Jazz Blues Improvisation from Scratch

Get jam session ready!

This course features call-and-response videos rooted in the aural tradition that are clear, concise, and creative (and not front-loaded with theory and technical exercises). No previous improvisation experience required.

Once you complete the course, you will

• Have the skills and confidence to improvise on a blues with your jazz ensemble or at a jam session.

• Know seven riff melodies by jazz composers (without sheet music)

• Build groovy solos through riff rhythms, call and response, and thematic variation

• Play the chord changes without sacrificing groove or phrasing

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Instructor Steve Treseler is a saxophonist and teaching artist who has has guided thousands of beginning improvisers through interactive workshops and, now the transmission has moved on line. Steve’s workshops are non-intimidating, creative, and effective at building both skills and community.

Steve’s music has been featured in Down Beat and the New York Times, and he has presented clinics at Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, Jazz Education Network, Più Piano in Germany, California Jazz Conservatory, D’Addario Woodwinds in NYC, and the Pacific Music Institute in Honolulu.