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Just One Question: Kerry Marsh

May 6th, 2019|

Live from Monterey, California
YouTube Playlist: Just One Question

GREAT to hear Kerry speak to the relationship of technology + vocal groups: are we overusing technology in our quest for amazingly clean recordings? Does studio pitch correction sound unnatural? Should we and how do we reconcile the differences between “live performance” and […]

Lucid Listening: Swing Grooves 1

May 2nd, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Lucid Listening

LUCID LISTENING: SWING GROOVES 1 PDF DOWNLOAD

A guided listening session to an awesome mix of singers and players including:
Nancy King
Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw
Chet Baker
Oliver Nelson (Freddie solo again)
The Real Group
In this video we’re going to check out a number of different aspects […]

Jazz Piano II V I Pattern P1

April 28th, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Jazz Piano

JAZZ PIANO II V I PATTERN P1 PDF DOWNLOAD

This video is the critical connection between between your ability to play chord voicings and actually making music by applying them to songs!  And it expands from here – there is jazz piano in your […]

Syllable Drills 1: Ghost Notes

April 13th, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Scatting Practice!

SYLLABLE DRILLS 1 – GHOST NOTES PDF DOWNLOAD

Join Mich and the Seals in lovely Monterey to practice your scat singing syllable drills! In this video you’ll work on syllables that contain Ghost Notes, and these are a fundamental part of jazz articulation. Without […]

Just One Question: Dena DeRose

March 13th, 2019|

Live from Reno, Nevada
YouTube Playlist: Just One Question

Dena has been leading wonderfully creative jazz trios as a pianist/singer all over Europe, Asia, the US and more for years. In this Just One Question interview she talks about the importance of strong LEADERSHIP on her gigs, and how that must be […]

Jazz Choir Dissonance: Friend or Foe?

February 20th, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Vocal Groups

JAZZ CHOIR DISSONANCE: FRIEND OR FOE? PDF DOWNLOAD

Do we love dissonance, or tolerate it as a necessary evil? Hopefully we love it but either way, we may not always love rehearsing it. In any case we can learn to fall in love dissonance […]

Phrasing Math 3

February 9th, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Scatting Practice!

PHRASING MATH DEFINITIONS PDF DOWNLOAD

Phrasing Math is a one-of-kind way to practice your scat singing, helping you to construct your melodic ideas in an organized and communicative way when improvising. The bottom line is: NOTES ALONE do not necessarily create interest. It is […]

Practice Well, Play Well

January 20th, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist:Jazz Piano

PRACTICE WELL, PLAY WELL PDF DOWNLOAD

It is infinitely better to practice SMART, not HARD.

After many years of teaching I have observed countless piano students try their best and spend a ton of time WORKING at the piano, with slow progress and a lot of […]

Just One Question: Sara Gazarek

January 10th, 2019|

Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Just One Question

ABOUT SARA GAZAREK

Amongst a community teaming with startlingly gifted young singers, Sara Gazarek stands out as a particularly extravagant artist. Her first two albums introduced her singular sound and vision, steeped in the tradition of jazz but deeply informed by contemporary songwriters […]