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Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

Welcome another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast and another Fast Track Friday episode.

This is where I expand on some ideas from this week's episodes or just talk about another topic that, you know, I want to expand a little bit more on to help you with your jazz playing and dive a little bit

deeper. Today I want to talk about the worst mistakes that you can make at a jazz gig, both

preparing for one or before one or during a jazz gig itself. This kind of ties back into the first

episode of the week where we're talking a bit about, you know, characteristics of what a good jazz band is or characteristics of good bandmates. And I'll repeat some of those ideas here,

because I think some of them apply, but just kind of go further a little bit deeper with the goal

or the purpose of, you know, making sure that, you know, if you're someone who wants to go

perform at a jam session or with one other person or at an, making sure that, you know, if you're someone who wants to go perform at a jam

session or with one other person or at an actual official gig, that you're set up for the best

amount of success you can and not making mistakes that, you know, I've experienced

certain many of them, both from myself or from other people, over the years playing hundreds

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