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Now, on to today's episode.

The most essential thing you can do for learning how to play

jazz or really any style of music is simply to listen to it. And I think a lot of us understand that

on a basic level. But when it comes to jazz, there's so much to listen to. There are many

different eras of jazz and jazz history. And there's so many musicians to listen to. There are many different eras of jazz and jazz history and there's so many

musicians to listen to. So in today's episode, I want to go over the different eras of jazz

history and what's made this music what it is today and talk about some of the most important

influential jazz musicians that you need to listen to and you need

to discover. 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 all right hey what's up everybody Brent here

from learn jazz standards.com which is a blog a podcast and videos all geared

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