Intermediate Jazz

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 6

Soloing on Dm Blues

Improv with chord tones and passing tones

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 7

Soloing on "Take The 'A' Train"

More practice with chord tones and passing tones

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 8

Soloing on "Just Friends"

Becoming fluent using chord tones and passing tones

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 9

Bebop Blast (Part 1)

Charlie Parker Blues: Focusing on one chord at a time

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 10

Bebop Blast (Part 2)

Approaching chord tones from below

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 11

Bebop Blast (Part 3)

Approaching chord tones from above

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 16

Bebop Blast (Part 8)

Combining techniques over a Charlie Parker Blues

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 18

How to Learn a Jazz Tune (Part 2)

Indiana: Musical style and pianistic texture

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 20

How to Learn a Jazz Tune (Part 4)

Indiana: Use the tune to learn something new

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 21

Think Like a Drummer

How to give your playing more rhythmic life

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 23

A Charlie Parker lick

Learning a bebop phrase in all 12 keys

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 25

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 1)

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

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 26

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 2)

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

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 27

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 3)

After You've Gone: Changing the melody at will

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 28

Melodic interpretation and variation (Part 4)

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

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 30

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

Creating melodies using the stepwise motion between chords

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 31

Bill Evans-style accompaniment (Part 1)

Autumn Leaves accompaniment without walking bass

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 32

Bill Evans-style accompaniment (Part 2)

Autumn Leaves comping with rhythmic "hits"

Intermediate Jazz Lesson 33

Bill Evans-style accompaniment (Part 3)

A complex "Autumn Leaves" accompaniment texture