Once you know the basics of jazz improv, you're ready to take it to the next level! This course digs deep into Bebop Soloing, Melodic Embellishment and Interpretation, "Charlie Parker Blues," and getting you extremely comfortable improvising over your favorite jazz tunes and chord progressions.

Rootless dominant 7th voicings: Jazz Blues

A creative approach to chord voicings

2-handed voicings: ii/V/I

'A' and 'B' rootless voicings

ii/V/I 2-handed voicings in several keys

Comping in C, F, Bb, and G

"Autumn Leaves" (Part 1)

Improv using chord tones

"Autumn Leaves" (Part 2)

Using passing tones

Soloing on Dm Blues

Improv with chord tones and passing tones

Soloing on "Take The 'A' Train"

More practice with chord tones and passing tones

Soloing on "Just Friends"

Becoming fluent using chord tones and passing tones

Bebop Blast (Part 1)

Charlie Parker Blues: Focusing on one chord at a time

Bebop Blast (Part 2)

Approaching chord tones from below

Bebop Blast (Part 3)

Approaching chord tones from above

Bebop Blast (Part 4)

Circling below and above

Bebop Blast (Part 5)

Circling above and below

Bebop Blast (Part 6)

Mixing it up

Bebop Blast (Part 7)

A Miles Davis lick

Bebop Blast (Part 8)

Combining techniques over a Charlie Parker Blues

How to Learn a Jazz Tune (Part 1)

"Indiana": Chords and melody

How to Learn a Jazz Tune (Part 2)

"Indiana": Musical style and pianistic texture

How to Learn a Jazz Tune (Part 3)

"Indiana": Improvising a solo

How to Learn a Jazz Tune (Part 4)

"Indiana": Use the tune to learn something new

Think Like a Drummer

How to give your playing more rhythmic life

Using the rhythms from a Charlie Parker solo

"Au Privave"

A Charlie Parker lick

Learning a bebop phrase in all 12 keys

Applying a Charlie Parker lick to a tune

"All The Things You Are"

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 1)

"After You've Gone": Personalizing a song melody's rhythm

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 2)

"After You've Gone": Repeated notes, passing tones, and neighbor tones

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 3)

"After You've Gone": Changing the melody at will

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 4)

"After You've Gone": Basing your solo on the melody

The role of the left hand in solo jazz piano

An overview of what to play with your LH

A bunch of ii/V/I licks that use "guide tone lines"

Creating melodies using the stepwise motion between chords

Bill Evans-style accompaniment (Part 1)

"Autumn Leaves" accompaniment without walking bass

Bill Evans-style accompaniment (Part 2)

"Autumn Leaves" comping with rhythmic "hits"

Bill Evans-style accompaniment (Part 3)

A complex "Autumn Leaves" accompaniment texture