Digging Deeper Jazz
215 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJeff 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
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BORED??
April 24, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.81 MBWelcome 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 strateg...
SWING??
April 20, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.74 MBWelcome 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 consequenc...
Game Changers in Jazz
April 16, 2024 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.74 MBWelcome 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 i...
Jazz Articulation
April 12, 2024 16:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBWelcome 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 her...
Like of the Day!
April 02, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.78 MBWelcome 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, sou...
Longer Lines
March 29, 2024 16:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBWelcome 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 ...
JAZZ FEEL
March 25, 2024 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWelcome 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...
Craft v. Creation
March 21, 2024 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBWelcome 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 the...
Money Notes
March 12, 2024 15:00 - 12 minutes - 8.58 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 18th, 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 #8, James and Jeff talk about the Money Notes! What are they, and where do they come from? Why do they make us sound so darned good, and how much do Money Notes actually cost? All questions will be answered!! Mentioned in this po...
I-VI-ii-V
March 08, 2024 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 11th, 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 #7, James and Jeff talk about the ubiquitous I-VI-ii-V progression. If there is one thing to practice EVERY day, this might be it. But how? And why exactly? And where? And with what kind of shoes? Some of these questions will be a...
Pet Peeves
March 05, 2024 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 4th, 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 #6, James and Jeff talk about four things that they hear jazz players getting wrong a lot of the time. Fix one or two of these four, and you are about 80% better. Sound good? Darn right. Let's dig in to it! Mentioned in this podca...
Miles Davis
March 01, 2024 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 28th, 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 #5, James and Jeff celebrate Miles Davis' birthday by digging into one of his landmark solos. James offers some insights into Mile's first chorus of his "So What" solo, and Jeff has a couple things to point out from the second chor...
Staying Fresh
February 27, 2024 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 21st, 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 #4, James and Jeff talk about staying fresh. And no, not in a personal hygiene way. In a "I am SO bored of my playing" way. Every pro on earth goes through this, as does every adult amateur or semi-pro. Find out what Jeff and James...
A Perfect Solo
February 23, 2024 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 14th, 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 #3, James and Jeff talk about what might be the most perfect 12 measures of jazz ever played, from a classic Hank Mobley solo. Let's listen, analyze, dig in and see what we can take away from this timeless chorus of blues. Mentio...
THE BLUES!
February 16, 2024 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 7th, 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 #2, James and Jeff talk about hockey and getting punched in the face. Also they mention The Blues a bit. Nothing is more important for a jazz players, and today the Dynamic Duo does some playing for us, and offers us a transcription...
Transcribing
February 13, 2024 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.76 MBWelcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 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 #1, James and Jeff talk about how to transcribe, why to transcribe, and why Bobo Mintzer yelled at Jeff in 1987 (note, Bob and Jeff are now friends). It's an emotional tour de force of a first episode. You're gonna love it! Ment...
Scales Suck -- THE END!
February 09, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.26 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 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 #200, Jeff circles back to where he began Digging Deeper Jazz, by questioning how we learn and teach jazz in the first place. Is there a better way, a path that is less frustrating and faster, that gets us sounding more li...
Coltrane Minor Pentatonic & "So What"
February 07, 2024 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.93 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 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 #199, Jeff answers the question he's gotten a lot recently . . . "what are you practicing these days?" The answer is this amazing, flexible little five note scale. Short, easy to understand, but oh so powerful. Jump in and...
Sound, Pitch, and Drones
February 03, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.5 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #198, Jeff has for us the hippest, most fun exercise for working on our pitch, tone and timbre. Toss the tuner, and begin working with tanpura drones! Tune in, and see how this also becomes an improvisation tool by the ti...
Great Student/Great Teacher & "Donna Lee"
February 01, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.44 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 19th, 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 #197, Jeff fills us in on how to get excellent at anything (like jazz). Be a great student, and have a great teacher. But, what does it mean to be a great student, and what IS a great teacher? What do they do and how do t...
Rhythm-ify your Patterns! & "This I Dig of You"
January 30, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #196, Jeff shows us the real secret behind making patterns effective. It's not so much about WHAT the pattern is as WHEN we play it. Rhythm is what is behind so many great melodies and musical shapes, how about we take so...
Jazz Time & Control
January 25, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.27 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 5th, 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 #195, Jeff shows us how the greatest players out their use THEIR metronomes, and how they think about time and groove. It's all about gaining more control, and gaining more responsibility for the time. HOW you use your met...
Another Major Pentatonic & "ii-V-I
January 22, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.65 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 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 # 194, Jeff shows us a new sound to use over that old dusty major 7 chord. We can all get sounding pretty boring on the "I" chord, so it's time to spice things up. Here's the thing . . . this is using a sound and a sca...
The Power of Patterns & "This I Dig of You"
January 19, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.54 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 5th, 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 #193, Jeff goes to bat for the idea of using patterns in our playing, comping and composition. Good architecture, design, and art use patterns constantly, as does nature. Who are we to argue with that? Let's dig in to h...
Swing VS. Bebop
January 16, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 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 #192, Jeff breaks down one of the biggest differences between the swing style and the bebop style . . . phrase endings. And where did Jeff learn this brilliant information? From none other than from some personal inter...
Stop Improvising So Much
January 07, 2024 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.75 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 5th, 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 #191, Jeff implores us to improvise LESS in our improvised solos. What does this mean, how would it work, and is Jeff crazy? Good questions. Jeff is NOT crazy, and your heroes, from Sonny Rollins to Oscar Peterson to Ji...
"Pentatonics and Side Slipping" & The Turnaround
January 04, 2024 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.89 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 29th, 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 #190, we have a video for every level of player, from jazz novice to recording artist. We begin by looking at the melodic awesomeness of the pentatonic scale, over the I VI ii V progression ("the turnaround). From there...
"I'm Bored with my Playing"
January 02, 2024 17:00 - 13 minutes - 8.98 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 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 #189, we hit a huge topic head on . . . the fact that most of us get bored with our own playing. What are we to do, and how do we move through these moments that every musician has? Here, Jeff offers a conceptual soluti...
"Jazz Inspiration" & Triad Pairs
December 31, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.43 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 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 #188, Jeff addresses something that we ALL have to deal with from time to time . . . a lack of inspiration. Whether we've hit a plateau in our development, run out of ideas, or just don't have any wind in our sails, thi...
"Sort Out Your #11's" & Autumn Leaves
December 29, 2023 17:00 - 9 minutes - 6.83 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 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 #187, Jeff addresses those scary chord changes with all the upper extensions on them - #11's and b9's and #5's and all the rest. Step back from the jazz anxiety attack, and let's see what is REALLY going on here. Here's ...
"Perfection Is Not Good" & Mr. PC
December 27, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 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 #186, Jeff give us some fantastic advice on organizing our practice, and how to get moving ahead faster, and more sanely. Most important - do NOT strive for perfection. It's not good for you. Dig in here and see what it'...
"Transposing is King" & Take the "A" Train
December 25, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 25th, 2020, 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 #185, Jeff makes the case for the ability to transpose little musical ideas to be incredibly important, and VERY worth your time. Let's look a how, why, when and where. All your jazz heroes did this, and now it's your ...
Rhythmic Displacement
December 22, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutes - 11 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 18th, 2020, 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 #184, Jeff introduces us to one of his favorite devices in both this solos and his compositions . . . Rhythmic Displacement. What is it, how do we use it, and how should we work on it? All questions are answered here t...
"Episodic Soloing" & Joy Spring
December 20, 2023 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.45 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 11th, 2020, 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 #183, Jeff gives us permission to relax our brains, and do some Episodic Soloing. Your jazz heroes do it, and they weren't embossed about it. Time for you to embrace an easier approach! Today we have SIX new licks for ...
The Power of CESH!!
December 17, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.49 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 4th, 2020, 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 #182, Jeff looks at a good old jazz acronym (yes, there is such a thing!) from back in the day: CESH. "Contrapuntal Elaboration of Static Harmony" sounds pretty scary, but it's not very complicated, and you've heard it ...
Swing Better, Swing Harder
December 14, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.74 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 27th, 2020, 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 #181, Jeff wants dearly for you to swing better and harder. So what do we do . . . Wish for it? Make a pilgrimage to New Orleans? Practice more scales. Nope! New Orleans is fun, but just work on these three ideas, and ...
Three Kinds of ii-V's
December 12, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.54 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 20th, 2020, 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 #180, Jeff talks about three different types of ii-V progressions that we routinely see, all from the perspective of the humble "ii" chord. This is a great way to dig deeper into the harmony that you might already know....
"Phrasing is King" & The Blues
December 09, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 13th, 2020, 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 #179, we talk about probably the most important aspect of jazz improvisation that gets talked about the least . . . Phrasing. If you are a novice getting lost in the changes a lot, it's your phrasing. If you are an int...
"Melodic Minor" & Mr. PC
December 06, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.47 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 6th, 2020, 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 #178, Jeff demystifies how John Coltrane thinks about his song Mr. PC, and minor chords in general . . . Melodic Minor. This isn't one of the first jazz scales and sounds we work with, but for an intermediate or advance...
"Playing in 7/4" & All The Things You Are
December 04, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.59 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 30th, 2020, 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 #177, Jeff takes us gently by the hand and suggests that we should learn to play in 7/4. YES, like, in seven. Here's the thing . . . there's a trick to doing this without your head exploding, and a trick to sounding nat...
"Fast and Flashy" & Locomotion
November 30, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.59 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 23rd, 2020, 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 #176, Jeff lets us know that we shouldn't be scared of fast and flashy licks. Further, he gives us a path to understand what it is our heroes are doing, and maybe even copy them. Today, a great Lee Morgan lick for you. ...
"Coltrane & Clarity" & Bessie's Blues
November 28, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutes - 9.13 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 16th, 2020, 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 #175, Jeff brings to light something that all jazz players, whether novices or semi-pros need to be aware of . . . CLARITY is your goal. Jazz musicians sometimes get wrapped up in thinking that being clever and obtuse a...
"Endless Creativity" & ii-V-I
November 25, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 9th, 2020, 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 #174, Jeff talks about the Endless Creativity that your music heroes seem to have. How is what they do even possible, and how can we imagine ever coming close to their conception, their amazing reserve of ideas? Jeff of...
Scales Suck / Phrygian
November 22, 2023 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.41 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 2nd, 2020, 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 #173, Jeff makes the PLEA to stop using scales as your point of departure when improving. Yes, many of us were taught this way, and yes many teachers still have this as the basis of their approach. Not trying to pick a f...
"Half Note Soloing" & What Is This Thing Called Love
November 19, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.85 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 25th, 2020, 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 #172, Jeff answers the age old questions of "how do I play more melodically?" Great melodies have an internal logic to them, and most jazz melodies also have a harmonic underpinning. How in the world do we get those t...
Art Tatum Rhythm Changes
November 16, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 18th, 2020, 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 #171, Jeff gives you the secret behind the rhythm changes playing of Sonny Stitt, JJ Johnson, Monk, Dexter Gordon, Art Tatum, Don Byas and more. You've never been hipper than you'll be after watching this video! Send ...
"End Your Solo" & Lullaby Of Birdland
November 13, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutes - 7.77 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 11th, 2020, 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 #170, Jeff addresses a question he gets asked all the time . . . how do we successfully end a solo? It sounds easy and obvious, but it's truly not. Today we have some time tested strategies to get you sounding (and ac...
"Half Time/Double Time" & Moose The Mooche
November 09, 2023 17:00 - 12 minutes - 8.63 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 4th, 2020, 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 #169, Jeff give us perhaps the best practice tip he's come across in 40 years of playing music of all styles. All you need is a metronome, some hard-ass music you can't play, and the will to get a lot better in about f...
"Leverage Your Licks" & My Little Suede Shoes
November 06, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 28th, 2020, 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 #168, Jeff Antoniuk talks to us about leveraging our licks, the idea that we get GOOD and we get good FAST by bringing information from past songs and past practice sessions into the current one. You'll find two great cl...
"Minor ii-V Happiness" & Blue Bossa
November 03, 2023 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.95 MBWelcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 21st, 2020, 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 #167, Jeff gives us a super straight forward approach to playing the hell out of minor ii-V progressions. We see these chords in more than half of all the songs that we play, so how's about we get this stuff learned once...