Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

A podcast by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

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Education Music

572 Episodes

  1. How to Prepare For a Jazz Performance

    Published: 3/8/2024

  2. What Is Good Jazz Jam Session Etiquette?

    Published: 3/7/2024

  3. How Do I Deal With Stage Fright?

    Published: 3/6/2024

  4. How Do I Get Licks To Come Out In My Solos?

    Published: 3/5/2024

  5. How Important Is Reading Music Notation for Jazz?

    Published: 3/4/2024

  6. Using Composition to Improvise Great Jazz Solos

    Published: 3/1/2024

  7. Are Pro Jazz Musicians Actually Improvising?

    Published: 2/29/2024

  8. How Do I Know the Real Melody to a Jazz Standard?

    Published: 2/28/2024

  9. How Do I Use Triad Pairs?

    Published: 2/27/2024

  10. Why Diminished Arpeggios Sound Awesome Over Dominant 7ths?

    Published: 2/26/2024

  11. The B.A.D Jazz Solo Strategy

    Published: 2/23/2024

  12. What's the Best Way to Learn How to Improvise?

    Published: 2/22/2024

  13. What to Do If Your Playing Is Not Improving

    Published: 2/21/2024

  14. How to Play At Faster Speeds

    Published: 2/20/2024

  15. How Can I Play Bebop Solos Without Learning Scales?

    Published: 2/19/2024

  16. How to Improve Just By Listening to Jazz

    Published: 2/16/2024

  17. The Best Jazz Guitar Albums Ever

    Published: 2/15/2024

  18. How to Practice Without Your Instrument

    Published: 2/14/2024

  19. How to Use an Altered Dominant Chord

    Published: 2/13/2024

  20. How to Reharmonize Jazz Standards

    Published: 2/12/2024

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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!