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

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"Harmonic Gravity" & Rhythm Changes 28.05.2021 14:05

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 29, 2019 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 #94, we look at a concept called "Harmonic Gravity," a way to conceptualize the modern playing and language we hear fro...

"Scary Altered Chords" & Blue In Green 26.05.2021 18:27

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 22, 2019 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 #93, we look at those nasty Altered Chords. And no, we aren't going to talk even ONCE about the altered scale. We are going...

"Augmented Awesomeness" & some blues 24.05.2021 16:55

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 15, 2019 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 #92, we look at the Augmented sound. What is it, what does it sound like, and what's it good for? After watching this video,...

The Bridge of Rhythm Changes 22.05.2021 20:31

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 8, 2019 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 #91, we look at the "B" section of Rhythm Changes. We've one three previous videos on the "A" section, an...

"Circle of Fourths" & Sweet Georgia Brown 20.05.2021 19:23

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 1, 2019 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 #90, we look at the Circle of Fourths. This is THE most important, most misunderstood, and most mal-used practice device out there...

"Playing with Shapes," Monk & Coltrane 18.05.2021 15:52

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 22, 2019 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 #89 we look at a way to think about jazz and improvisation, a way to put together and process all the information in a PERSONA...

"Modern Rhythm Changes 303" & Joe Henderson! 16.05.2021 17:34

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 15, 2019 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 #88, we take a third look, a third approach to playing Rhythm Changes. Videos #82 and #85 talked about Diatonic playing and Ch...

"How To Sound Modern" & the blues 14.05.2021 16:08

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 28, 2018 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 #87, we look at a very cool, and shockingly easy to understand way to "sound modern." There are a million different...

"Cadenzas & Looping" & Midnight Voyage 12.05.2021 18:27

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 1, 2019 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 #86, we look at two great ways to dig deeper into what you are practicing - Cadenzas and Looping. Do yourself a favor and TRY T...

"Rhythm Changes 202" - Playing Inside The Changes 10.05.2021 17:47

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 25, 2019 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 #85, we look at "part 2" of our mini-series on Rhythm Changes. In video #82 we looked at a diatonic approach to playi...

"Play It Like You Mean It" - Developing Confidence 08.05.2021 13:04

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 18, 2019 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 #84, we talk about how to play with CONFIDENCE. This is not just a pep talk, or some sage advice. We offer up some actual MUSIC...

"World's Shortest Lick" & Recordame 06.05.2021 15:11

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 11, 2019 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 #83, we talk about how to get a TON of mileage out of "the world's shortest lick." And why would we want to even...

"Rhythm Changes 101" and Salt Peanuts/ Lester Leaps In 04.05.2021 13:11

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 4, 2019 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 #82, we take our first look at Rhythm Changes. One of the most important jazz forms and harmonic sequences of all time, we need...

Hit Your Practice Goals! 30.04.2021 20:46

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 28, 2018 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 #81, we look at one of our most requested topics, HOW TO PRACTICE. You should be getting noticeably better every four months o...

"Avoid Notes!" & Girl From Ipanema/A Train 28.04.2021 13:04

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 21, 2018 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 #80, we look at those pesky "avoid notes," those notes that we should stay away from on different chords. SPOILER AL...

"How To Learn Tunes" & Desafinado, Lucky Southern, etc. 26.04.2021 16:23

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 14, 2018 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 #79 we talk about how and why to learn tunes. HINT: it'll make you better, and keep you from getting fired from your gig....

"Burning Fast Tempos!" & My Secret Love 24.04.2021 17:19

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 7, 2018 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 #78, we look at a great approach to playing and improvising over FAST tempos (like, "mm = 350 kind of fast"). This is...

"Side Slipping, Playing Out" & Speak Low 22.04.2021 11:38

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 30, 2018 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 #77, we get to one of our most requested topics - how to "play out." Side Slipping is a classic method to get outsid...

"Solo Better/Call & Response" & Speak Low 20.04.2021 13:56

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 23, 2018 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 #76, I help you solo better. Seriously. I guarantee that 12 minutes from now, you'll be more comfortable, sound better, a...

"Reverse Partido Alto" & One Note Samba 18.04.2021 10:52

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 16, 2018 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 #75, we continue our talk from episode#74, and flip the classic Partido Alto samba rhythm around. If you haven't seen it...

"Brazilian Partido Alto" & Samba D'Orpheu 16.04.2021 13:35

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 9, 2018 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 #74, we work with one of my favorite rhythms, the Brazilian Partido Alto samba rhythm. I already feel hipper, just sitting here...

"Bebop Butt Kicker" & Cherokee 14.04.2021 14:39

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 2, 2018 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 #73, we look at the song "Cherokee," talk about "Generalizing The Harmony," and offer up a butt-kicker of a...

"What's Up With Diminished?" & Caravan 12.04.2021 14:25

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 26, 2018 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 #72, we look at the Diminished sound, what it is, and what the big deal is all about. How does Diminished relate to Dominant ch...

"Coltrane Triad Pairs" & Mr. P.C. 10.04.2021 13:16

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 19, 2018 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 #71, we take our fifth look (!) at Triad Pairs. This time, we take a classic John Coltrane lick from his solo on the minor blue...

"Get Off The Root!" & All Of Me 08.04.2021 11:54

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 12, 2018 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 #70, we look at a developmental point for us all to acknowledge, and eventually get past - beginning our improvisational lines...