The 7 Categories of Jazz Standards You Need to Learn - a podcast by Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

from 2023-03-06T08:00

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Hey, so we know there's a lot of jazz standards out there to learn and sometimes we wonder which ones should we be learning to be able to play with other musicians who play at jam sessions or even play at gigs.

And so, it can really be helpful to understand what the categories are that we need to be focusing on, the subgenres of jazz that will come up time and time again as far as tunes being called in public settings.

So, today on the podcast, we're talking about 7 categories of songs that you need to be learning for jazz.

In this episode:

The 7 Categories of Jazz Standards You Need to Learn
1. Blues
2. Rhythm changes
3. Great American songbook
4. Bebop
5. Modal
6. Bossa nova
7. BalladsĀ 

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