Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 61 min

"That's Life" is a popular song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon and was made popular by Frank Sinatra. In this lesson you'll learn the complete arrangement…

Willie · Beginner · 72 min

Another classic Christmas song. Its lyrics were written by William Chatterton Dix, in 1865. This carol is set to the tune of “Greensleeves”, a traditional Engli…

Willie · Intermediate · 44 min

Learn how to use cells, sequences and rhythmic variations to improve your improvising.

Willie · Professional · 76 min

This up-tempo Rogers/Hart jazz piano classic will get your toes tapping and is great for the intermediate or more advanced player. If you’ve gone through my Ste…

Willie · Professional · 60 min

Learn how to play this classic song from Miles Davis, “Kind of Blue” recording. Since this is a more advanced “like a pro” lesson, you’ll learn how to create ch…

Willie · Intermediate · 15 min

In this lesson I’ll show you how to play this classic song using an extremely easy technique. Perfect for students of all levels. It Had To Be You – Learn my si…

Willie · Professional · 66 min

Learn to play The Look of Love by Burt Bacharach note for note. Willie will also spend time teaching you how to create an arrangement. At the end of the lesson…

Willie · Intermediate · 128 min

In this lesson I tackle how to create an arrangement for the song The Nearness of You using my 4-step method to arrange standards. I also answered a bunch of qu…

Paul · Professional · 47 min

Part 2 of the lesson “The Days of Wine and Roses.”

Paul · Professional · 50 min

In this lesson, we will work on the standard “The Days of Wine and Roses” and arrange various phrases of the song with some pro techniques. In the end, you’ll h…

Paul · Professional · 31 min

Part 2 of the lesson.

Paul · Professional · 45 min

In this lesson, you will learn to tackle the standard “Blue Bossa” and arrange various phrases of the song with some pro techniques. In the end, you’ll have a f…

Willie · Intermediate · 44 min

In this lesson, you'll learn how to play Henry Mancini’s Moon River arrangement step by step while also learning how to create a flowing left-hand ballad style.

Willie · Intermediate · 29 min

In this next lesson we will be adding on the melody to the blues song "Ben's Blues." If you want, you can skip this lesson and come back to it later. Learning t…

Willie · Intermediate · 62 min

This is the lesson where we learn how to play rootless chords and apply them to the bassline. You'll learn about syncopation and different chord comping techniq…

Willie · Intermediate · 55 min

In this last lesson we will focus on improvisation. You'll learn how to vocalize rhythms and create licks out of scale blocks. We will cover both the blues scal…

Willie · Intermediate · 19 min

In this lesson we will focus on putting the melody together with the bassline.

Willie · Professional · 49 min

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 y…

Willie · Professional · 41 min

In this lesson you'll learn about different blues progressions from basic to more advanced jazz/blues progressions. You'll also learn several basslines and lick…

Paul · Professional · 73 min

In this lesson you will learn the Ray Charles version of Ring of Fire. We will go over the right hand voicings and the left hand bassline. We will also go over…

Paul · Intermediate · 239 min

In this lesson, you will learn how to play a reharmonized version of the Sting & The Police classic Every Breath You Take. Note, this is not the original versio…

Paul · Professional · 64 min

In this lesson, you will learn note for note the solo from Someday My Prince Will Come. This solo is described as being influenced by Bill Evans and it uses a l…

Willie · Professional · 43 min

Learn Burt Bacarach’s beautiful song Alfie. In this lesson, I will break down the piano arrangement note-for-note. We will only be learning the song in the less…

Willie · Professional · 31 min

In this arrangement, the song What a Wonderful World is played three times. The first time the arrangement from Wonderful World part 1 is played. The second tim…