Jazz Ballads

Learn how to transform a lead sheet into a jazz waltz with the Jazz Waltz Challenge. Learn the chords, rootless voicings, stride-waltz bass, & how to embellish the melody with turns & fills.

Happy New Year! Do you want to play the classic New Year’s song Auld Lang Syne in a hip jazz piano way? In today’s Quick Tip, you will learn Jonny’s fantastic jazz piano arrangement in 3 easy steps: Learn the melody Learn the basic chord progression Add jazz piano concepts to create a hip arrangement … Continue reading “Auld Lang Syne Jazz Piano Arrangement”

Learn a beautiful Jazz Ballad accompaniment for Silent Night using rootless chords.

Walking Bass Lines, Swinging Your Bass Line, Filler Chords

Stock Jazz Voicings, Root-Chord Approach, Practice Tips, Blues Fills

Shells, How to Swing, Root to 3-7 (Guide Tones)

Stylizing a Lead Sheet, Adding 7ths, Quick 5-1, Quick 8-1

Lead Sheet Melody & Chords

Dive into this exciting Christmas challenge where you'll learn a fun swing version of O Christmas Tree.  We'll develop the the lead with with walking bass, chord shells, blocked chords, and more!

Melody & Basic Chords

Left Hand Shells, Walking Bass Line

Swinging the Melody, Blocked Chords, Blues Slides

Putting the Hands Together

Make it a swingin' Christmas with O Christmas Tree. We'll build a swing arrangement from the lead sheet with techniques like walking bass, block chords, & jazz fills, plus learn how to improvise!

Lead Sheet Melody & Basic Chords, Left Hand Shells

Left Hand Walking Bass, Combined Left Hand Approaches, Swinging the Melody

Blocked Chords, Slides, Fills, Tremelos

Soloing Ideas, Putting the Whole Tune Together

Stride Left Hand, Intro 1, 2, & 3; Right Hand Soloing Techniques, Outro

Learn a fun swing arrangement of O Christmas Tree.  Discover how to transform the lead sheet with swing techniques like shells, slides, fills, & tremolos, plus learn to improvise over it.

Harmonizing the Melody, Swing Variations, Slides, Fills, Tremolos