Teaching and Learning Jazz audiobook
What does it really mean to learn jazz?
Learning jazz is not simply a matter of learning chords, scales, and exercises. And teaching it is not simply a matter of knowing what to teach.
In Teaching and Learning Jazz, legendary jazz pianist and educator Richie Beirach along with jazz musician and author Michael Lake take an honest look at how jazz is learned and taught in the modern world.
Drawing on Richie’s extraordinary career and conversations between the two, the book explores what separates acquiring information about jazz from actually becoming a good jazz musician. What can today’s students learn from the musicians who came before them? What does a great teacher really do? How much can jazz be learned in a classroom? And how is technology changing the way we listen, practice, and learn?
Through stories and insights involving musicians including Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Jack DeJohnette, Sonny Stitt, and George Coleman, the book reveals how great musicians developed their craft and their own musical identities.
For teachers, it explores how to listen, guide, challenge, and know when to get out of the way. For students, it offers a deeper perspective on practice, improvisation, musical understanding, and finding your own voice.
An honest look at how jazz is really learned—and what it takes to teach it well.
$9.95