Think about Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Joe Pass, Jim Hall... Whether your goal is to perform jazz professionally or to pursue it as a hobby, my teaching strategies can help you succeed.

Even the best jazz book will not be able to give you the same results as taking lessons with a dedicated and experienced teacher.

Here some concepts we will work on:

• Improvisation techniques

• Breaking bad practicing habits

• Scales and modes

• Chords and alterations

• Chord melody 

• Playing in a jazz combo

• Arranging a standard

• Getting a good sound on your instrument

• Ear training

• Reharmonizing a tune

• Practicing with a metronome 

• Practicing swing

• Auto evaluating your playing

• Playing along with records

• Transcribing solos 

• Learning jazz standards

• Blues, rhythm changes and other typical jazz progressions

• Playing "outside"

• Odd time signatures 

How to play modern bebop, with in-depth study of traditional and more modern phrasing:

How to creatively reharmonize a standard through chord melody techniques, chord substitutions, and pure taste:

How to come up with a guitar intro and harmonize a melody for a ballad:

Chord Melody Improvisation:

Below, an "out" way of playing a 12 bar form blues.