Songs

Master advanced stride techniques with the classic tune, “After You’ve Gone.” You’ll discover how to stylize and embellish the melody while jumping with the left hand from root to chord.

Learn stride with the classic tune, “After You’ve Gone.” Building from the lead sheet, you’ll discover the essential techniques to play like Fats Waller and James P Johnson.

Q&A

Improvisation, C Pentatonic Scale

Putting the hands together

Right hand stride stylization, guide tones, chord tones, 6ths

Left hand stride

Lead sheet melody, left hand chords

Learn to play Happy Birthday in a Cocktail Jazz piano style. You'll learn how to add beautiful jazz harmony, color chords, use chord extensions, & more.

Learn Happy Birthday in a Cocktail Jazz piano style.

Learn how to play lead sheets using 7th chords on piano, including 8 lead sheet songs, chord inversions, and how to add right hand harmony notes.

Learn how to play Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas lead sheet in a Jazz Ballad or Cocktail Jazz piano style using 8 essential improv techniques.

Learn to play Jingle Bells in a jazz swing piano style, including how to color your chords with extensions & alterations, how to swing your melody, & more.

Learn to play Jingle Bells in a jazz swing piano style, including how to color your chords with extensions & alterations, how to swing your melody, & more.

Learn how to play It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a jazz waltz style.  Explore chord shells, right hand harmony, slides, fills, & turns, and exercises for soloing.

Right hand embellishments: harmony, slides, pops, fill, turns, rolls

Soloing and connecting scales

Q&A

Left Hand Rootless Voicings Explained

Melody, Chords, Harmonic Functions

Learn how to play It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a jazz waltz piano style.  We'll cover chord shells, right hand harmony, slides, fills, & turns, 3 exercises for soloing.