Something extraordinary has occurred in Barcelona, Spain, that is proving that the old adage “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke” is applicable when applied to teaching jazz. Over the past 12 years the ...

It introduces my new improvisation method, Linear Improvisation. Book I lays out the concepts, with examples done in state of the art Finale notation. Book II (for all instruments) applies the concept ...

Fifty years ago, learning jazz was based on apprenticeship on the bandstand, preceded by lessons with a classical teacher and a lot of hanging at the clubs. Possibly the latter was substituted by the ...