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So this is episode 118 and over the years, we've had a ton

of amazing guests on this show to share their jazz tips, their advice, their expertise

with all of you. And even though we've had a huge catalog of, of course, solo episodes with me going over

lessons and stuff, we also have these guest episodes. And there's so many of them that for today's

episode, I'm going to do a greatest hits of the guest episodes we've had so far. So we're going to

jump right into that. But before we do that, let's cue the music.

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. Yo, everybody, Brent here, the jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

Yo, everybody, Brent here, the jazz musician behind the website, learn jazz standards.com,

which is a blog, a podcast, and videos, all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.

Ooh, last night I just flew in back to New York.

I was going on a little vacation, a much native vacation.

Me and my wife, we were in Amsterdam, and we were in Brussels, and we just had the greatest

time.

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