In this video, I break the blues down into ten focused levels that will help you gain a deeper understanding of the form. Let's dig in!

This week’s video is all about giving your major chord playing a boost with three short, powerful etudes, each designed to bring scale vocabulary to life.

These mini etudes are built over tonic major (major 7) chords and are packed with essential jazz language: enclosures, arpeggios, bebop scale...

In Part 1, we focused on building fluency with just chord tones—1, 3, 5, 7—cutting through the noise of endless scales and helping you truly hear the harmony.

Now in Part 2, we’re taking one simple—but powerful—step forward: approach tones. 

By approaching each chord tone from a half step below...

When it comes to learning jazz improvisation, it’s easy to overcomplicate things. Scales, modes, arpeggios, patterns—it can get overwhelming fast.

In this week's video, I walk you through a step-by-step process to start improvising using just chord tones (1, 3, 5, 7). This approach is simple, mu...

One of the biggest breakthroughs in my own practice lately has been a return to something simple, but powerful...

The melody

As jazz musicians, we’re often drawn to all the “juicy stuff” (exotic scales, enclosures, chord substitutions, hip chord voicings, blah blah blah). 😁 In this search for m...

Struggling to make your scales sound like jazz? These 3 scale exercises—Major, Minor, and Dominant give you jazz improvisation language you'll ACTUALLY USE. Bring your scales to life using bebop scales, enclosures, arpeggios, and strong resolutions. No more boring scales!

In this video, I’ll break down Drop 2 voicings in a clear, simple way. You’ll learn the 4-Way Close foundation, how to build Drop 2 voicings on all the basic chord qualities, and get exercises to make them stick. Plus, I'll show you a couple movement exercises inspired by Barry Harris and Bill Ev...