Learning Jazz

Let me tell you one of the biggest myths I hear about learning how to play jazz:You need to know a ton of music...

Okay, so you want to learn how to play jazz but you just don't know where to start.That's perfectly understandable! There is so much...

Here is a list of the 16 most important scales for jazz improvisation and the harmonic contexts in which they can be used for...

So you're a guitarist and you want to start getting your jazz chops together. Awesome!Here's the great news:Contrary to what you may have heard, you...

For some, learning jazz can be a daunting task. It's harmonically complex, and because of this, there is a demand for a certain level...

The blues has always played a central role in jazz music from the very beginning and is without a doubt one of the most...

Days of Wine and Roses is a bittersweet tune with heart-wrenching lyrics about nostalgia and the fleeting nature of happiness and youth. It was...

“Solar” is a jazz standard written by one of the most famous jazz musicians of all time, trumpeter Miles Davis. The best-known Miles recording...

All musicians must practice scales at some point in their musical development. Scales are some of the most fundamental building blocks of Western styles...

Though it is practically a cliché in the jazz world today, it is nonetheless true to remark that 1959 was a profoundly significant year...