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Now, on to today's episode.

When you listen to jazz, what are you hearing?

What are you listening for? What kind of things are going through your head as you hear the different

instruments play? As you hear the melody played, as you hear the comping being played, the drumming

being played. What are you listening for?

Well, listening to jazz is one of the most important things you can do if you want to become a better

jazz musician, but I find that if we really do some mindful listening, some critical listening,

and understand what we're listening for, it can be incredibly helpful for not only appreciating jazz more,

but for getting as much out of it as possible

that we can start implementing into our playing.

So in today's episode, I'm gonna be sharing with you

part of a masterclass I did once for mindful jazz listening,

and we're going to listen to a couple of tracks,

dig deep into them and see

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