Jazz Crossover

1 "Blackbird" Has Free Chapters I will teach you my arrangement of the Lennon-McCartney song "Blackbird." I will explain the harmony and arrangement to you while also showing you how to create a flowing, arpeggiated style. We will also discuss ways to create your own signature style on this and other songs. In this lesson, I recorded an improvisation with a click track to make it easier to transcribe.
Released: March 17, 2012 • Duration: 01:12:33
2 "Moondance" Improvisation Has Free Chapters In this second part of the Moondance lesson, we will be focusing on the improvisation. In this lesson, I'll show you some of the licks played on the recording as well as new licks that you can use over this song and others. This is a great lesson for triplet exercises and also triplet groupings. If you want to learn how to improvise in a rock setting, you'll want to go through this lesson! The song lesson is also available on the site, just do a search.
Released: January 26, 2013 • Duration: 00:59:36
3 "Every Breath You Take" - Jazz Reharm Part 1 Has Free Chapters In this lesson, you will get an inside look into creating a reharmonized, solo piano jazz arrangement of the pop tune “Every Breath You Take”. If you're interested in just learning the song, we have a lesson on just the song. Topics include how to reharmonize chords, jazz theory, reading a lead sheet, and how to create comping and soloing ideas over a static (2 chords only) harmony.
Released: February 6, 2015 • Duration: 00:31:39
4 "Every Breath You Take" - Jazz Reharm Part 2 Has Free Chapters Part 2 of the lesson.
Released: March 6, 2015 • Duration: 00:49:17
5 "Sunny" Smooth Jazz Version Has Free Chapters Smooth jazz version of “Sunny” written by Bobby Hebb. In this lesson you'l learn how to create big, rich two-hand chord voicings that groove so hard over a smooth jazz feel.
Released: October 7, 2016 • Duration: 00:40:17
6 "Sunny" Smooth Jazz Improvisation Has Free Chapters Learn how to create a smooth jazz improvisation version of "Sunny."
Released: December 1, 2019 • Duration: 00:48:48
Total Course Duration = 05:02:10

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The lessons and songs in this course are a blend of jazz/rock and smooth jazz styles. I will teach you ways to cross over from rock to jazz styles through reharmonization and arrangement techniques.

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