The Jazz Albums That Changed How I Play

🎵 Take these lessons further with Tonetics: Download PDFs & backing tracks, explore membership resources, and reserve the upcoming Tonetics app → [https://tonetics.com] If you want to become a better jazz musician, some of your most important practice might happen away from your instrument. In this video, I'm sharing some of the jazz albums that have influenced my playing and that I think every developing musician can learn from. These aren't simply albums I think you should hear—they're recordings that can teach you about phrasing, vocabulary, harmony, feel, interaction, articulation, and developing your own musical voice. Some are legendary records you've probably heard before. Others may be completely new to you. But each one has something different to teach us. We'll listen to and talk about artists including Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Chet Baker, Joe Pass, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, and more. And don't just listen to the musician who plays your instrument. Listen to how the pianist phrases. Listen to what the bass player does underneath the soloist. Listen to the drummer. Listen to how different musicians approach the same harmony. Find the moments that catch your ear—and then figure out why. Because almost everything we're trying to learn in the practice room is already sitting there on great recordings. Albums discussed in this video: 0:00 Intro 1:29 Kind of Blue 5:10 Next 3 Albums 6:17 Some of My Best Friends Are The Sax Players 7:08 Some of My Best Friends Are The Piano Players 8:14 Live at The Loa - Summer Wind 9:40 Parkers Mood 11:45 A Day In The Life 13:12 Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane Live At Carnegie Hall 14:49 Cannonball’s Bossa Nova 17:01 3 More Albums! 18:24 Night Train 19:04 Oscar Peterson Trio + 1 Clark Terry 19:37 On A Clear Day: Oscar Peterson Trio Live in Zurich 1971 21:36 Virtuoso 22:41 Bonus Album: Chet Baker Embraceable You #Jazz #JazzAlbums #JazzImprovisation #LearnJazz #JazzEducation #MusicEducation #JazzMusicians #JazzPiano #JazzGuitar #JazzSaxophone