heaven by Brent Jensen Step 7

June 22, 2010 in Learning Jazz

This is the last video for Brent Jensen’s series “Seven Steps to Heaven.” Brent has been showing us how he approaches learning tunes. Brent was a student of alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, and is now a recording artist for Origin records. Check out his recordings on Amazon.com and his websites listed below! Thanks for checking out this series on www.Learnjazzstandards.com. Stay posted for more articles and guest posts by Brent and other great musicians! Brent Jensen’s Recordings null Feel free to listen to some of this awesome material Brent recorded. He’s got some great stuff! It’s just fun to hear [...]

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Seven Steps to Heaven-by Brent Jensen Step 5

June 19, 2010 in Learning Jazz

Here’s Brent Jensen’s Step 5 of his series on learning tunes. Enjoy! Brent Jensen’s Recordings null Brent has made some awesome recordings! It’s just fun to hear a sample of what he has recorded. Also, any purchases of these songs or albums made through this site will help Brent Jensen, Origin records, and this website will even get a little kickback from anything you order through Amazon. We appreciate your support so we can continue the website! Thank you. Video’s Handout Brent Jensen’s Seven Steps to Heaven (.pdf) SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN by Brent Jensen (with thanks to Jiggs Whigham) [...]

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Seven Steps to Heaven by Brent Jensen VIDEO, Step 4

June 19, 2010 in Learning Jazz

Here’s Brent’s video on Step 4. He’s done a wonderful job preparing these incredible videos for us! Thank you Brent. Stay posted for all Seven Steps (8 total). Brent Jensen’s Recordings Amazon.com Widgets Feel free to listen to some of this awesome material Brent recorded. He’s got some great stuff! It’s just fun to hear a sample of what he has recorded. Also, any purchases of these songs or albums made through this site will help Brent Jensen, Origin records, and this website will even get a little kickback from anything you order through Amazon. We appreciate your support so [...]

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Seven Steps to Heaven Guest Post by Brent Jensen, Part 3

June 18, 2010 in Learning Jazz

Here is part 3 of Brent Jensen’s Video series on learning tunes. Brent Jensen’s Recordings null Feel free to listen to some of this awesome material Brent recorded. He’s got some great stuff! It’s just fun to hear a sample of what he has recorded. Also, any purchases of these songs or albums made through this site will help Brent Jensen, Origin records, and this website will even get a little kickback from anything you order through Amazon. We appreciate your support so we can continue the website! Thank you. Video’s Handout Brent Jensen’s Seven Steps to Heaven (.pdf) SEVEN [...]

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Seven Steps to Heaven Guest Post by Brent Jensen Part 2

June 17, 2010 in Learning Jazz

Brent Jensen, Origin Saxophone Recording Artist and Professor of Jazz Studies at the College of Southern Idaho, tells us how he approaches learning tunes.  This is his third video in the series (Part 1 has two parts).  The original handout is also below as well as text and a .pdf document. Enjoy! Make sure to check out all of Brent’s videos! Brent Jensen’s Recordings null Feel free to listen to some of this awesome material Brent recorded. He’s got some great stuff! It’s just fun to hear a sample of what he has recorded. Also, any purchases of these songs [...]

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If You Ain’t Stealin’, You Ain’t Tryin’

June 7, 2010 in Learning Jazz

Transcribe, transcribe, transcribe. Then transcribe some more. Listen to recordings. Watch jazz dvds and youtube videos. If you like someone’s solo, learn it! Learn to play with the recording. Write down if you want. But most of all, learn to play it. The first part of this article deals with Macro-transcription. This is transcribing on a large scale. The second deals with what I refer to as Micro-transcription. We’ll explain the difference later. Keep reading. Macro-transcription I remember my first few attempts at transcribing. I spent 12 hours in high school learning a Bill Evans solo piano version of All [...]

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