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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The very important family of metabricks, "To IV n Back", is introduced in Part I of this two-part podcast. The harmonic purpose ..
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Monday, June 7, 2010
John talks with a French friend, JB, who plays jazz piano and uses the method to learn songs in bands of various jazz styles. Th..
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The standard Indiana is analysed according to the method in the Insights In Jazz book. Bricks used include: Donna Lee Opening; D..
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The simple standard, Perdido is analysed and found to be made up of just two bricks and one join. Bricks are the 7-chord Dropbac..
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
This week's podcast is a telephone interview with Eugene Pliner, a pianist from San Fransisco. Eugene talks with John and explai..
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The standard, Secret Love, is analysed with particular attention the metaview and substitution. Bricks covered include: Cadence;..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The concepts of 'Off' and 'On' are explored with examples from many songs. The meta brick, 'On Off On + Dropback' is also explor..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
A very simple tune that is predominantly in a minor key but demonstrates the bricks: Cadence; POT; Launcher and Rhythm Turnaroun..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
This podcasts continues to consolidate the ideas about Minor Harmony in the previous two podcasts. This tune uses the brick: Ext..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Autumn Leaves is used to illustrate the concepts introduced about Minor Harmony in the previous podcast. Bricks introduced inclu..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
This week's podcast discusses minor harmony as used in jazz standards and how this relates to the IIJ method. Conversion of bric..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
In December 2009, John was interview about the book, Insights In Jazz, by Leith FM, a radio station local to Edinburgh, Scotland..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Another simple song, Blue Moon, is analysed, introducing the bricks: POT; On; 7-chord Dropback; and Slow Launcher. The joins in ..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tune Up is analysed, using the method in the book, showing the sound of the regular Cadence brick and the joins New Horizon and ..
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
So, what are the benefits of the LEGO approach to learning jazz chord progressions? John Elliott, author of Insights In Jazz, di..
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