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I want to present people with jazz theory, not

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as a really scary intellectual college level

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endeavor, but rather as this is like a core fundamental

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way for you to start enjoying the music better.

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Most approaches to theory out there assume an

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immense amount of knowledge. This is jazz starts

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from the ground up. For the fifth episode of

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season six, I invited Quentin Walston, jazz pianist,

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recording artist, educator, and founder of This

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Is Jazz, whose mission is to make jazz education

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accessible to everyone. In our conversation,

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you'll hear how Quentin bridges performance,

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pedagogy, and entrepreneurship through his acclaimed

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book, How to Teach Jazz and Improvisation, and

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his growing online platform that's empowering

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teachers and students around the world. My mission,

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especially as far as jazz education goes, is

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I believe that all teachers can teach jazz. So

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everything I do, whether it's in -person training

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sessions, books, courses, my social media presence,

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it's to help equip teachers and really get over

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that intimidation that is often associated with

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jazz or improvisation. The really underlying

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pedagogy is making sure that you're... improvising

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and creating things that you can actually hear

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in your mind's ear. Like you're really inventing

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a melody. Don't be scared of jazz. Anyone can

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play jazz. Anyone can improvise. This fun and

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inspiring episode premieres tomorrow, Tuesday,

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November 11th at 8 p .m. Eastern Time on our

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YouTube channel. The audio version will also

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be available wherever you listen to podcasts.