These focused intensives use three essential jazz chord progressions as a practical framework for developing a specific improvisation concept. Each edition concentrates on one musical approach—such as scales and arpeggios, chromatic movement, dominant tonalities, or voice-leading—and shows you how to apply it consistently across multiple tunes.
Rather than treating ideas in isolation, you’ll learn how the same concept functions in different harmonic contexts, helping you build lines that sound connected, intentional, and musical. The goal is to move beyond patterns and toward real improvisational fluency you can use immediately at jam sessions and gigs.
Includes guided video lesson & jam, clear PDF chord charts, and MP3 play-along tracks to reinforce the concept in real time and help you internalize the sound on the instrument.
-In this Jam Intensive, we focus on creating compelling riffs through the use of chromatic approaches and passing tones. The musical examples and jam tracks are based on the progressions to Bb Blues, Bernie’s Tune, and In a Mellow Tone, providing practical, real-world contexts for applying these concepts in a jazz setting.
These focused intensives use three essential jazz chord progressions as a practical framework for developing a specific improvisation concept. Each edition concentrates on one musical approach—such as scales and arpeggios, chromatic movement, dominant tonalities, or voice-leading—and shows you how to apply it consistently across multiple tunes.
Rather than treating ideas in isolation, you’ll learn how the same concept functions in different harmonic contexts, helping you build lines that sound connected, intentional, and musical. The goal is to move beyond patterns and toward real improvisational fluency you can use immediately at jam sessions and gigs.
Includes guided video lesson & jam, clear PDF chord charts, and MP3 play-along tracks to reinforce the concept in real time and help you internalize the sound on the instrument.
-In this Jam Intensive, we focus on creating compelling riffs through the use of chromatic approaches and passing tones. The musical examples and jam tracks are based on the progressions to Bb Blues, Bernie’s Tune, and In a Mellow Tone, providing practical, real-world contexts for applying these concepts in a jazz setting.