How To Get Out Of A Musical Slump - Q and A
Doing my best to answer questions from viewers about all their jazz, piano, music and life inquiries.
Genius JamTracks - The App That THINKS Like A Band
The Genius JamTracks App is a key element in my jazz improvisation practice. I only promote products that I strongly believe in and this one is at the top of my list. It makes me a better musician all-around by being the app that really PLAYS and THINKS like a real band - a trio that wants to keep you on your toes! Work on your polyrhythms, ability to hear and feel grooves, metric modulations, and advanced rhythmic concepts while playing the tunes you know and love - in any key and at any tempo.
The Greatest Jazz Recording Of All Time
Carnegie Hall, 1952 - The Oscar Peterson Trio featuring Ray Brown and Barney Kessel absolutely blew the audience away with their rendition of Tenderly and changed the course of jazz forever.
37:00 of “Recorda Me”
Extended jazz piano and a little vocal improv practice over the Joe Henderson classic “Recorda Me.”
A Piano Arrangement For #TeamSeas
Learn to make your piano sound like the ocean, using an arrangement I made of Toad The Wet Sprocket's "Walk On The Ocean" using rising and falling arpeggios and contrasting motion between hands. Plus, take a listen to my cover of the song
Turning Difficult Chords Into Easy Ones
Don't let chords that are in difficult keys scare you! With just a little flip of a switch in your mind, you can think about these hard chords in a different way and turn them into easier, more manageable chords. Music theory is amazing!
The Insanely Great Pianist Behind The Mr Rogers Show
A look into the musican musician behind the Mr. Rogers show - namely - Jazz pianist, Johnny Costa