Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today you will discover, learn, and play a jazz piano practice approach that will help you simplify your approach to improvisation and help you to Stop Thinking Way Too Hard: Discover A study and practice approach to simply improvisation so you can stop thinking way too hard! Learn How music works so you can stop thinking way too hard ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "Have You Met Miss Jones." In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover An improvisational approach for “Have You Met Miss Jones” Learn Improvisational Zones, Patterns, and Motifs for “Have You Met Miss Jones” Play A Solo over the Chord Changes of "Have You Met Miss Jones" using a 4+3 ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "Have You Met Miss Jones." In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover The classic jazz standard, “Have You Met Miss Jones” Learn Melody, Guide Tones, Fingerings, Phrases, and Target Notes for “Have You Met Miss Jones” Play “Have You Met Miss Jones” using three different treatments, t ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "Have You Met Miss Jones". In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover A classic jazz standard, “Have You Met Miss Jones” Learn Form, Chord Changes, and Harmonic Function for “Have You Met Miss Jones” Play “Have You Met Miss Jones” using my suggested Voicings plus Six Common Harmonic ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "Don't Blame Me." In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover An improvisational approach for “Don't Blame Me” Learn Improvisational Zones, Patterns, and Motifs for “Don't Blame Me” Play A Solo over the Chord Changes of Don't Blame Me using a "Stop & Go" Approach Use the Jazz Pi ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "Don't Blame Me". In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover A classic jazz standard, “Don't Blame Me” Learn Form, Chord Changes, and Harmonic Function for “Don't Blame Me” Play “Don't Blame Me” using my suggested Voicings plus Six Common Harmonic Progressions for Ear Training Devel ..read more

It's time to discover, learn, and play jazz piano with Andy LaViolette. Andy LaViolette is a musician and filmmaker who has co-owned his company, Mr. Magic Carpet Ride Productions (MMCRP), with his wife, Christi, since 2006.  His studies in jazz guitar started in 1994 when he studied with Dr. Bob Lawrence at The Dallas School of Music up until his time at the University of North Texas (UNT) in 1998. After three years of study in the Jazz Performance program at UNT, Andy played professionally as a guitarist in an original, progressive-rock band called “Bagg” and other local Denton, Texas ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "There Is No Greater Love." In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover An improvisational approach for “There Is No Greater Love” Learn Improvisational Zones, Patterns, and Motifs for “There Is No Greater Love” Play A Solo over the Chord Changes of There Is No Greater Love using Mel ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "There Is No Greater Love" In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover The classic jazz standard, “There Is No Greater Love” Learn Melody, Guide Tones, Fingerings, Phrases, and Target Notes for “There Is No Greater Love” Play “There Is No Greater Love” using three different treatments ..read more

Welcome to Jazz Piano Skills; it's time to discover, learn, and play Jazz Piano! Every Jazz Piano Skills weekly podcast episode introduces aspiring jazz pianists to essential Jazz Piano Skills. Each Podcast episode explores a specific Jazz Piano Skill in depth. Today, you will discover, learn, and play  "There Is No Greater Love". In this Jazz Piano Lesson, you will: Discover A classic jazz standard, “There Is No Greater Love” Learn Form, Chord Changes, and Harmonic Function for “There Is No Greater Love” Play “There Is No Greater Love” using my suggested Voicings plus Six Common Harmo ..read more