How to Create a Setlist for a Jazz Gig

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

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In this insightful episode, Brent offers valuable insights on crafting the perfect setlist for jazz gigs, drawing from his extensive experience as a seasoned musician. Beginning with the importance of understanding one's role in performance, he discusses tailoring the setlist to suit different venues and atmospheres, whether it be background music for an upscale restaurant or energizing tunes for a lively bar setting. He shares a structured approach and practical advice that contributes to ...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right. What's up, Rudy? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.
0:54.6	Welcome to another episode of the podcast
0:56.5	where I'm answering your jazz and music questions
0:58.8	five days a week to help you have more fun than ever
1:01.1	playing music and to shorten the learning curve
1:03.9	in your jazz journey.
1:06.2	Today we have a great question from Dave Bradford.
1:10.2	Let's give this one a listen. Hi, Brett. Just wondering if
1:13.6	you had any general tips for how to put together the set list for a jazz gig. Thanks a lot.
1:19.8	Yes, I sure do because I have played hundreds of jazz gigs, both as a sideman and a leader.
1:26.6	So I know a few things about this. Now, I'm talking today
1:30.6	mostly about a jazz standards kind of gig where you're calling standards. But I suppose you could
1:37.3	apply to sort of the general ideas here to if you're playing an original music gig or anything
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