Digging Deeper Jazz

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 26th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #28, Today we are talking Bending Notes. Yes, this is a super important element of style in jazz, and something that all the greats used to some extent. That said, it is also very easy to overdo, so we end up sounding totally s...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 12th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #27, James and Jeff talk about Momentum! Not just for cement trucks and bowling balls, momentum is hugely important in jazz. How are some improvisers able to play lines that seem to have incredible and inexorable direction? Why...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 22nd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #26, James and Jeff talk about jam sessions. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Jam sessions are a rite of passage and a great way to meet people and to get inspired. They are also a great way to diminish your will to live. Check ...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 15th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #25, James and Jeff talk about the history of this music, and if it is worth our time to go back to some earlier styles. Is there anything in swing music (dance music) that we can learn from? You might be surprised! Tune in and ...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 8th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #24, James takes you through the amazing Miles Davis recording of the song "Love For Sale." What is going on in this recording? How should we listen to the bass? How about the drums? What is Coltrane doing, and why does Miles sou...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 1st, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #23, James and Jeff talk about Memorizing Tunes! We all know we should memorize songs more, but how? "I’m old, and my memory isn’t what it used to be, plus I have the iRealB sitting right here!” Let’s talk about why memorizing ou...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 24th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #22, James and Jeff talk about playing Ballads. There is nothing more beautiful to listen to, and scary to play, than a ballad. We are very exposed, and a lot of our "go to moves" don't work on ballads. So, what is a jazz musi...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 17th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #21, James and Jeff talk about playing over "sus chords," dominant suspended seventh chords. These chords show up more that a little in the music that we play, so having two or three approaches to them is a great idea for your...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 10th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #20, James and Jeff talk about what makes a jazz solo GREAT! Is this something we can practice and learn, or is a great solo really an act of God? Let's look at some ideas here, and see if we can't actually get ourselves furth...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 3rd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #19, James talks about Emulating Your Heros. We all want to sound our heroes, and who wouldn’t want to sound like a genius. But, how do we get there? What is the path? It turns out that THE PATH is right here!Mentioned in this ...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 27th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #18, Jeff is flying solo without that James guy around to weigh him down. Jeff waxes poetic, Jeff plays a rhythm changes a bunch, and Jeff pontificates on playing IN the chord changes, OVER the chord changes, and even substitutin...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 20th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #17, James and Jeff talk about Playing Fast! Why bother? And if we DO need to develop this skill, how do we do it without it taking forever? Fear not. all questions will be answered!Mentioned in this podcast:• www.JazzWire.net - ...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 13th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #16, James and Jeff talk about what to do if you are BORED with your playing. Every musician on earth (yes, all the pros too) get here, and the only thing is how to move past it. Let's dig in today and find some powerful strategi...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 6th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #15, James and Jeff talk about swing. How important is "swing", really? Can we swing on a bossa nova or an Afro Cuban song? Does a funk tune "swing?" These are great questions, and they have real-world applications and consequence...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 30th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #14, James and Jeff talk about some "game changers," a couple things in their development that really helped push them forward. And guess what . . . ? If these ideas worked for them, they'll probably work for you. Let's get into it...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 23rd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #13, James and Jeff talk about articulation. If you want to swing harder, funk even funkier, and get your message out to the people better and stronger, articulation is going to be your best friend. Learns the what’s and why’s here...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 16th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #12, James and Jeff introduce the "Lick of the Day" episode. On occasion, we'll try to freak each other out with a new lick. It might be easy or hard, fast or slow, great or greater. All we know is that YOU will leave smarter, soun...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 9th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #11, James and Jeff talk about playing longer lines. Let's get you playing like your bebop heroes do, with fantastic long winding lines, full of interest, chromatic notes, and overall awesomeness. And yes, James and Jeff will help y...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 2nd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #10, James and Jeff talk about feel! We all know that, playing with FEEL is one of the most important things a jazz musician can do. But how do we develop our feel? What is it exactly, and if we aren't born with it, are we resigned ...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 25th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well.FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS!In episode #9, should we just sit around all day, and wait for the muse to visit us with great bebop licks? That's how Coltrane and Clifford Brown and McCoy Tyner and Pat Martino did it, right? Well, no. They worked on their craft, which then...