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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Quick Win: 4 Must-Know BLUESY Jazz Standards

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

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

So what jazz standards can you get super bluesy in your jazz solos? Well, today I'm gonna teach you 4 of those tunes that you need to know. In this episode: 1. Intro 2. Jazz Standard #1 3. Jazz Standard #2 4. Jazz Standard #3 5. Jazz Standard #4 Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards Podcast Get our Amazon Best Selling book Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off you...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:17.3

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0:21.7

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0:29.5

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

0:36.6

So what jazz standards can you get super bluesy in

0:39.7

your jazz solos? Well, today I'm going to teach you four of those tunes that you need to know

0:44.3

coming up. What's up, Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. We help musicians just like you,

0:51.0

learn how to play jazz all well shortening the learning curve no matter what

0:54.3

instrument you play welcome to another quick win episode of the podcast on this show we do episodes

0:59.3

on jazz theory jazz improv and even jazz standard tutorials like in today's episode so be sure

1:04.9

to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss out on anything going on here

1:09.2

everybody loves to play some jazz blues,

1:11.7

and of course outside of just playing jazz blueses themselves,

1:15.0

there are certain jazz standards that I find tend to lend themselves more

1:18.7

to bluesy playing than others.

1:21.0

So I'm going to show you a few jazz standards

1:22.6

that I think really lend themselves to the blues.

1:25.6

And do stick around to the very end of the video

1:27.2

because I'm going to be giving away something

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