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I enjoyed reading about your piano experience. It looks like Piano Edge has a ton of valuable information. You have a great situation of online sources AND a “live teacher.” The best of both worlds! With that combination, you’ll be a solid intermediate player in no time. :-)

www.learnjazzpianoonline.comHere's my online video jazz piano course.

I took a quick look at the udemy course you mention and I like how simple structured it looks like. Do you knows if they have follow up courses at udemy?

How have you all been liking jazz skills?

So far, so good.

For me .... it has given me new interest and direction.

My interest has been waning these past few years because I did not see myself attaining the ability to just sit down and play standards without memorizing what I intended to play.

His stuff is aimed at learning the jazz language so you can play as easily as you can talk .... once you have learned the language.

That is appealing to me.

Once again ..... there are no shortcuts. You have to do the work.

The site looks interesting. How does the www.jazzskills.com site compare to Willie Myette's offerings, jazzedge, learnjazzpiano.com, etc.?

-Alan

Almost five years around here looking for a shortcut and there is no way I could find one :-(

Thank you Don.

It is very difficult to explain the differences but I can say this ....

On Willie's site (Jazzedge) you will find many examples of how to play things note for note with written notation provided also.

On Shan Verma's site (Jazzskills) you will find very little of that. It consists mostly of explanations (videos) of concepts and how you can go about harmonizing a chord progression or melody within the framework of the methods he is presenting.

Shan categorizes you as at a particular level of skills and tells you how you should approach a tune within that level.

He is not a fan of just memorizing how to play things. He does encourage playing tunes but only at your skill level.

Thanks @dmd I know shortcuts don’t exist. I learned that a while back. I agree that anything that sparks interest whether for a moment or long time is a win. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the course.

Boy .... Isn't THAT the truth.

Just keep go'in.

Greg Spero is a young professional jazz pianist who has been running a great YouTube channel called WeeklyPiano for about ten years. He has over 500 videos on there now. The channel is pitched at intermediate and advanced players. He has some great videos. So it's a great free resource. This is his biography: https://www.gregspero.com/bio

Here's a link to his YouTube WeeklyPiano channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/weeklypiano

His video most popular video "How to Become a Well Rounded Jazz Pianist (in 42 minutes)" is a great overview of the skills needed to be a decent player.

He has been improving the channel's production values. Here's a great example of his new style. "Playing Jazz With Good Time and Feel: Swing Demystified"

How nice it was to meet again the former student Ruslan Sirota!

Has he just changed his name to Greg Spero? I’m assuming you’re saying he was a former student of yours

Of course not !

I’ve been a member of Jazzskills.com for about two weeks now. I’m very impressed with Shan and his methods. I’ve actually asked some questions and he responded the same day within hours. He also does live workshops for members using zoom meeting app where he puts students from all over that have camera set ups on the screen and teaches concepts live. You can also ask questions if your just watching . Pretty cool site if you ask me. I’m in what he calls the fluency part of his curriculum right now where he teaches the basics of Jazz. I found him through this thread so I figured I would resurrect it and say thanks to dmd.

I love Shan's JazzSkills approach too, Stew. He's a wonderful teacher!

I am currently a member of pianogroove.com and own a few courses from Open Studio as well. I think I will join Open Studio eventually but feel it would be a better investment when I am playing at a higher level. Both sites have plenty of free content on youtube to check out. I tried a couple others before these but just didn't vibe with the playing styles. Plenty of great options these days though!

Even with the online courses I've decided to get some local instruction as well. It can be a bit overwhelming with so much to work on and so much content available and I am finding it very helpful to have specific goals to work towards with a teacher in person. Not to mention making sure my technique is developing correctly along the way.

I also am big fan. I watch many piano -based YT teachers but I also watch guitar, sax, bass, etc. that can add any new perspectives to thinking about jazz.

Barry Harris workshop DVDs