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

"Sound Like Your Heroes" (Stan Getz) & I Love You 13.02.2021 15:38

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 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 #44, we talk about how to approach sounding like our heroes. What is the goal, and what is a good path? We use Stan Getz's p...

"Are You Creative?" and Life/Art Documentary 11.02.2021 16:15

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on April 6, 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 #43, we ask an important question . . . Are You Creative? Here, we offer a short documentary done on Jeff for the LifeArt/ArtLife...

"Harmonic Rhythm" & Have You Met Miss Jones 09.02.2021 15:46

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #42, we investigate why you may be getting lost in the chord changes, why you "sound the same" so often, and a path to...

"Phrasing Is Sexy” & Take The A Train 07.02.2021 11:31

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #41 we investigate something that is highly undervalued and under-taught . . . Phrasing!! Forget your fancy altered scales and di...

"Serious Enclosures" (part 4) & Summertime 05.02.2021 17:06

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #40, we finish up our four-part series on Enclosures. Here, we feature some seriously expanded jazz enclosures based on an etude/...

"Scales Suck" - Caravan & The Half-Whole Diminished Sound 03.02.2021 14:47

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #39, we share with the world the idea that SCALES SUCK when it comes to improvisation. We talked about this idea in Digging Deeper...

"Enclosures" (part 3) & Rhythm Changes 01.02.2021 15:46

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on March 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 #38, we have part 3 of 4 in our mini-series on Enclosures. Wanna play bebop and sound legit? Want to know what Sonny Rollins and C...

"The Bebop Shape" & Lady Bird 30.01.2021 10:30

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 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 #37, we look at a particular "shape," a melodic approach that pretty much EVERY great bebop player used. Yet, it&apo...

"Enclosures" (part 2) & Chelsea Bridge 28.01.2021 10:02

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 5, 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 #36, we have video #2 on the topic, tearing apart the concept of "Enclosures." I promise, this'll kick your butt...

"Enclosures" (part 1) & Locomotion 26.01.2021 12:00

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 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 #35, we take our 3rd look at Triad Pairs. This time, we look at two different applications of the tritone relationship of major...

"Triad Pairs" (part 4) - The Sus7 Sound & Passion Dance 24.01.2021 12:19

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on February 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 #34, we take our fourth look at Triad Pairs. This time, we look at the SUS7 sound, and how we can use two major triads to nail...

"Saxophone Tone & Toys" (and Ethnomusicology!) 22.01.2021 24:47

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 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 #33, we talk about the roots and approach to getting a great jazz tone, using the saxophone as a point of departure. We also in...

Funk Scales & How To Work With Them 20.01.2021 18:51

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 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 #32, we address one of our most requested topics - funk and rock playing. This video looks at the underlying palette of so much...

"Triad Pairs" (part #3) - The Tritone Sound 16.01.2021 14:09

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on January 5, 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#31, we take our 3rd look at Triad Pairs. This time, we look at two different applications of the tritone relationship of major t...

"The Right Note Rule" (and some blues) 14.01.2021 14:37

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 29, 2017 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 #30, we look at a fantastic "rule" that tells us how to find the best, most important note to play as we solo, over...

"Triad Pairs" (part #2) - The Minor Sound 12.01.2021 11:56

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 22, 2017 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 #29, we expand our look at triad pairs, using a great triad pair over a minor/dorian sound. What are triad pairs, you ask? Wil...

"What's In The Real Book?" & Stella By Starlight 10.01.2021 9:34

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 15, 2017 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 #28, we talk about a "hidden secret" of jazz tunes . . . about half of them aren't jazz tunes!! So, what does t...

"Swing Repair Kit" - Syncopation, Feel and "the + of 4" 08.01.2021 11:53

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on December 1, 2017 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 #27, we look at a basic strand of "jazz DNA" that probably needs your attention. SYNCOPATION. Your stylistic feel, rh...

"Triad Pairs" (part #1) - The Lydian Sound 06.01.2021 13:35

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 24, 2017 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 #26, we are looking at a hip concept called Triad Pairs. This is Part 1 of what will be five or six videos on the topic. Igor...

"Mo' Better Metronome" (for amateurs, semi-pros, and yes, even pros!) 05.01.2021 17:03

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 19, 2017 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 #25, we look at the lowly metronome, and how it can be a SERIOUS tool in developing not only our time, but our feel, groove an...

Jazz Vocabulary & "The Basis of Everything" 03.01.2021 12:27

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 10, 2017 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 #24, Jeff finally breaks down and talks some about jazz vocabulary. We didn't want these videos to devolve into "her...

"Major BeBop Scales" & How To Use Them 01.01.2021 15:19

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on November 3, 2017 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 #23, we answer another request, this time from David, one of our subscribers. Here, we talk about MAJOR Be Bop Scales. These sc...

Off Beat Articulation - Build Your Momentum! 30.12.2020 16:14

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 27, 2017 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 #22, we answer a viewer's request, and dig into Off Beat Articulation. This is a great glimpse into the momentum and feel...

BeBop Scales & How To Progress With Them 28.12.2020 16:13

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 20, 2017 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 #21, we answer a request from one of our subscribers, and talk about Be Bop Scales. These scales are a fantastic device for 1)...

Jazz Waltz (3/4) Parent Rhythm 26.12.2020 12:29

Welcome to the Digging Deeper Jazz Podcast. This podcast was originally released on October 6, 2017 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 #20, we expand our Parent Rhythm approach from last episode (Digging Deeper #19). We are going to fix you up and get you groovin...