Twelve Notes A JAZZ IMPROVISER Must Know

IMPROVISING As A DUO (We'd best listen)

How To Play Like CLIFFORD BROWN (Kinda', sort of...)

I may be doing JAZZ WRONG (YouTubers work for clicks...)

What's So GREAT About CHET BAKER?

What's happening with GR TRUMPET MOUTHPIECES?

What defines SUCCESS for a JAZZ MUSICIAN? (Must we be entertainers?)

XVIVE U7 Wireless Microphone System for TRUMPET and SAXOPHONE

A great JAZZ SOLO is not what you THINK! (Listen up...)

IMPROVISING is supposed to be FUN (Is it?)

GR TRUMPET MOUTHPIECES (CS Signature Models)

How To CHOOSE a TRUMPET MOUTHPIECE (Should you, or shouldn't you?)

The THREE CHORDS you need to IMPROVISE JAZZ (Simple is good.)

Does JAZZ sound like WRONG NOTES? (Spinal Tap says yes.)

WHAT does it TAKE to be a JAZZ MUSICIAN? (Toil or talent?)

JAZZ MUSICIANS: Do you HEAR what YOU KNOW? (And why you need to know what you hear.)

A KRAFTY new TRIPOD (And a peek at my studios)

Your EARS know more about JAZZ than you do (You need to hear this)

LEARNING to play JAZZ as an ADULT (So much to know, so little time…)

The PROBLEM with JAZZ PEDAGOGY (You probably already know.)

Is MUSIC SCHOOL worth the MONEY? (Spoiler alert: it depends)

JAZZ ARTICULATION (Not just for trumpet players!)

CAN YOU MAKE A LIVING FROM MUSIC? (And still be an artist?)

MILES DAVIS (Electric Brewmaster) Jazz History #65

MILES DAVIS (The second great quintet) Jazz History #64

MILES DAVIS & GIL EVANS (Partnership par excellence) Jazz History #63

IS THIS THE BEST PORTABLE MUSIC STAND? (A 'krafty' design)

MILES DAVIS (Ascendent) Jazz History #62

MORE TRUMPET! (And more space, please.) Yamaha 8310Z

MILES DAVIS (Hard Bop & Harmon) Jazz History #61

MILES DAVIS (From the beginning) Jazz History #60

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU? Channel Trailer 2025

CAN YOU HEAR THE DIFFERENCE? (Yamaha 8310Z)

WHY DOES IT SOUND BETTER WHEN I STOP PLAYING? (Less is more)

ORNETTE COLEMAN (Shaping jazz) Jazz History #59

WHISPER TONES WORK WONDERS (Carry a big stick.)

CHARLES MINGUS (Angry man of jazz?) Jazz History #58

DO YOU NEED TO READ MUSIC? (Thoughts inspired by Adam Neely & Annika Socolofsky)

IT'S HARD TO ARTICULATE (not really)

WIND SYNTHESIZER VS. TRUMPET (Thirty days with the Robkoo R1)

JOHN COLTRANE (A saintly persona) Jazz History #57

JOHN COLTRANE (A giant step for jazz kind) Jazz History #56

HOW TO PLAY FAST (or at least faster)

CAN A JAZZ TRUMPET PLAYER FIND DIGITAL HAPPINESS? Robkoo R1 Wind Synthesizer

SONNY ROLLINS (Reigns Supreme) Jazz History #55

SONNY ROLLINS (Living legend) Jazz History #54

THE PROBLEM WITH LONG TONES (and the solution)

IMPROVISING ON ANOTHER YOU

BILL EVANS (It's not easy being green) Jazz History #58

BILL EVANS (Who everybody digs) Jazz History #57

EXPAND YOUR RANGE (And not just up!)

ART BLAKEY (Orgy in Rhythm) Jazz History #56

THE HORN IS NOT YOUR ENEMY (It just seems like that.)

HORACE SILVER (The Hard Bop Grandpop) Jazz History #55

IMPROVISING ON RHYTHM CHANGES

THE JAZZ MESSENGERS (A convoluted history) Jazz History #54

MOUTHPIECE BUZZING (Yes or no?)

THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET (Dignity Personified) Jazz History #53

LEADPIPE BUZZING (A very good way to start)

POST BOP JAZZ STYLES (Was 1959 the most important year?) Jazz History #52