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Now, on to today's episode.

As a jazz coach and a mentor, there are three

core areas that I assess to determine the health of one of my students playing. And I look

into these three core areas because I want to make sure that not only are we really getting

to the bottom of the issues that are within your playing, but also

to make sure that we're on the trajectory towards growth. Because oftentimes I find that if we

are missing out on one of these core areas, even if we have the other two together, it could

completely handicap our playing and really stunt our growth as musicians and, of course, as jazz

players. So in today's episode, I'm going to go over those three core areas to assess the health

of your jazz playing and what we can do with each one and ways we can think about this to really

progress further. 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, where we help musicians just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening the learning curve, no matter what instrument you play.

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