The Secret to Jazz Improvisation Revealed

LJS 177: Composing a Jazz Solo Over a Minor Blues

LJS 176: Leveling Up Your Jazz Improvisation by Thinking Slow (feat. Nick Mainella)

LJS 174: How to Learn Chord Progressions By Ear (Step-by-Step)

LJS 173: Taking the Blues Through All 12 Keys (How and Why to Do It)

LJS 172: 5 Things I Did to Jump-Start My Jazz Playing

LJS 170: Limiting Beliefs are Crushing Your Jazz Potential

LJS 169: Composing Jazz Solos Using Target Notes (Over There Will Never Be Another You)

LJS 168: Making Rhythms the Foundation of Your Jazz Solos (Someday My Prince Will Come Study)

LJS 167: Making Pentatonic Scales Musical Over Just Friends (Analysis and Improv Lesson)

LJS 166: Simplifying Jazz Standards to Make Them Easy (Tune Up Analysis)

LJS 164: Warming Up the Body and Mind for Killer Musical Performances (feat. Michael Lake)

LJS 163: 5 Things to Do When You Feel Un-Motivated to Practice

LJS 162: Developing an Engaging Story Line for Your Jazz Solos (feat. Aimee Nolte)

LJS 161: Understanding the Jazz Standard There Will Never Be Another You (Chords Analysis)

LJS 160: 1 Month Practice Plan For Learning 1-2 Jazz Solos by Ear

LJS 159: Brain Hacking for Speeding Up Your Jazz Improv Success (feat. Rodney Brim)

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LJS 158: Using Chromaticism to Develop Your Jazz Lines

LJS 157: 4 Scales to Play Over a Half-Diminished Chord

LJS 156: How to Memorize Chord Changes and Not Get Lost

LJS 155: Using “Musical Playgrounds” For Better Improvisation (feat. Christopher Sutton)

LJS 154: How to Avoid Meandering Jazz Solos (feat. Jeff Schneider)

LJS 153: 28 Jazz Skills to Practice (by Category)

LJS 152: Music Theory Checklist for Understanding Jazz Improvisation

LJS 151: Applying Patterns to Scales for Jazz Improv Flexibility

LJS 150: Using Enclosure to Create Bebop Lines Over a Jazz Blues

LJS 149: Setting Up a Game-Changing Practice Plan for Your Jazz Playing

LJS 148: Top 5 Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Episodes (2018 Year Review)

LJS 147: Writing Tunes With Non-Functional Jazz Harmony (My Composition Analysis)

LJS 146: 3 Strategies for Improvising Over a Jazz Blues

LJS 145: How to Listen to a Jazz Recording (And Learn From It)

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LJS 144: How to Know When to Move On From Something You Are Practicing (feat. Brent Arnold)

LJS 143: Learning Jazz by Ear and Putting Away Fakebooks (feat. Ina Dennekamp)

LJS 142: Creating Melodic Jazz Solos and the Art of Not Thinking (Coaching Call with Dan Sich)

LJS 141: What I Think About When I Take a Jazz Solo

LJS 140: 3 Hip 1-6-2-5 Licks to Practice

LJS 139: Learning Jazz by Ear or Sheet Music (Which One is Better?)

LJS 138: How Alexander Technique Can Help You as a Musician (feat. Christian Steineder)

LJS 137: Chord Progression Hacks to Make Playing Jazz Simple (feat. Steve Nixon)

LJS 136: I Critique My Jazz Playing From 7 Years Ago

LJS 135: How to Learn Difficult Jazz Standards

LJS 134: 10 Myths About Playing Jazz You Need to Stop Believing

LJS 133: The Sad Truth About Ear Training Fundamentals (Why You Should Practice Them)

LJS 132: Avoiding “Avoid Notes” and When Not to Avoid Them

LJS 131: The Neuroscience Behind Radical Musical Improvement (Feat. Marc Gelfo)

LJS 130: Ask Me Anything- Listener Jazz Questions Answered

LJS 129: Using Musical Parameters for Next Level Jazz Practice (feat. Josiah Boornazian)

LJS 128: 3 Hip 2-5-1 Licks for You to Practice

LJS 127: How to Maintenance Practice to Keep Up Your Jazz Skills

LJS 126: Practicing Away from the Instrument Effectively and Using Jazz as Therapy (feat. Joyce Ket

LJS 125: The Power of Structured Jazz Practice (Coaching Call with Francis Belanger)

LJS 124: The Only Big 3 Things You Need to Be Practicing as a Jazz Musician

LJS 123: 5 Powerful Results That Come From Focused, Goal-Oriented Jazz Practicing

LJS 122: How to Use Target Notes to Create Melodic Jazz Lines (Feat. Jens Larsen)

LJS 121: Understanding Secondary and Backdoor Dominant 7 Chords

LJS 120: How to Practice Towards Fail-Proof Musical Performances (Feat. Diego Maldonado)

LJS 119: How to Get Unstuck From a Musical Slump and Start Improving

LJS 118: Top 13 Jazz Lessons From Our Podcast Guests

LJS 117: How to Practice Licks in all 12 Keys

LJS 116: Dominating a Learning Mindset and Transcending Musical Limits (Feat. Kobie Watkins)

LJS 115: How to Balance Music Theory and Playing by Ear

LJS 114: Minor Tonality and How to Build Minor Chord Progressions (feat. Dan Carillo)

LJS 113: How Play-Alongs Could Be Hurting Your Jazz Playing

LJS 112: Mastering the Art of Transcribing (feat. Greg Fishman)

LJS 111: Learning Songs on the Bandstand and Other Lessons From My Gig

LJS 110: How to Start Crushing It On the Blues (Feat. Nick Mainella)

LJS 109: Pro Tips on Proper Music Notation, Formatting and Phrasing (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)

LJS 108: Using Motivic Development to Create Musical Themes

LJS 107: Composing Contrafacts to Develop Melodic Ideas

LJS 106: Mapping Out a Jazz Standard for Improv Success

LJS 105: Analyzing Jazz Standards With Roman Numerals for Max Results

LJS 104: 11 Listeners Give Their Jazz Tips and Advice

LJS 100: My Jazz Mentor Gives You His Best Tips and Advice (feat. Justin Nielsen)

LJS Podcast Episode 66: 5 Most Important Jazz Musicians You Need to Listen To

LJS Podcast Episode 65: How to Create Killer Jazz Solos By Thinking Like a Composer

LJS Podcast Episode 64: 5 Tips for Never Losing Your Place In a Jazz Standard

LJS Podcast Episode 63: How to Become an Expert Sight Reader (feat. Brett Pontecorvo)

LJS Podcast Episode 62: 4 Steps for Playing What You Hear In Your Jazz Improv

LJS Podcast Episode 61: How to Use Scales In Your Jazz Solos the Right Way

LJS Podcast Episode 60: How to Develop Relative Pitch (Feat Aimee Nolte)

LJS Podcast Episode 59: 4 Tips For Playing Jazz Ballads Like an Expert

LJS Podcast Episode 58: How to Use Triads to Improve Your Jazz Improvisation

LJS Podcast Episode 57: Why I Stopped Hating My Jazz Playing and Why You Should Stop Hating Yours

LJS Podcast Episode 56: 8 Reasons Why Jazz Musicians Should Shed Classical

LJS Podcast Episode 55: 4 Important Jazz Chord Progressions You Need to Master

LJS Podcast Episode 54: How to Organize Balanced Practice Sessions

LJS Podcast Episode 53: How to Improve Your Jazz Solos by Using Guide Tones

LJS Podcast Episode 52: Birthday Episode feat. 8 Special Guests With Musical Failures

LJS Podcast Episode 51: Everything You Need to Know About Jazz Jam Sessions

LJS Podcast Episode 50 How to Become an Expert Jazz Comper

LJS Podcast Episode 49: 3 Ways Practicing In All 12 Keys Will Make You a Better Jazz Musician

LJS Podcast Episode 48: Why You Should Stop Practicing

LJS Podcast Episode 47: 3 Ways to Develop an Original Sound On Your Instrument

LJS Podcast Episode 46: How to Make Extra Money With a Jazz Side Hustle

LJS Podcast Episode 45: Should I Go to College For Jazz?

LJS Podcast Episode 44: How to 2X the Results of Your Practice Sessions

LJS Podcast Episode 43: Why We Play Jazz

LJS Podcast Episode 42: How To Keep Your Jazz New Year's Resolutions

LJS Podcast Episode 41: How to Become a Better Jazz Musician Just By Listening

LJS Podcast Episode 40: An Important Jazz Improv Technique and How to Use It

LJS Podcast Episode 39: A Jazz Master You've Probably Never Heard of Before

LJS Podcast Episode 38: 5 Questions I Ask Myself During My Jazz Gig

LJS Podcast Episode 37: How To Tell Stories With Your Jazz Solos

LJS Podcast Episode 36: 14 Jazz Practicing Ideas

LJS Podcast Episode 35: How Mastering Tempo and Rhythm Can Transform Your Playing

LJS Podcast Episode 34: How Playing Gigs For Free is Destroying the Music Economy

LJS Podcast Episode 33: How Charlie Parker and John Coltrane Became Great

LJS Podcast Episode 32: Music Advice I Wish Someone Had Told Me

LJS Podcast Episode 31: Ear Training For Jazz Musicians

LJS Podcast Episode 30: 5 Jazz Solos You Should Learn and Why

LJS Podcast Episode 29: Jazz Challenge #4 Learn a New Jazz Lick

LJS Podcast Episode 28: Jazz Challenge #3 Write Your Own Jazz Solo

LJS Podcast Episode 27: Jazz Challenge #2 Practice The Blues In All 12 Keys

LJS Podcast Episode 26: Jazz Challenge #1 Write Your Own Contrafact

LJS Podcast Episode 25: 4 Fears Jazz Musicians Face (And How to Overcome Them)

LJS Podcast Episode 24: Why Jazz Is Unpopular and What We Can Do About It

LJS Podcast Episode 23: Gig Etiquette 101 For Musicians

LJS Podcast Episode 22: How to Play At Fast Tempos and Not Get Burned

LJS Podcast Episode 21: 4 Step to Finding More Time to Practice

LJS Podcast Episode 20: How Studying Jazz Can Make You A Better Musician

LJS Podcast Episode 19: Jazz Talk With Larry Koonse (Part 2)

LJS Podcast Episode 18: Jazz Talk With Larry Koonse (Part 1)

LJS Podcast Episode 17: 8 Jazz Records You Need to Listen To

LJS Podcast Episode 16: Practicing With a Metronome

LJS Podcast Episode 15: 5 Steps to Learning Jazz Language By Ear

LJS Podcast Episode 14: 10 Important Jazz Standards You Need to Know and Why

LJS Podcast Episode 13: The Art of Playing Duo

LJS Podcast Episode 12: Social Music, Bus Drivers, and Jazz Musicians with Peter Bernstein

LJS Podcast Episode 11: 4 Ingredients to Becoming a Better Jazz Musician

LJS Podcast Episode 10: Jazz Talk With Bruce Forman

LJS Podcast Episode 9: The How and Why of Jazz Composing

LJS Podcast Episode 8: 2 Exercises For Hearing Chord Changes In Your Solos

LJS Podcast Episode 7: How Playing Free Can Make You a Better Improviser

LJS Podcast Episode 6: Why Jazz Is Important To Society

LJS Podcast Episode 5: How to Play Well With Others, Gig Etiquette and More

LJS Podcast Episode 4: 3 Things Every Jazz Musician Should Practice

LJS Podcast Episode 3: How to Overcome Low Self-Esteem as a Musician

LJS Podcast 02: How to Properly Learn a Jazz Standard

LJS Podcast 01: 4 Habits to Better Practicing