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Willie · Intermediate · 85 min

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Willie · Intermediate · 68 min

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Willie · Professional · 57 min

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

Willie · Intermediate · 76 min

Another condensed lesson to help you improvise over leadsheets quickly. We will cover the major scale, simplified rhythms, arpeggios, chromaticism, approaches a…

Paul · Intermediate · 72 min

In this lesson, we will use the Yamaha Motif synth to teach you funk licks #1-5 which you can practice and use in your playing. Each lick is meant to highlight…

Paul · Intermediate · 58 min

This lesson puts you IN THE STUDIO! You’ve just been asked to play on a recording session which will feature a new smooth jazz/funk song entitled “Downtown Funk…

Willie · Beginner · 25 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to think of playing standards in layers. Each layer adds sparkle to the arrangement and you'll learn how to use these layers for…

Willie · Professional · 61 min

In this lesson we will begin learning the song "I Loves You Porgy." We begin by brainstorming the song then create an arrangement through a shells / melody appr…

Willie · Professional · 45 min

In this lesson we will create a full arrangement of "I Loves You Porgy" by beginning with a chord shell exercise before learning the full arrangement.

Willie · Professional · 36 min

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

Willie · Intermediate · 42 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to improvise over the arrangement of "Jordu" we just created.

Willie · Professional · 37 min

Learn how to create an arrangement of this beautiful song in 3/4 time. In this lesson we will cover the first half of the song.

Willie · Professional · 32 min

In this second part you'll learn the complete arrangement for "Moonlight in Vermont" and we will break it down step-by-step.

Willie · Professional · 58 min

Learn step-by-step a full arrangement of "All Blues." You will also learn some improvisation tips for the song.

Willie · Intermediate · 57 min

Adding accents to your scales creates shape and intensity in your solo. In this lesson you'll see how I use accents to create rhythms within the scale through t…

Paul · Intermediate · 29 min

Learn ten different 2-5-1 licks that you can use for improvisation. This lesson contains licks 6-10.

Paul · Intermediate · 22 min

Learn ten different 2-5-1 licks that you can use for improvisation. This lesson covers the first 5 licks.

Willie · Intermediate · 28 min

Expanding upon our 2-5-1 progression, you'll now learn how to improvise over a V7 of II chord using enclosures. Applying enclosures to one chord is a great way…

Willie · Intermediate · 25 min

Learn how to improvise over the first part of the standard Autumn Leaves using your major scale.

Willie · Intermediate · 20 min

Expanding on the techniques that we learned in the previous lesson, now we will add enclosures to our improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 50 min

Learn a full, rich and lush arrangement of "In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning" step-by-step.

Willie · Intermediate · 58 min

In this lesson we will continue working on Summertime and add a bassline and improvisation. You'll also learn about rootless chords and how to comp.

Willie · Beginner · 48 min

In this lesson we will learn how to play a simple arrangement of It’s Only A Paper Moon using chord shells and bass line concepts.

Willie · Professional · 343 min

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 t…