June 22, 2010 in Blog, 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. …
June 19, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
Here’s Brent Jensen’s Step 5 of his series on learning tunes. Enjoy!
Brent Jensen’s Recordings
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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 …
June 19, 2010 in Blog, 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
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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 …
June 18, 2010 in Blog, Learning Jazz
Here is part 3 of Brent Jensen’s Video series on learning tunes.
Brent Jensen’s Recordings
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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 …
June 17, 2010 in Blog, 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 …
June 7, 2010 in Blog, 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 …
