IMPROVISATION: The Basics (part 1) 

Thank you Kent! This is so useful letting us understand the big picture and how to practice the foundations of swinging loose!

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Everytime I listen to you a new treasure. Hope you and I can do this for Many years

Hi Kent! this video is realy helpfull to me ,and i am glad to discover this very practical way for improvising Thank's one more time ! there will never be another you !😅

Thank you Thank you Thank you !!!!! 😁😁😄

Thanks very much.

Kent, I've been on the fence about buying your book. Today's video won me over. Well done!

Excellent, very clearly explained. Very much appreciated!

Thank you..

What a great idea. Thanks again.

Hi Kent. It's always good to see one of your new videos. You're looking good. I've been tuning in to some of your older lessons when I can, and printing out some of your arrangements and exercises. Like a box of Cracker Jacks, sometimes there's a prize inside, like the McCoy Tyner licks transcribed and transposed to multiple keys, or the arrangements on the Irish National Anthem, Danny Boy, including one transcription of a swinging late night session in Salt Lake of the Mormon Tabernacles. You've provided a treasure chest on your website, all there for any aspiring Jazzbo to stumble over. I've started a notebook, but haven't done much practicing, yet. I'll get there soon, right after I clean my desk (my wife can read upside-down, but parentheses slow her down.) It's always good to see you, and I'm glad that you're back at the ranch. Florida's no place for cats like us. Soon that stiff in Tallahassee will outlaw swinging as they'll believe it's a deviant act, and ban all jazz playing but smooth jazz.

What song is the intro? It sounds wonderful!

Thank you,KW. Great lesson. All the Best. (Hello ADEM😀).🌹🌹🌹🌹

Thank you Kent. I have notifications on but RU-vid still doesn’t tell me when a new video drops.

Piano is such a great instrument. I played trombone in high school many years ago. My role was equivalent to your left hand. Let me get to my question... Can your lessons benefit a trombonist or is the trombone a completely different beast from a music theory perspective? (I think I know the answer but I'd love to hear your thoughts.) Thank you.

I understand that the modes are the same scale starting on different notes. But in this example, why play the C scale over the chords? Is it because the key signature-no sharps or flats-is the key of C?

True story: when I was teenager my classical teacher wanted to broaden my music in two ways (play some pop on the side and I will help you with it and try to compose some songs). For #1 I tried feebly Rocky Raccoon and Let it be, for #2 I sat by the piano, threw my index at the piano and scribbled 6-8 quarter notes on a music sheet, what a disaster that was. I should have told her why don’t you invite me to some jazz clubs and we jam together and you show me leading tones and some harmonic progressions? 😂