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That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.

In today's episode, I'm going to be going over one of my

favorite jazz ballads of all time, doing a little deep dive into the harmony, and hopefully

you're going to come away with some amazing lessons that you can learn about jazz and other jazz

standards, and it's going to be a lot of fun. So grab your favorite beverage, grab some popcorn,

whatever you like to eat when you're

listening to podcasts, and let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly

jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your

host, he's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

What's up everybody? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. We want musicians just like you,

learn how to play jazz all while shortening the learning curve, no matter what instrument you play.

Welcome another episode of the podcast. So glad to have you here, my friends, to learn a little bit about jazz. How we can play

this music, the joy of playing this music, how much fun we can have by kind of nerding out

about it and geeking out about it, which is exactly we're going to do today's episode. We're talking

about ballads. We're talking about a jazz ballad specifically. Now, jazz ballads, you definitely

want to have a good

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