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This area of the site is dedicated to lessons on jazz standards.  These lessons deal with how to play the melodies, memorizing them and soloing over them. Many of these lessons also deal with using specific improvisational devices over these standards.


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Just Friends Approach Note Solo (Video,Audio & PDF) 197 $10.00 Here is another great lesson on using approach notes over a standard. In this lesson I take you through a solo I wrote over the changes to Just Friends. This solo is written with the goal of using many of the approaches in my Approach Note Velocity books.

Learning a Melody ATTYA (Audio) 019 $10.00 n this lesson I talk about the process of learning a melody. I demonstrate how I think and what I do when learning a song like "All the Things You Are". I go through step by step and talk about the secrets and roadblocks to learning and mastering a mel

Learning a Tune:Stella (Audio) 007 $10.00 This is a 30 minute audio lesson on learning the chords to Stella on the saxophone. I start at the very beginning of playing the melody to playing the chord tones and creating a solo. I demonstrate everything on the soprano sax. Also comes with some PDF s

Memorizing Jazz Standards Lesson 1 267 $10.00 In this lesson I take you through the process that I find most effective in memorizing jazz standards. I show you the complete process as I try to memorize a standard that I do not know (Yes, I do not know them all) This is a revealing lesson for you be

Memorizing Jazz Standards Lesson 2 268 $10.00 In this lesson I take you through the process that I find most effective in memorizing jazz standards. I show you the complete process as I try to memorize a standard that I do not know (Yes, I do not know them all) This is a revealing lesson for you be

Memorizing Jazz Standards Lesson 3 269 $10.00 In this lesson I take you through the process that I find most effective in memorizing jazz standards. I show you the complete process as I try to memorize a standard that I do not know (Yes, I do not know them all) This is a revealing lesson for you be

Minor Blues Introduction (Video & Audio) 101 $10.00 In this lesson I introduce you to the minor blues. I talk about a typical minor bues progression in D minor. I teach what the chords are in that progression and how to go about practicing on them. I teach and demonstrate how to really get the progression

Mr. PC Approach Note Solo (Video,Audio & PDF) 187 $10.00 In this lesson, I talk in detail about an Approach Note solo on Mr. PC, a D minor blues (C concert). I take you through measure by measure and talk to you about what I was thinking at each point in the solo. If you have been studying the approach note

Out Of Nowhere-Pentatonic Solo (Audio & PDF) 067 $10.00 In this lesson I show you how I would use an assortment of pentatonic scales over a standard like "Out of Nowhere". Included in the lesson is a 2 chorus solo I wrote out using only pentatonic scales. I play through the solo for you over the changes so

Phrases & Melodic Development Lesson 1 (Audio) 025 $10.00 In this lesson I talk in depth about phrasing and melodic development. Many young improvisers make the mistake of playing to many notes and not developing ideas. I talk about leaving space and building a solo in such a way that you are communicating somet



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