Listening
- Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins – two of the all-time best
- John Coltrane (with Miles Davis): So What
- Lester Young: Mean to Me (1958)
- Sonny Rollins (playing St. Thomas)
- Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie Hot House 1951
- John Coltrane – Belgium 1965 (full performance)
- Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Joey Calderazzo: Song For Bilbao
- Michael Brecker: Nothing Personal
Wiesen Jazz Festival, Austria - Joshua Redman – Jazz Crimes (live)
- Chris Potter with Snarky Puppy: Lingus
[live at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, April 2017] - Top 10 Saxophone Solos in Pop and Rock
Embellishments
Warmups
- Essential Saxophone Warmup
- How to Warm Up on the Saxophone: Re-thinking Scales
- Saxophone low notes not working? Here’s how to fix them!
- How to Practice Scales in Jazz
- Get a huge saxophone sound with this simple warmup
Technique
- Jazz Academy: Ted Nash describes Developing a Practice Routine
- Pro Tips: Articulation for Swing
- Role of the Lead Alto in the Big Band
- Tongue Stop Articulations: Scott Paddock
- Extended Saxophone Techniques: Oliver Lake
- Easy Sax Growling tutorial – Jazz Technique
- Keeping Your Embouchure Loose on the Saxophone
- Mix Pro Tips – Interpretation of Jazz
Playlists
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Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Jazz Saxophone: Eric Marienthal on Teaching
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
ArtistWorks Live: Talking Jazz with Eric Marienthal and Gordon Goodwin
On the Road with Chick Corea: John Patitucci & Eric Marienthal
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Advanced Blues Solo (tenor)
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Soloing over "Blue Bossa"
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Advanced Blues Solo (alto)
Learn to play jazz like Eric Marienthal
Jazz Lessons at ArtistWorks
Eric Marienthal how to play "Quiet Nights (Corcovado)"
Eric Marienthal – Saxophone Exercise of the Week #3
Nathan East, Peter Erskine, Eric Marienthal, & George Whitty: How to Prepare for a Gig | ArtistWorks
Tips from the Masters: Chromatic Warm-Up with Eric Marienthal || ArtistWorks
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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Listening
- Miles Davis: So What (live)
- Miles Davis Quintet Live at Teatro dell’Arte, 1964
- Duke Ellington: Cat Anderson trumpet solo
- Wynton Marsalis: Live at the House of Tribes
- 2:19 Blues – Wynton Marsalis Septet at Jazz in Marciac, 2015
- Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia Live 81
- Freddie Hubbard: Joy Spring
- Marianne Trudel Trio & Ingrid Jensen
- Kenny Wheeler Quintet – Mark Time (Budapest 1992)
- Dizzy Gillespie: Salt Peanuts
- Miles Davis: Tutu (live) – late career, electric
- Miles Davis & John Coltrane: So What (mid-career)
- Maynard Ferguson: Great Canadian Screamer
- Arturo Sandoval: A Night in Tunisia – Cuban superstar
Warmup
- Warm Up and Practice Techniques on a Trumpet with Kenny Rampton
- Wind Embellishments
Technique
PLAYLISTS
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How to Play Early Jazz with a Plunger Mute
The Role of the Trumpet in Early Jazz Bands
Playing on the Air Stream for Trumpet
Lip Calisthenics for Trumpet
Ingrid Jensen Demonstrates Good Posture
Warm Up and Practice Techniques on a Trumpet, Part 1
Warm Up and Practice Techniques on a Trumpet, Part 2
Warm Up and Practice Techniques on a Trumpet, Part 3
Warm Up and Practice Techniques on a Trumpet, Part 4
How to Play Trumpet with a Plunger Mute
Marcus Printup Discusses Playing Scales with a Metronome
Marcus Printup Demonstrates Blues Inflections
Proper Posture for Trumpet Players
Proper Breathing for Horn Players: Inhaling
Proper Breathing for Horn Players: Exhaling
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How To Shake/Lip Trill On The Trumpet | Lead Trumpet Exercises
Jazz Trumpet Articulation | Adding Swing to your Trumpet Playing
How To Improve Your Jazz Trumpet Plunger Mute Technique
Pro Tips – Removing Variables From Your Playing
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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Bells and Slides
- J. J. Johnson
- Awesome Plunger Performance – Trombonist Ed Neumeister
- Robin Eubanks
- Bill Watrous and Paul the Trombonist – Two Trombone Duo
- Wycliffe Gordon – ‘Sweet Louisiana’ Trombone Solo
- Trombone Shorty performs ‘St. James Infirmary’ at the White House
- Frank Rosolini – he sings too!
- J.J. Johnson
- Bill Watrous
Wycliffe Gordon (plus a pile of trombones!)
Wycliff Gordon (and Mark Nightingale, trombonist from UK)
Warmup
Tuning
Technique
- Chris Washburne: The History of the Trombone in Classical and Jazz
- How to Play Trombone with a Plunger Mute
- Pro Tips: Trombone Slide Vibrato
- Learn to Play Jazz Trombone with Natalie Cressman
- Learn Funk Trombone with Natalie Cressman
- How to Play Lead Trombone in a Big Band
- Mix Pro Tips: Jazz Trumpet Articulation
Embellishments
Playlists
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History of the Trombone in Classical and Jazz
How to Solo in a Big Band
Trombone Technique: The Use of Air
Warming Up on the Trombone
Trombone Technique: Thumb Low and Finger Tips
Trombone Technique: The Magic Moving Accent
Intonation on the Trombone
How to Play Lead Trombone in a Big Band
Warming Up on the Trombone
Cooling Down on the Trombone
Breaking Down Duke Ellington's "Ko-Ko"
Developing Creative Practice Routines in Music
The Role of the Trombone in Afro-Latin Music
How to Practice Long Tones in Jazz
Horn Players: How to Develop an Ear in Front of the Bell
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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Chords
- Jazz Piano Rhythms, Techniques and Voicing
- Comping: The Art of Comping for the Jazz Pianist
- Comping: Three Hand Positions; How to Play Chords in a Band
- Blues in B flat: Jazz Style for Piano using Rootless Voicing
- Basic Blues in F: Jazz Style for Piano using Rootless Voicing
- Jazz Piano Voicings: Blues in F
Keys and things
- Oscar Peterson – C Jam Blues
- Oscar Peterson Piano Lesson
- Thelonious Monk – I Mean You (live From Salle Pleyel; Paris, France/1969)
- Herbie Hancock – Chameleon (Experience Montreux)
- Herbie Hancock Headhunters 1974
- Performance – Herbie Hancock
- Keith Jarrett Standards Trio
- Snarky Puppy – Lingus (We Like it Here)
Playlist
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Jazz Piano Lessons with George Whitty: Promo
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
George Whitty plays "Some Day My Prince Will Come" (Jazz Piano Improv)
Jazz Piano Lesson from George Whitty on Pentatonics
Jazz Lessons at ArtistWorks
George Whitty – Tapping into Time & Feel
George Whitty – Jazz Piano: Practicing 9th Chords
Jazz Piano Lesson: Learn How to Play “Tune Up” with George Whitty || ArtistWorks
Nathan East, Peter Erskine, Eric Marienthal, & George Whitty: How to Prepare for a Gig | ArtistWorks
Jazz Piano Lesson: Altered Dominant Chords with George Whitty || ArtistWorks
Tips from the Masters: Altered Dominant Chords with George Whitty || ArtistWorks
Jazz Piano Lesson: An Intro to Improv Using the Pentatonic Scale with George Whitty || ArtistWorks
Tips from the Masters: Inversions with George Whitty || ArtistWorks
Tips from the Masters: Guide Tones with George Whitty || ArtistWorks
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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Freddie Green
- Jazz Guitar Comping in the Style of Freddie Green
- Pro Tips: Freddie Green Style Guitar Comping
- Pro Tips: Jazz Guitar Tone
Scale Shapes
- Major and Minor Pentatonic
- Guitar Scales: Major Blues: All 5 Patterns (positions)
- Blues Guitar Scales Lesson: The 5 Positions of the Minor Pentatonic
- The CAGED System in under 10 minutes
- The Truth About the CAGED System
- Guitar – Major Scale: 5 CAGED Patterns (positions)
- 7 Essential Scale Patterns for Lead Guitar
Strings and Things
- Charlie Christian, George Benson and Me – Mark Whitfield
- Swing to Bop (1941) by Charlie Christian
- Wes Montgomery: How to Make Simple Sound Amazing
- 10 Jazz Guitar Solo Tanscriptions of Great Jazz Men – Lessons with tabs
- Wes Montgomery: Twisted Blues
- Wes Montgomery: Full House
- Jim Hall: Ingredients of the Best Solos
- Pat Metheny & Jim Hall: The Great Guitars
- Pat Metheny/Richard Bona/Antonio Sanchez: Bright Size Life
- Miles Davis Band featuring John Scofield guitar solo
- Medeski, Scofield, Martin, Wood: Estival Jazz Lugano 2007
Playlists
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Artist Works // NAMM 2011 (BalconyTV)
BFMN Catches Andreas Oberg for an interview and some amazing guitar playing at NAMM
How to play a George Benson Style Lick by Andreas Oberg
Gypsy Guitar: How to play a Gypsy Backbeat
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Andreas Oberg: Harmonics
Basic Guitar Chord Shapes: Major
Andreas Oberg and Gonzalo Bergara: "Coquette" by Django
Andreas Oberg playing "Back Home in Indiana" by Ballard McDonald
Andreas Oberg plays "Work Song" by Nat Adderley
Guitar Lessons: Ghost Notes with Andreas Oberg
How To Play Jazz Guitar – Pentatonic Jazz Guitar Scales
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Andreas Oberg: Major Scale Modes
Guitar Lessons with Andreas Oberg: How to play a Gypsy Backbeat
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb – The 6 Positions
Jazz Guitar Lesson – Approach Notes & Neighbor Tones
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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Walking Bass Lines
- Tips for Building your Walking Bass
- Mary Ann McSweeney demonstrates the Walking Bass Line
- 5 Easy “Shapes” for Kickass Bass Lines (Bassist Shortcuts)
- Jeff Berlin’s Perfect Walking Blues Bass Line
- Blues Bass Lines: 6 Authentic Formulas that Work Every Time
- Walking Bass Line Lesson #5: Plug-and-Play Formulas You Can Use Right Now
Jazz Bass Lessons with John Patitucci
Awesome Bass Stuff
- The 10 Greatest Bass Solos (you’ve probably never heard)
- Ron Carter solo: Willow Weep for Me
- Jaco Pastorious: Bass Players you Should Know: Ep3
- Dave Holland Quintet: Full Concert – 08/10/02 – Newport Jazz Festival (Official)
- Bass Pedal Tricks with Michael League of Snarky Puppy: Reverb Interview
- Victor Wooten’s Top 10
- Every Bassist Needs to Hear This – Victor Wooten
- Blues in the Closet
-featuring Lynn Seaton and Christian McBride
Playlists
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Jazz Bass Lessons with John Patitucci – Double Stops, "Moon and Sun"
Jazz Bass Lessons with John Patitucci: Right Hand Position
Bossa Nova Bass Lines: John Patitucci
Jazz Bass Lessons with John Patitucci: Playing with Expression
John Patitucci Interviews Brian Blade and Jon Cowherd
Jazz Bass Lessons with John Patitucci: Etude in E Minor
Playing in the Diminished: Jazz Bass Lesson from John Patitucci
Jazz Bass Lesson: 2 Beat Feel With Triplets
John Patitucci Announces Electric Bass Lessons for Online Jazz Bass School
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Play Along Samba (Fast)
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Blues On The Bottom Play Along
John Patitucci Celebrates 3 Years of Teaching Bass Online at ArtistWorks
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Bass with John Patitucci: First Welcome Video, July 2012
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Nathan East's Tips for Playing in the Pocket
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Blues On The Bottom Play Along
Nathan East Bass Lesson – Playing Reggae
Nathan East's Tips for Playing Bass with Feel
Nathan East Bass Lesson: Right Hand Tone Development
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Nathan East talks Daft Punk, Solo Album, Bass Lessons & More
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Play Along Samba (Fast)
Nathan East Jams with Michael Thompson & JR Robinson: Continuous 16th Notes
Nathan East at Bass Player Live with Lee Sklar
ArtistWorks Live: Talking Bass with Nathan East
Nathan East Jams with Michael Thompson & JR Robinson: 10ths
Nathan East: Creating a Bass Solo
Electric Bass Lesson: Note Length with Nathan East || ArtistWorks
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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The Basics
- Beginning Jazz Setup
- Always Start Practice Sessions with Rudiments and/or Snare
- Jazz Academy: Drumming Fundamentals with Michael Carvin
- Using the Drum Kit as a Melodic Instrument
- Big Band SetUps and Fills
- How to Develop Triplet Independence on the Drums
- Greg Hutchinson: Fundamentals of Jazz Drumming
- Rob ‘Beatdown’ Brown: Intro to Comping
Shuffle
- Basic Shuffle Groove
- An Introduction to the Shuffle
- 6 Shuffle Grooves You Should Know
- Funk Shuffle (16-note Shuffle)
- Learning Shuffle Grooves with Keith Carlock: Texas Shuffle, Chicago Shuffle, Jazz Shuffle, Purdie Shuffle
- A Steve Gadd Shuffle that I Learned from Dave Weckl
- The Purdie Shuffle
- Jazz Academy: Introduction to Drums – The Shuffle
Funk (and Rock) … Mostly Funk Grooves
Tricks and Sticks
Drum Solos
- How to Develop a Motivic Drum Solo
- Using the Drumkit as a Melodic Instrument
- 11 Great Jazz Drum Solos
- 10 Drum Solos Every Jazz Drummer Must Know! + transcriptions
- Buddy Rich
- Dave Weckl “Steroids”
- Steve Gadd (Java Jazz Festival 2018)
- Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd & Vinnie Colaiuta: Full drum transcription
- Brian Blade: Joshua Redman: Drum Solo & Jazz Crimes
Playlists
Learn Jazz Drums Online with Peter Erskine
ArtistWorks Live: Talking Jazz with Peter Erskine & Bill Platt
Jazz Drumming with Peter Erskine: 360 Degree View
Peter Erskine Performs "Ellis Island"
Jazz Lessons at ArtistWorks
Peter Erskine – Ride Cymbal Technique Part 1
Peter Erskine – Creative Practicing with Fills
Nathan East, Peter Erskine, Eric Marienthal, & George Whitty: How to Prepare for a Gig | ArtistWorks
Jazz Drum Lesson: Learning "Elvin Triplets" with Peter Erskine || ArtistWorks
Monday Motivator, 7/10/2023: The ArtistWorks Jazz Allstars
Jazz Drum Lesson: Rudiment Warm Ups with Peter Erskine || ArtistWorks
Jazz Drum Lesson: Hi-Hat Tricks with Peter Erskine || ArtistWorks
Jazz Drum Lesson: Adding Brushes to Brazilian Grooves with Peter Erskine || ArtistWorks
Jazz Drum Lesson: Slow Jazz Blues in 4/4 Time with Peter Erskine || ArtistWorks
Percussion Lessons with Luis Conte – Promo
Luis Conte – How to Play Clave on Congas
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Eric Marienthal and Chuck Loeb – "Recorda Me"
Jazz Piano with George Whitty: Adding Jazz Harmony to Chords
Martin Taylor and Bryan Sutton playing Jazz Guitar: "Napa Swing"
Martin Taylor and Julian Lage – "Some Day My Prince Will Come"
Mike Block, Rushad Eggleston and Jeremy Kittel – "Summertime"
Talk Jazz with George Whitty
John Patitucci on Wayne Shorter & Children of the Light
Jazz Saxophone Lessons with Eric Marienthal – Now Available
Eric Marienthal with Chuck Loeb – "Puentes" Album version
Jazz Saxophone with Eric Marienthal: Making High Notes Sound Good
Jazz Guitar Lessons with Chuck Loeb: Constructing Scales
Bass Guitar Lessons with John Patitucci: Major Arpeggios with Inversions
Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Improvising over Jazz Chords
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Radek Baborák
W.A. Mozart
Horn Concerto Nr.3, KV.447 I. Allegro
Hermann Baumann
Ave Maria
Sara Willis
Berliner Philharmoniker Master Class