In this lesson we will learn how to move from latin back to a swing feel to change styles in our blues playing.

By playing a song in more than one style, you can create some really fun arrangements and bring some sparkle to your song arrangements.

In this lesson you'll learn Duke Jordan's "Jordu," a faster-tempo song that incorporates shells and stride-like playing.

In this massive 12-part lesson I'll show you how to create and improvise over arrangements in different styles. We will also cover some advanced improvisation tips and comping techniques you must know!

In Part 2 of this lesson, you will learn the jazz devices that are used to build this advanced arrangement. Once finished, you will have a full solo piano arrangement of this tune, complete with intro and ending. Topics covered in this lesson include filling space, inserting a ii-V progression, stride technique, creating an intro, and creating an ending.

In this lesson you'll learn how to switch styles to create a stride bridge.

If you love Blues piano, this is the course for you. In this course, we are going to spend 8 weeks covering different blues styles and progressions. I’ll show you how to improvise over each style and give you the tricks that I use to effectively get that “grit” and blues piano player sound. Even though this is a 101 course, I would suggest that you have at least (1) year of study under your belt before beginning this class or you’ve successfully completed the Beginning Jazz/Blues Improvisation course.

In this 2-lesson series, I will break down my basic steps for learning cocktail piano techniques. We will use Fly My To The Moon as a learning vehicle to breakup concepts into: Introductions, Accompaniment & Style, Soloing and Endings. By working on these 4 concepts, you will start to unravel how to play a cocktail piano style.

In this lesson we are going to cover the analysis of I Can't Get Started, learn the groove for Bill Wither's Use Me, play some Reggae grooves and learn a basic stride piano exercise. Yeah, we got a lot to cover!