The Magic of Deep Listening masterclass

This is the official recording of my live masterclass in which I took people through the idea of listening being the primary skill for authentic improvisation.

I'm a bit of an outlier in that while so much of the world teaches improvisation as a skill learned through the eyes and analytical calculation of chords, scales, intervals, patterns, and licks–I teach it as a skill you develop as a deep listener.

One of my core concepts is that the instrument does not create music. You do. So instead of expecting that machine called a musical instrument to improvise jazz, work on the real instrument that creates the music - the one inside your head.

The original bonuses I offered for my course Improvisation Savvy are no longer available, so I've lowered the price of the core course which can be seen here: https://jazzmastersavvy.com/jm....s/improvisation-savv

People asked questions for an hour after my prepared material was completed. Here is an index of the questions asked:

Time Question
1:06:00 Do these concepts apply to any genre of improvised music?
1:08:00 Is playing from what you hear equivalent to playing with meaning?
1:09:50 Can results come from exhaustive transcribing?
1:12:15 Any tips for working on more outside stuff?
1:13:45 Does Improvisation Savvy teach Forward Motion like Hal Galper?
1:14:50 Will Improvisation Savvy help me break out of my habits of scales patterns and riffs?
1:16:30 "I can't transcribe." So, I talked about how to transcribe.
1:18:15 How can I transcribe if my penmanship sucks?
1:19:30 How to improve one's writing
1:22:30 What I think of an accomplished player who said, "It's nonsense that you have to tell a story in your solo - you just have to play changes".
1:24:00 Instrumentalists listening more to vocalists
1:26:00 More thoughts on improvising chromatically
1:27:45 Transcribing through writing versus playing and memorizing
1:28:36 The problem with memorization
1:29:10 More on using software to write out music versus by hand
1:30:30 More on penmanship
1:31:45 Transcribing and playing Dexter Gordon solos
1:32:45 Leaning more toward diatonic soloing
1:33:30 Do I ever practice against drone tracks?
1:34:30 Thoughts on good time and rhythm
1:37:45 More on authentic improvisation versus parroting others
1:39:00 What do I mean when I encourage people to find their 'why'?
1:42:15 "Our music is like our fingerprints"
1:44:00 My thoughts on Kenny Werner's Effortless Mastery
1:47:30 Some personal thoughts on Richie Beirach
1:49:00 How to stay relaxed in a jazz solo
1:51:00 Thoughts on fear
1:52:10 On one's practicing habits
1:55:40 "Play to express, not to impress."
1:56:00 Showing up prepared