Digging Deeper Jazz

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 3rd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #19, James talks about Emulating Your Heros. We all want to sound our heroes, and who wouldn’t want to sound like a genius. But,...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 27th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #18, Jeff is flying solo without that James guy around to weigh him down. Jeff waxes poetic, Jeff plays a rhythm changes a bunch,...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 20th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #17, James and Jeff talk about Playing Fast! Why bother? And if we DO need to develop this skill, how do we do it without it takin...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 13th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #16, James and Jeff talk about what to do if you are BORED with your playing. Every musician on earth (yes, all the pros too) get...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 6th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #15, James and Jeff talk about swing. How important is "swing", really? Can we swing on a bossa nova or an Afro Cuban son...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 30th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #14, James and Jeff talk about some "game changers," a couple things in their development that really helped push them for...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 23rd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #13, James and Jeff talk about articulation. If you want to swing harder, funk even funkier, and get your message out to the people...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 16th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #12, James and Jeff introduce the "Lick of the Day" episode. On occasion, we'll try to freak each other out with a ne...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 9th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #11, James and Jeff talk about playing longer lines. Let's get you playing like your bebop heroes do, with fantastic long windin...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 2nd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #10, James and Jeff talk about feel! We all know that, playing with FEEL is one of the most important things a jazz musician can do....

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 25th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #9, should we just sit around all day, and wait for the muse to visit us with great bebop licks? That's how Coltrane and Cliffo...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 18th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #8, James and Jeff talk about the Money Notes! What are they, and where do they come from? Why do they make us sound so darned good,...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 11th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #7, James and Jeff talk about the ubiquitous I-VI-ii-V progression. If there is one thing to practice EVERY day, this might be it. B...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 4th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #6, James and Jeff talk about four things that they hear jazz players getting wrong a lot of the time. Fix one or two of these four,...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 28th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #5, James and Jeff celebrate Miles Davis' birthday by digging into one of his landmark solos. James offers some insights into Mi...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 21st, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #4, James and Jeff talk about staying fresh. And no, not in a personal hygiene way. In a "I am SO bored of my playing" way....

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 14th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #3, James and Jeff talk about what might be the most perfect 12 measures of jazz ever played, from a classic Hank Mobley solo. Let&ap...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 7th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #2, James and Jeff talk about hockey and getting punched in the face. Also they mention The Blues a bit. Nothing is more important for...

Welcome to the J&J on Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 30th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #1, James and Jeff talk about how to transcribe, why to transcribe, and why Bobo Mintzer yelled at Jeff in 1987 (note, Bob and Jeff...

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 9th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #200 , Jeff circles back to where he began Digging Deeper Jazz, by questioning how we learn and teach jazz in the first place. I...

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 2nd, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #199 , Jeff answers the question he's gotten a lot recently . . . "what are you practicing these days?" The answe...

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 26th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #198 , Jeff has for us the hippest, most fun exercise for working on our pitch, tone and timbre. Toss the tuner, and begin work...

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 19th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #197 , Jeff fills us in on how to get excellent at anything (like jazz). Be a great student, and have a great teacher. But, wha...

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 12th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #196 , Jeff shows us the real secret behind making patterns effective. It's not so much about WHAT the pattern is as WHEN...

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 5th, 2021, on the Jeff Antoniuk - Educator YouTube channel. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel and feel free to enjoy the video version as well. FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS! In episode #195 , Jeff shows us how the greatest players out their use THEIR metronomes, and how they think about time and groove. It'...