Over the past few years I have been approached by many Classical pianists and also many other Pop and Rock musicians who want to play a bit of Jazz. Most had tried learning from the various “How to play jazz piano….” books and other material available in the market today. They however had not been very successful as it is difficult to pick up the fundamentals of jazz improvisation from books alone.

Today the subject of jazz improvisation is very vast and covers a myriad of topics, styles, techniques and many people give up even before getting started. Well, that’s usually because they don’t know where to begin. This workshop aims to bridge this gap and help Classical Pianists understand the way we, jazz musicians, approach our music.

I am classically trained and a lot of the suggestions will be from my own personal experiences as I made the transition from classical to jazz piano.

The workshop will be divided into two parts

In the first part we will discuss basic jazz concepts. In the second part participants are welcome to try out the concepts (on pianos) discussed in part one.

Participants will be given a hand-out detailing material covered at the workshop along with a list of reference material for further study of improvisation.