Jazz Improvisation

Stop reading notes, start telling stories

Soloing is where jazz comes alive — the point you look up from the page and play what you hear. This year-round group walks newer and improving players through that shift, from a first blues scale to stretching out over full changes.

Expect listening homework, hands-on drills and plenty of blowing with a real rhythm section, so every idea gets tested in actual music the same week.

Skills you will take home

• Blues, major and minor scales — matched to the right moments
• Hearing everyday progressions, the ii–V–I included, by ear and on paper
• Solo architecture: motifs, phrasing, dynamics and leaving space
• Trading fours and grooving with piano, bass and drums
• Stealing licks from the masters and reshaping them as yours

Is it your level?

If you can play a little and follow a basic chart or lead sheet, you are ready. Pianists, guitarists, horns, bass, drums and voices all jam side by side, sorted into groups by experience.