OK now for real: You teach the way one is expected to be taught at Berklee, G.I.T. or Juilliard. By that i mean i feel like i get the opportunity to be there and being allowed to catch up with what was never possible for me. Studying Jazz Concepts presented in a fun, educational and especially understandable way. Eternal gratitude. You are a phenomenal teacher. Greetings from Germany, Chris
You hit a perfect spot between entertaining and pedagogical with these improvisation videos. I can't stress how much I've learned from your system; but not only that -- I feel very inspired to play and keep practicing with your videos, thank you!
I've been taught triad pairs before, and what you've done is take an exercise and make it into music. I've been working on this for a month, and continue to find incredible value each time I work on it. In my sextet, we just started working on Tom Harrell's "Terrestris" which is ... triad pairs! Glorious triad pairs! I have this sudden and immediate insight into a tune I just discovered. My musical skill has taken a huge leap because of this inspiring teaching you created - THANK YOU!
With this one video I've absorbed so much more information on how to create interesting lines on my sax, my keyboard and marimba solos! The way you express the emotional component and how it relates to the specific triad pairs and rhythmic combinations makes so much sense to me, I feel like it's starting to open the door to the next level of jazz improvisation understanding for me! Instantly subscribed!
I absolutely love this! As a classical trained musician, I have no Idea how to improvise. Thank you so much for showing the sheet music in your video (and for download)! This is exactly what I was looking for!
Yesss! This is what I call knowing how to take advantage of audio and video editing resources for educational purposes! very good! our pioneer hero Jamey Aebersold would have loved to have had all these facilities in his time! Congrats, and thank you! Warm regards from Brazil 😊
Brilliant, brilliant. Thank you for so many great ideas. I am in awe. *Edit to say:* Video format and editing and quality is absolutely superb. Even down to the little static in the voiceover.
It's late at night here in a little African village, and I've wondered into the advanced musical landscapes, bizarrely feeling like a traveler from Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, experiencing a coruscation of sublime titillation.
This is brilliant, Nick!! Your method is both fun and effective. Keep up the wonderful work. I would love to see you make a video on simple ideas to play "outside" for short phrases using arpeggios (dominants and/or diminished). This has always challenged me. I hear beautiful passages in lots of music where the soloist steps outside on an arpeggio and it sounds awesome!
Tu trabajo es EXELENTE Nick!!!! Me has ayudado y creo que también a muchísimas personas y estamos profundamente agradecidos. Espero poder conocerte personalmente y compartir unas tríadas y unos mates, cuando vuelvas a Argentina sabé que tenés un amigo y un lugar en Bariloche. Saludos a John Surman...
This is awesome, well executed. Once in a while I come back to one of your exercises that I LOVE to practice , the harmonization of major and three minors diatonicly using I IV V. Thanx Nick, thank you man.
Amazing work, well done. I just bought the product. Doing triad pairs and lines over various standards, going outside, etc would be something else I would buy.
Firstly that was amazing, with great editing. I was thinking, maybe you could show the notation of the line about to be played about 2 seconds before it actually plays so that those cats whom can sight-read like machines could play along. It ain't me, but it's an idea.
OK now for real: You teach the way one is expected to be taught at Berklee, G.I.T. or Juilliard. By that i mean i feel like i get the opportunity to be there and being allowed to catch up with what was never possible for me. Studying Jazz Concepts presented in a fun, educational and especially understandable way. Eternal gratitude. You are a phenomenal teacher. Greetings from Germany, Chris
this is one of the most complete and amazing sounding exercises I have found on RUclips
Agreed. Its fantastic.
You hit a perfect spot between entertaining and pedagogical with these improvisation videos. I can't stress how much I've learned from your system; but not only that -- I feel very inspired to play and keep practicing with your videos, thank you!
I know! I just want to go pick up my instrument now!
I agree 100%. I am salivating here, guitar in hand. Thank you!
Well done. Great tune, great descript, and simple mapping true to Hancock colorings
the quickest easiest cure for scalitis that simultaneously brings depth to scale knowledge, awesomely done as usual.
Solid stuff as always Nick!! 👍
thanks Jens!
instablaster.
I've been taught triad pairs before, and what you've done is take an exercise and make it into music. I've been working on this for a month, and continue to find incredible value each time I work on it. In my sextet, we just started working on Tom Harrell's "Terrestris" which is ... triad pairs! Glorious triad pairs! I have this sudden and immediate insight into a tune I just discovered. My musical skill has taken a huge leap because of this inspiring teaching you created - THANK YOU!
Just about the best jazz improv lesson ever! Haha, the editing is on point, man... The material is solid as well. New fan!
Why thank you Jazz Duets. You're a gentleman and a scholar.
This is one the best lesson (if it s not the best)” about something” in you tube universe.
Deep respect Nick!
The only educational video where you dance while you learn. The group of 5 in 16th and triplet are sooo groovy.
Thanks !
With this one video I've absorbed so much more information on how to create interesting lines on my sax, my keyboard and marimba solos! The way you express the emotional component and how it relates to the specific triad pairs and rhythmic combinations makes so much sense to me, I feel like it's starting to open the door to the next level of jazz improvisation understanding for me! Instantly subscribed!
I absolutely love this! As a classical trained musician, I have no Idea how to improvise. Thank you so much for showing the sheet music in your video (and for download)! This is exactly what I was looking for!
You are by far my favourite jazz teacher.
Yesss! This is what I call knowing how to take advantage of audio and video editing resources for educational purposes! very good! our pioneer hero Jamey Aebersold would have loved to have had all these facilities in his time! Congrats, and thank you! Warm regards from Brazil 😊
thanks!!!
Nick you have a great tone and play your soprano very well. Excellent. Thank you for the great lesson.
I m preparing for Berklee and it's such a nice thing to have you ! Keep up the great job !
Wonderful video!! It opens the door to a hole not-linear world of jazz improvisation. it makes you play as a pro...FINALLY!!!! Thank you...
I always come back to this 👍
Tough to find thoroughly useful jazz lessons on RUclips... Well done!
I'm not even a sax player (not anymore at least) and this is one of the best vids I've seen to break that stale improvising plateau
Mindblowing yet so simple stated. The explanation itself is art. Congratulations!
Very nice introduction to improvization and somehow to coltranian style
Bro this video is pure gold
Great video! I especially love that floating 13th that you end your phrase on over the Gminor at 6:01. :)
what a lovely soprano tone
just… wow! This video alone will provide years of lines practice!!! :-) Thanks
You really know How to produce amazing vídeos !!
Thanks a lot. One of the best things in youtube, absolutetly inspiring.
muy agradecido ANGEL LAFUENTE, , buenos deseos para usted y su familia...
Really knocks me off! Far away from my skills, full of wonder and promises - keeps me exploring these dimensons. Thx.
Brilliant presentation of excellent info! Thank you.
From Chile, thanks a lot my friend, you are awesome your knowledge is deep about teaching!
Brilliant, brilliant. Thank you for so many great ideas. I am in awe.
*Edit to say:*
Video format and editing and quality is absolutely superb. Even down to the little static in the voiceover.
It's late at night here in a little African village, and I've wondered into the advanced musical landscapes, bizarrely feeling like a traveler from Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, experiencing a coruscation of sublime titillation.
Excellent and fun ... what more could you want!
Just fantastic! Grande Nick
I'm really blown away by the quality of this vid. Amazing job dude
Love your style.
Editing is great !
Beautiful presentation
Most usefull video I've ever seen in last couple of years.
A Really Great job! I Think that i'll use this for me and also for my students! Thanks
The best jazz teacher!
My next challenge. Thank you so much!!!
an amazing display of knowledge
This is so well done. I really appreciate the time it took to put this together!
F...ING! BEST! CHANNEL! thanx for all that work!
you are a blessing to other musicians. just got the PDF, going to get a lot out of this. thanks!!
How do I get the PDF? Thanks
evry time you put more amor in the videos,congrats
Wonderful Nick, so creative
wow, this is one of my favourite lessons. (helps that you're using such a cool song too)!
Bruce Reid agreed!
Sick! On this tune I usually superimpose major triads over the chords to give it an “outside” sound.
Can u elaborate a little bit more? If u want to :)
One of my favorite standards! Thanks for this!
This is brilliant, Nick!! Your method is both fun and effective. Keep up the wonderful work.
I would love to see you make a video on simple ideas to play "outside" for short phrases using arpeggios (dominants and/or diminished). This has always challenged me. I hear beautiful passages in lots of music where the soloist steps outside on an arpeggio and it sounds awesome!
Great piece of music! And it works!
Tu trabajo es EXELENTE Nick!!!! Me has ayudado y creo que también a muchísimas personas y estamos profundamente agradecidos. Espero poder conocerte personalmente y compartir unas tríadas y unos mates, cuando vuelvas a Argentina sabé que tenés un amigo y un lugar en Bariloche. Saludos a John Surman...
Love this lesson Nick. Thanks. Keep them coming. Off to the shed
This is awesome, well executed. Once in a while I come back to one of your exercises that I LOVE to practice , the harmonization of major and three minors diatonicly using I IV V. Thanx Nick, thank you man.
Just amazing teaching, amazing approaches and amazing everything!
Amazing work, well done. I just bought the product. Doing triad pairs and lines over various standards, going outside, etc would be something else I would buy.
Haaaa :D
As always, it's such a groovy presentation of the stuff, so it's unreal to stop playing this exercises!
Thank you for such a great job, Nick!
AMAZING.....
The way to learn ..and fun.
Great!!!!!
Absolutely brilliant lesson - thanks so much for all your hard work!
Thank you so much for all of this great information! What an amazing contribution to music!
bro this content is great, keep it coming
I just bought the PDF thanks for the fun practice options
Lovely, lovely sounds!
PLEASE do more of these!
I'm loving this. I'm hoping get it as fluid and awesome in the guitar as you sound on the clarinet 👍🏻🎶❤️
thanks. I wish my clarinet was fluid. This is Soprano Sax. cheers!
Beautiful. And the D minor scale is dorian.
Brilliant as it’s usual!!!!
Great! Than's! I'm Brazilian!
The washed out vocals between the exercises are like honey on my eardrums
wow this video is awesome!! great info and I love the video production itself!!
Very clear explanations , thanks a lot
Man that is a great lesson 🥰😎 still groovin!🎉🎉🎉
Yeah!!! Guy that's amazing! Thanks.
Meu, Isso é incrível! Você é genial.
Obrigado
Great work man. Got the pdf too, very useful. Thanks!
Nice job. Thank you for explaining with this example.!!
Beautiful arranging!
Extremely instructive and enjoyable! Well done!!
This video will last me a good study! Thanks!
Gracias por todo lo que das !!!
I need to practice this! RIGHT NOW!
Way above my skill set, but great lesson 👍🏼
Im such a novis in Jazz and this video is waay to much for me.
But, I love to listen to your playing and enjoy how you did this!!
Best thing I have listened this year.....its time to take out the bass...
This is bloody brilliant!
Great and inspiring as usual! You’re an awesome teacher!
Firstly that was amazing, with great editing. I was thinking, maybe you could show the notation of the line about to be played about 2 seconds before it actually plays so that those cats whom can sight-read like machines could play along. It ain't me, but it's an idea.
I love lots of notes.
this video is a blessed gem
Awesome! I love these etudes.
Very very useful, thanks for sharing...
Love it love it love it!! Is there another video which discusses how to choose the triad pairs for each chord?
doing it!
Amazing! I love it! Thank you!
The best!! Greetz from Sweden.
Awesome teacher.
Melting Brains Excercises. Magnificent Series!
Hands Down This video is Tops!