Digging Deeper Jazz

By Jeff Antoniuk

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Jeff Antoniuk is your personal guide through the confusing and sometimes contradictory landscape of learning the art of Jazz Improvisation. His approach to teaching jazz has been developed over the past 25+ years by helping thousands of aspiring adult students pursue their passion and gain confidence in the process. He has one goal in mind - to help you become a better jazz improviser.Learn more at www.JazzWire.net

Episode Date
Sus Chords
May 14, 2024
A GREAT SOLO
May 10, 2024
HERO WORSHIP
May 06, 2024
IN OR OVER?
May 02, 2024
PLAYING FAST!!
Apr 28, 2024
BORED??
Apr 24, 2024
SWING??
Apr 20, 2024
Game Changers in Jazz
Apr 16, 2024
Jazz Articulation
Apr 12, 2024
Like of the Day!
Apr 02, 2024
Longer Lines
Mar 29, 2024
JAZZ FEEL
Mar 25, 2024
Craft v. Creation
Mar 21, 2024
Money Notes
Mar 12, 2024
I-VI-ii-V
Mar 08, 2024
Pet Peeves
Mar 05, 2024
Miles Davis
Mar 01, 2024
Staying Fresh
Feb 27, 2024
A Perfect Solo
Feb 23, 2024
THE BLUES!
Feb 16, 2024
Transcribing
Feb 13, 2024
Scales Suck -- THE END!
Feb 09, 2024
Coltrane Minor Pentatonic & "So What"
Feb 07, 2024
Sound, Pitch, and Drones
Feb 03, 2024
Great Student/Great Teacher & "Donna Lee"
Feb 01, 2024
Rhythm-ify your Patterns! & "This I Dig of You"
Jan 30, 2024
Jazz Time & Control
Jan 25, 2024
Another Major Pentatonic & "ii-V-I
Jan 22, 2024
The Power of Patterns & "This I Dig of You"
Jan 19, 2024
Swing VS. Bebop
Jan 16, 2024
Stop Improvising So Much
Jan 07, 2024
"Pentatonics and Side Slipping" & The Turnaround
Jan 04, 2024
"I'm Bored with my Playing"
Jan 02, 2024
"Jazz Inspiration" & Triad Pairs
Dec 31, 2023
"Sort Out Your #11's" & Autumn Leaves
Dec 29, 2023
"Perfection Is Not Good" & Mr. PC
Dec 27, 2023
"Transposing is King" & Take the "A" Train
Dec 25, 2023
Rhythmic Displacement
Dec 22, 2023
"Episodic Soloing" & Joy Spring
Dec 20, 2023
The Power of CESH!!
Dec 17, 2023
Swing Better, Swing Harder
Dec 14, 2023
Three Kinds of ii-V's
Dec 12, 2023
"Phrasing is King" & The Blues
Dec 09, 2023
"Melodic Minor" & Mr. PC
Dec 06, 2023
"Playing in 7/4" & All The Things You Are
Dec 04, 2023
"Fast and Flashy" & Locomotion
Nov 30, 2023
"Coltrane & Clarity" & Bessie's Blues
Nov 28, 2023
"Endless Creativity" & ii-V-I
Nov 25, 2023
Scales Suck / Phrygian
Nov 22, 2023
"Half Note Soloing" & What Is This Thing Called Love
Nov 19, 2023
Art Tatum Rhythm Changes
Nov 16, 2023
"End Your Solo" & Lullaby Of Birdland
Nov 13, 2023
"Half Time/Double Time" & Moose The Mooche
Nov 09, 2023
"Leverage Your Licks" & My Little Suede Shoes
Nov 06, 2023
"Minor ii-V Happiness" & Blue Bossa
Nov 03, 2023
"Long Tone Ballads" & Body And Soul
Oct 31, 2023
Trading 4's w. A Mentor
Oct 28, 2023
A Lesson w. Joe Lovano
Oct 25, 2023
"Sorta Kinda Diatonic" & Have You Met Miss Jones
Oct 14, 2023
"Brazilian Boot Camp" & Partido Alto
Oct 11, 2023
How to Work on Voice Leading
Oct 08, 2023
"Melodic Diatonic Triads" & Little Sunflower
Oct 05, 2023
"Tritone Sub The Two" and ii - V - I's
Sep 29, 2023
"Swing in 3/4" & Bluesette
Sep 26, 2023
"Half Whole Diminished and Triads" & Caravan
Sep 23, 2023
"Tritone Subs" & ii-V-I's
Sep 20, 2023
"Afro Cuban 12/8" & Invitation
Sep 17, 2023
"Recycled Jazz" & ii--I's
Sep 14, 2023
"Minor Pentatonic on Dominant" & Blue Bossa
Sep 11, 2023
"Get Good w. Ghosting" & Blues Etude
Sep 07, 2023
"Build Your Own Licks (Pt. 2)" & ii-V-I's
Sep 04, 2023
"The Nine Beat Exercise" & Confirmation
Aug 31, 2023
"Minor Pentatonic (on Major)" & Green Dolphin St.
Aug 28, 2023
"Build Your Own Licks" & Blue Bossa
Aug 25, 2023
"Play Great Solo Breaks" & Cherokee
Aug 22, 2023
How to Learn Donna Lee!
Sep 17, 2021
"Sorta Kinda Diatonic" & Have You Met Miss Jones
Sep 15, 2021
"Rhythmic Licks" & Sweets Edison/Thad Jones
Sep 13, 2021
"Get Hip With The Tonic" & ii-V-I
Sep 11, 2021
"Major IS Minor" & Green Dolphin Street
Sep 09, 2021
"Working With 1 - 5 - 10" & Stella By Starlight
Sep 07, 2021
"Accented Dissonances" & ii-V-I
Sep 05, 2021
"World's Greatest Lick" & Cherokee/Bluesette
Sep 03, 2021
"Practice Laboratories" & Minority
Sep 01, 2021
"Rhythm, Time and Groove" & Cissy Strut
Aug 31, 2021
"Modal Jazz" & So What
Aug 29, 2021
"Two-ing The Five" & The Blues
Aug 27, 2021
"Embellishing Melodies" & All The Things You Are
Aug 25, 2021
Common Tones Are Hip
Aug 23, 2021
"Bounce Like Freddie" & Jazz Articulation
Aug 21, 2021
"3 Steps to Great Improv!" & Billies Bounce
Aug 19, 2021
"Chromatic ii-V's" & Ask Me Now
Aug 17, 2021
Fear of 13th Chords!
Aug 15, 2021
"Sound Like Monk!" & Tritones
Aug 13, 2021
"Sight Reading Melodies" & Springfield
Aug 07, 2021
"A Lesson With James P. Johnson" & the blues
Aug 03, 2021
Stop Practicing Scales!
Aug 01, 2021
Sight Reading Rhythms
Jul 30, 2021
"Stop Pushing Buttons" & Blue Bossa
Jul 28, 2021
"Jazz Is Investing" & Giant Steps.
Jul 26, 2021
"Lost In A Ballad" & Body and Soul
Jul 24, 2021
Double Time Playing & Charlie Parker
Jul 22, 2021
"Minor Pentatonics" & Ellington, Hancock, Antoniuk
Jul 20, 2021
"Weird Chord Progressions - Venn Diagrams" and Speak No Evil
Jul 18, 2021
"Major Pentatonics" & St. Thomas
Jul 16, 2021
"A Really Great Warmup" & Ceora, Got A Match, Donna Lee
Jul 14, 2021
Advanced Melodic Playing
Jul 12, 2021
"Avoid Notes!" & Take The A Train
Jul 10, 2021
A Lesson w. Charlie Parker!
Jul 08, 2021
What Key Are We In?
Jul 06, 2021
"Side Slipping" & Speak Low
Jul 01, 2021
Funk Scales!
Jun 29, 2021
Practice Slower Than You Can Play
Jun 27, 2021
Which Minor Is It Anyway?
Jun 25, 2021
Solo Better w/ Call & Response
Jun 23, 2021
Swing Less Hard!
Jun 21, 2021
"Voice Leading Hall Of Fame" & Bernie's Tune
Jun 19, 2021
"Rhythm Repair Kit" & Solar
Jun 17, 2021
"Half Diminished Help" & ii-V-i's
Jun 15, 2021
"Jazz Toolbox Safety" & Bernie's Tune
Jun 13, 2021
"Super Jazz Ears" & I-vi-ii-V
Jun 11, 2021
"A Lesson With Joe Henderson" and Isotope
Jun 09, 2021
"Altered Triad Pairs" & Caravan
Jun 07, 2021
"How To Learn Tunes" & All Of Me
Jun 05, 2021
"Diminished vs. Dominant" & Full House
Jun 03, 2021
"Jazz Is Legato!" and some blues
Jun 01, 2021
"Cry Me A River Lick” & Yesterdays
May 30, 2021
"Harmonic Gravity" & Rhythm Changes
May 28, 2021
"Scary Altered Chords" & Blue In Green
May 26, 2021
"Augmented Awesomeness" & some blues
May 24, 2021
The Bridge of Rhythm Changes
May 22, 2021
"Circle of Fourths" & Sweet Georgia Brown
May 20, 2021
"Playing with Shapes," Monk & Coltrane
May 18, 2021
"Modern Rhythm Changes 303" & Joe Henderson!
May 16, 2021
"How To Sound Modern" & the blues
May 14, 2021
"Cadenzas & Looping" & Midnight Voyage
May 12, 2021
"Rhythm Changes 202" - Playing Inside The Changes
May 10, 2021
"Play It Like You Mean It" - Developing Confidence
May 08, 2021
"World's Shortest Lick" & Recordame
May 06, 2021
"Rhythm Changes 101" and Salt Peanuts/ Lester Leaps In
May 04, 2021
Hit Your Practice Goals!
Apr 30, 2021
"Avoid Notes!" & Girl From Ipanema/A Train
Apr 28, 2021
"How To Learn Tunes" & Desafinado, Lucky Southern, etc.
Apr 26, 2021
"Burning Fast Tempos!" & My Secret Love
Apr 24, 2021
"Side Slipping, Playing Out" & Speak Low
Apr 22, 2021
"Solo Better/Call & Response" & Speak Low
Apr 20, 2021
"Reverse Partido Alto" & One Note Samba
Apr 18, 2021
"Brazilian Partido Alto" & Samba D'Orpheu
Apr 16, 2021
"Bebop Butt Kicker" & Cherokee
Apr 14, 2021
"What's Up With Diminished?" & Caravan
Apr 12, 2021
"Coltrane Triad Pairs" & Mr. P.C.
Apr 10, 2021
"Get Off The Root!" & All Of Me
Apr 08, 2021
"Rhythm Boot Camp" & 8th Note Triplets
Apr 06, 2021
"Voice Leading #2" & In Walked Bud
Apr 04, 2021
Minor Bebop Scales
Apr 02, 2021
"A Lesson With Sonny Stitt!"
Mar 31, 2021
"Melodic Improv, The History of Jazz" & Blue Bossa
Mar 29, 2021
"Melodic Improvisation" & When The Saints Go Marching In
Mar 27, 2021
"Motivic Improv" & Yesterdays
Mar 25, 2021
Jazz Momentum & 8th Note Feel
Mar 23, 2021
Jazz Comping (for ALL instruments) Part 1
Mar 21, 2021
"Jazz Composition" (part 1) & The Blues
Mar 19, 2021
"Slash Chords (sus4)" & Maiden Voyage
Mar 17, 2021
"Voice Leading" (part 1) & Tenor Madness
Mar 15, 2021
"Your Biggest Practice Problem," The Asterisk Exercise & The Blues
Mar 13, 2021
"How To Learn Tunes" & Autumn Leaves
Mar 11, 2021
"Articulation - How To Swing" & Anthropology
Mar 09, 2021
Rhythmic Groupings (part 2) & How High The Moon
Mar 05, 2021
"Horizontal vs. Vertical" and Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Mar 03, 2021
Rhythmic Groupings (part 1)
Mar 01, 2021
"Modes Suck" & So What
Feb 27, 2021
"Get Your Tone In Time" & My Little Suede Shoes
Feb 25, 2021
ii-V-I in Major Keys
Feb 23, 2021
"Minor ii - V - i's" & Autumn Leaves
Feb 21, 2021
"Bebop Scale Magic" & Night and Day (Cole Porter)
Feb 19, 2021
"Scale Practice - How vs. What"
Feb 17, 2021
"Practice Better!" & Stella By Starlight
Feb 15, 2021
"Sound Like Your Heroes" (Stan Getz) & I Love You
Feb 13, 2021
"Are You Creative?" and Life/Art Documentary
Feb 11, 2021
"Harmonic Rhythm" & Have You Met Miss Jones
Feb 09, 2021
"Phrasing Is Sexy” & Take The A Train
Feb 07, 2021
"Serious Enclosures" (part 4) & Summertime
Feb 05, 2021
"Scales Suck" - Caravan & The Half-Whole Diminished Sound
Feb 03, 2021
"Enclosures" (part 3) & Rhythm Changes
Feb 01, 2021
"The Bebop Shape" & Lady Bird
Jan 30, 2021
"Enclosures" (part 2) & Chelsea Bridge
Jan 28, 2021
"Enclosures" (part 1) & Locomotion
Jan 26, 2021
"Triad Pairs" (part 4) - The Sus7 Sound & Passion Dance
Jan 24, 2021
"Saxophone Tone & Toys" (and Ethnomusicology!)
Jan 22, 2021
Funk Scales & How To Work With Them
Jan 20, 2021
"Triad Pairs" (part #3) - The Tritone Sound
Jan 16, 2021
"The Right Note Rule" (and some blues)
Jan 14, 2021
"Triad Pairs" (part #2) - The Minor Sound
Jan 12, 2021
"What's In The Real Book?" & Stella By Starlight
Jan 10, 2021
"Swing Repair Kit" - Syncopation, Feel and "the + of 4"
Jan 08, 2021
"Triad Pairs" (part #1) - The Lydian Sound
Jan 06, 2021
"Mo' Better Metronome" (for amateurs, semi-pros, and yes, even pros!)
Jan 05, 2021
Jazz Vocabulary & "The Basis of Everything"
Jan 03, 2021
"Major BeBop Scales" & How To Use Them
Jan 01, 2021
Off Beat Articulation - Build Your Momentum!
Dec 30, 2020
BeBop Scales & How To Progress With Them
Dec 28, 2020
Jazz Waltz (3/4) Parent Rhythm
Dec 26, 2020
Parent Rhythms, Calypso & St. Thomas
Dec 24, 2020
Five Minute Jazz Abs! (a great 5 minute practice idea)
Dec 22, 2020
Minor Blues Coolness, Mr. PC, and V of IV
Dec 20, 2020
Coltrane, Bessie's Blues, and the "V of IV" Sound
Dec 18, 2020
Ballads (Part 2) & In A Sentimental Mood
Dec 16, 2020
What's Up With Ballads? & In A Sentimental Mood
Dec 14, 2020
Sound Like A Professional
Dec 12, 2020
More Hipness, Altered Dominant Arpeggios, and Yesterdays
Dec 10, 2020
Slow Your Roll (Half Note Soloing on "Moment's Notice")
Dec 08, 2020
Think Like An Artist
Dec 06, 2020
In or Out?
Dec 04, 2020
Bionic Jazz & Tritone Substitutes
Dec 02, 2020
Less B.S. & Jazz DNA - The I-VI-II-V Turnaround
Nov 30, 2020
2X Your Jazz Chops & The Minor 3rd Thing
Nov 28, 2020
Commando Jazz Skills, Motivic Playing & Scrapple From The Apple
Nov 26, 2020
Jazz Is Boring, 3 Gears, & Solar
Nov 24, 2020
Scales STILL Suck & Green Dolphin Street (Part 2)
Nov 22, 2020
Scales Suck & Green Dolphin Street
Nov 20, 2020
Series Intro & The Bottle Neck
Nov 18, 2020