10 Jazz Standards That Will Expand Your Understanding of Jazz Harmony

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

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🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Welcome to episode 171 of the LJS Podcast where today we talk about 10 jazz standards that will expand your knowledge of jazz harmony. My philosophy is that if we learn jazz repertoire all of the lessons we need to learn about improvising will fall into place. These particular 10 jazz standards start exploring jazz harmony past a basic level of understanding and will help you know hundreds more. Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz St...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
0:03.8	If your goal is to level up your jazz playing this year and feel confident improvising over
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0:17.3	of like-minded musicians, you're guaranteed to improve your playing every
0:21.7	single month. Podcast listeners can get 50% off their first month when you go to LJSinterCircle.com.
0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.
0:36.6	If you've been following me for a while on
0:38.7	learn jazz standards, you know that my philosophy for improving as a jazz musician and
0:43.2	becoming a better jazz improviser is to learn jazz standards because the jazz standards will
0:48.9	teach you how to play. You'll learn new harmonic concepts. You'll be forced to approach different core
0:55.8	progressions you haven't approached before. And naturally, through that process, you will be forced
1:00.9	to learn improv lessons, be forced to listen, be forced to improve by simply going over different
1:07.5	harmonic contexts. So in today's episode, I want to share with you 10 jazz
1:11.7	standards that I believe will really help expand your knowledge of jazz harmony that are worth
1:16.4	your time looking into. Let's dig into it. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly
1:24.3	jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.
1:29.3	And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.
1:36.3	Hey, what's up, everybody? Brent here from LearnJazzstandards.com, which is a blog, a podcast, and videos
1:42.3	all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.
1:45.7	Excited to be here as always. And I appreciate you for listening in today.
1:50.9	Now, in case you're brand new to this podcast, this is really the show where I teach you how to
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