Learn Jazz with Ernesto

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime.

Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music, linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage.

Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions.

What you'll learn:

How to understand and play jazz chords.

Learn a variety of scales, patterns and exercises that you can use in piano improvisation and soloing.

Chord voicings - Chords Extentions, 7-3 Chord Voicings, Rootless Chords, Quartal Harmony etc.

Learn about comping on piano using a selection different rhythms.

How to solo and improvise piano over the top of the classic II-V-I chord progression.
Walking bass lines.

Learn how to apply your new knowledge using excerpts from Jazz classic such as Autumn

Leaves (Bill Evans), Fly Me to the Moon, Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock) and So What (Miles Davis).