Jeff Antoniuk

Digging Deeper Jazz

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Jeff Antoniuk is your personal guide through the confusing and sometimes contradictory landscape of learning the art of Jazz Improvisation. His approach to teaching jazz has been developed over the past 25+ years by helping thousands of aspiring adult students pursue their passion and gain confidence in the process. He has one goal in mind - to help you become a better jazz improviser. Learn more at www. JazzWire.net

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Jeff Antoniuk

Episodes

"Half Time/Double Time" & Moose The Mooche 09.11.2023 12:30

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on September 4th, 2020, 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 #169, Jeff give us perhaps the best practice tip he's come across in 40 years of playing music of all styles. All you n...

"Leverage Your Licks" & My Little Suede Shoes 06.11.2023 14:39

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 28th, 2020, 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 #168, Jeff Antoniuk talks to us about leveraging our licks, the idea that we get GOOD and we get good FAST by bringing informa...

"Minor ii-V Happiness" & Blue Bossa 03.11.2023 14:26

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 21st, 2020, 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 #167, Jeff gives us a super straight forward approach to playing the hell out of minor ii-V progressions. We see these chords...

"Long Tone Ballads" & Body And Soul 31.10.2023 15:15

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 14th, 2020, 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 #166, Jeff talks to us about the importance of TONE, on all instruments. It really is our main tool of the trade, and we truly...

Trading 4's w. A Mentor 28.10.2023 14:58

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on August 7th, 2020, 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 #165, you have the opportunity to trade 4's with Jeff, as if you were on stage together. Seriously! Of course, he also pro...

A Lesson w. Joe Lovano 25.10.2023 10:25

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 31st, 2020, 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 #164, Jeff talks to us about Joe Lovano, Bill Evans, and their amazing technique of "playing ahead of the changes." Th...

"Sorta Kinda Diatonic" & Have You Met Miss Jones 14.10.2023 14:55

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 24th, 2020, 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 #163, Jeff shares a deep secret that players like Sonny Stitt and Kenny Dorham and Oscar Peterson shared . . . the idea that pla...

"Brazilian Boot Camp" & Partido Alto 11.10.2023 14:39

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 17th, 2020, 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 #162, Jeff gets us hip to the Brazilian rhythm called Partido Alto. It's a fantastic samba rhythm of course, but why not us...

How to Work on Voice Leading 08.10.2023 14:10

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 10th, 2020, 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 #161, Jeff answers the question he's been asked 13, 241 times . . . "what do I do with voice leading? I know I'm...

"Melodic Diatonic Triads" & Little Sunflower 05.10.2023 15:40

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on July 3rd, 2020, 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 #160, Jeff give us, all at once, a fantastic technique exercise, a very deep way to build our comfort in different keys, and of c...

"Tritone Sub The Two" and ii - V - I's 29.09.2023 13:09

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 26th, 2020, 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 #159, we look at the amazing Tritone Substitute, but in a very different setting than most of us are used to seeing it. Join Jef...

"Swing in 3/4" & Bluesette 26.09.2023 13:55

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 19th, 2020, 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 #158, Jeff helps us sound a bit more confident when we play in 3/4. It's not the song, it's not the chords or the harm...

"Half Whole Diminished and Triads" & Caravan 23.09.2023 13:45

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 12th, 2020, 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 #157, Jeff takes us on an enlightening trip into the Half Whole Diminished scale and shows us how to actually SOUND GOOD with it...

"Tritone Subs" & ii-V-I's 20.09.2023 14:14

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on June 5th, 2020, 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 #156, Jeff dives into Tritone Subs . . . what are they, why should we care, and how do we use them? All good questions, and he ha...

"Afro Cuban 12/8" & Invitation 17.09.2023 14:52

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 29, 2020 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 #155, Jeff gives us a nice tour of Afro Cuban Bembé, the classic 12/8 groove we think of when we hear Afro Cuban jazz. And no, this...

"Recycled Jazz" & ii--I's 14.09.2023 12:49

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 22, 2020 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 #154, Jeff introduces us to a secret that most of our jazz heroes depended on. They would use the same licks, the same material, ove...

"Minor Pentatonic on Dominant" & Blue Bossa 11.09.2023 15:27

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 15, 2020 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 #153, Jeff talked to us about the old Minor Pentatonic scale we have laying around, and how we can do something TRULY amazing with i...

"Get Good w. Ghosting" & Blues Etude 07.09.2023 13:00

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 8, 2020 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 #152, Jeff gets us working on our Feel, and swinging harder. We are taught to believe that Feel is "something you have or you do...

"Build Your Own Licks (Pt. 2)" & ii-V-I's 04.09.2023 13:37

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on May 1, 2020 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 #151, Jeff makes the point that we NEED to build our vocabulary if we want to be successful jazz players. Here, he suggests taking sm...

"The Nine Beat Exercise" & Confirmation 31.08.2023 13:57

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 24, 2020 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 #150, Jeff shares with you one of the most powerful practice tools he knows for playing chords changes better in our improvisation...

"Minor Pentatonic (on Major)" & Green Dolphin St. 28.08.2023 12:23

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 17, 2020 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 #149, Jeff looks at the good old Minor Pentatonic Scale, but has in mind a very new use. What if we could use the minor, bluesy so...

"Build Your Own Licks" & Blue Bossa 25.08.2023 13:40

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 10, 2020 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 #148, Jeff shows us a tried and true path to actually coming up with some of our OWN jazz vocabulary. Bach and Brahms and Mozart (...

"Play Great Solo Breaks" & Cherokee 22.08.2023 13:06

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 3, 2020 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 #147, Jeff takes us through solo breaks. What is a "break", and why is it there? What are we supposed to do, and what did...

How to Learn Donna Lee! 17.09.2021 19:24

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 27, 2020 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 #146, we dig into the classic bebop song Donna Lee, and look at four strategies to get rolling with it. Many of us are taught to...

"Sorta Kinda Diatonic" & Have You Met Miss Jones 15.09.2021 13:39

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 20, 2020 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 #145, Jeff shares a deep secret that players like Sonny Stitt and Kenny Dorham and Oscar Peterson shared . . . the idea that pla...