How To Teach Jazz & Improvisation E-Book Only

Introducing the How To Teach Jazz & Improvisation e-book!! This is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of teaching jazz and jazz improvisation. Whether you’re an experienced jazz educator or just starting out, this book provides valuable insights, tips, and strategies to help you effectively teach jazz and inspire your students to become skilled improvisers. Unlock the secrets of jazz education with this comprehensive resource and watch your students flourish in their musical journeys. Get your copy today and start transforming your teaching approach!

Why This Book?

Many jazz resources available either skip improvisation completely, or start way too advanced.  This makes improvisation fun & accessible to all students, teachers, and instruments regardless of musical background.  Start improvising in the first lesson!

What’s Inside?

✅ Everything You Need to Start  –Learn how to break down swing feel, phrasing, and rhythm in a way that’s accessible for all students.  Practice & improv tips too!
✅ 7 Specially Composed Jazz Duets – Get students playing immediately! These duets work for all instruments and include teacher parts or play-along recordings on Spotify.
✅ Improvisation Made Simple – Note guides & creative prompts help students start improvising right away with no fear of wrong notes!
✅ Essential Listening  – Listening guides jazz legends, key recordings, and important artists of today.
✅ Jazz Harmony – Understand jazz harmony with chord symbol guides and chord voicings for pianists and guitarists.

For All Ages, Abilities, and Instruments

Perfect for any age – The techniques in this book have successfully been used with children, teens, and adults in lessons and classroom settings.
All abilities – This book makes jazz accessible to all players, even without those brand new to jazz! Step-by-step guidance helps students improvise confidently without the fear of playing a wrong note.
All Instruments – Student parts in C, Bb, Eb, F, and bass clef allow any pitched instrument from piano to saxophone to even harp or French horn to play jazz!

Play-Alongs

Free and easy to access – Each of the 7 compositions has play-alongs to use in practice or lessons. Students can play along with the teacher’s duet part, honing their improvisation skills; or listen to the alternate version featuring a sample solo that uses the exact improv parameters given to the student!  Access solos at This Is Jazz, or find them on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more (no more CDs or download codes!)

Spiral Binding

📖 Spiral-Bound Print Book – Practical & easy to use in lessons. 8.5 X 11 size is perfect for printing copies for your students.

Start Teaching Jazz with Confidence – Get Your Copy Today!

Does not include the video course, get the video course here.