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Now, on to today's episode.

This is the Learn Jazz Standards podcast, episode 68.

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.

All right, what's up, everybody? Brent here. I'm the jazz musician behind learn jazz standards.com.

Welcome, whether it's your first time ever listening to this show or if you're a regular listener.

I want to thank you for coming back and listening week after week, taking the time out of your day.

I'm not going to disappoint you today. On today's episode 68, I'm going to be talking about how to compose a jazz solo from scratch.

And a little spoiler alert here for you, just so you know what to look for.

I'm actually going to be composing a solo live on

this show today from scratch over the jazz standard. It could happen to you. So stay tuned for that.

Now back in episode 28, way back in episode 28 at this point, I gave you a jazz challenge and it was

exactly that. It was to write your own jazz solo and in that episode

i talk about the benefits of doing this of slowing down the improvisation process and actually

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