Learn Jazz Standards Podcast
A podcast by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur
572 Episodes
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How to Prepare For a Jazz Performance
Published: 8/03/2024 -
What Is Good Jazz Jam Session Etiquette?
Published: 7/03/2024 -
How Do I Deal With Stage Fright?
Published: 6/03/2024 -
How Do I Get Licks To Come Out In My Solos?
Published: 5/03/2024 -
How Important Is Reading Music Notation for Jazz?
Published: 4/03/2024 -
Using Composition to Improvise Great Jazz Solos
Published: 1/03/2024 -
Are Pro Jazz Musicians Actually Improvising?
Published: 29/02/2024 -
How Do I Know the Real Melody to a Jazz Standard?
Published: 28/02/2024 -
How Do I Use Triad Pairs?
Published: 27/02/2024 -
Why Diminished Arpeggios Sound Awesome Over Dominant 7ths?
Published: 26/02/2024 -
The B.A.D Jazz Solo Strategy
Published: 23/02/2024 -
What's the Best Way to Learn How to Improvise?
Published: 22/02/2024 -
What to Do If Your Playing Is Not Improving
Published: 21/02/2024 -
How to Play At Faster Speeds
Published: 20/02/2024 -
How Can I Play Bebop Solos Without Learning Scales?
Published: 19/02/2024 -
How to Improve Just By Listening to Jazz
Published: 16/02/2024 -
The Best Jazz Guitar Albums Ever
Published: 15/02/2024 -
How to Practice Without Your Instrument
Published: 14/02/2024 -
How to Use an Altered Dominant Chord
Published: 13/02/2024 -
How to Reharmonize Jazz Standards
Published: 12/02/2024
The LJS Podcast is the podcast where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories and advice for becoming a better jazz musician! Hosting the show is the jazz musician behind learnjazzstandards.com, author, and entrepreneur Brent Vaartstra, who’s one goal is to answer any question about playing jazz music you may have. Jazz can be a challenging music to learn and play, but it doesn’t have to be so hard. Each episode features a specific musical challenge that jazz students may come across, where it is discussed and answered. Special jazz guests frequent the show, sharing their expertise on an array of different musical subject matter. Listeners are invited to call in with their jazz questions to the podcast hotline, where it could get answered on a future LJS Podcast episode. Join thousands of other listeners getting free jazz education every week!