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"I wanted to mention that the Own Sweet Way lesson is spectacular. The way it is presented with the written out examples in the practice session and also the 4 note cell explanations are extremely valuable. To me, this tune, and Kirk Lightsey's playing really pull together the lessons on Approach Patterns, Melodic Construction, and feel like I am finally making some progress in my playing. Thanks for the special talent you have in teaching, and for making your knowledge available in a truly remarkable setting." -Ron

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"I'm enjoying the lessons. I got a lot out of the lesson about improvising over the blues Wynton-style - the chromatic approach to a chord tone has revolutionized my playing overnight - over the years I heard this on so many records without knowing what was going on and now I have it in my bag of tricks ! Similarly the use of neighboring notes to approach the chord tone is another trick I'm happy to add to my armoury. Gives a very bebop sound. And the rule about the II minor to create the Gospel sound was another mystery explained. I am happy to report that the fog is beginning to lift..." -Gerry

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"When I took your free lesson on "Improvisation, the concept" .... I was totally impressed. I Have never come across this 'chord tone , target note , 4 components to melodic structure concept and drilling. It's always been about the modes, like you point out in the Jamie Abersold books , or licks , or sequences ... etc. I never had a problem hearing or creating in my head a melody over a 2 bar "two five" chord sequence but beyond that it never occurred to me to think of an 8 bar or extended passage by thinking of chord tones on strong beats connected by the other components. You have opened up a door for me and I look forward to working on all your lessons and the practice sessions. Excellent web site." -Frank

"Also want to compliment you on the website and the instructional courses. Outstanding stuff thus far in my search for more jazz knowledge. But I like your approach the best thus far. I need to see stuff live and explained concisely and in a graduated methodical fashion and then practice accordingly." -Paul

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"I have been subsc(r)ibing for about three months now and am very pleased with the material and the way you present it." -Ron

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"The connection between what you are doing with your hands and the sounds that you get was very informative to me. In particular, I was struck by the variety of ways you used your left hand. Sometimes you played only one or two notes, sometimes you played a more or less full chord, sometimes you included the root, and other times you played a broken chord. One of the things that has always intrigued me is how good jazz pianists get such a variety of sounds on a tune. Watching your hands and listening to the corresponding sound was VERY enlightening for me." -Ken

"I look forward to improving my playing and my knowledge. I was looking at the Berklee on line 12 week sessions, but the $$$ was more than I wanted to do for something that is going to take some time to !t into my busy schedule. I think your info waiting for me is better than trying to jam 4 or 5 hours into a week that I don't really have time." -Randall

"I love the way you give context to the piece of music you are presenting by discussing it's history and by suggesting important or otherwise worthwhile recordings in the introduction of each lesson. And then to have it only a click away by getting it at your store is remarkable! None of my previous teachers couched the music in it's history the way you do." -Lenny

"Hey Bill! Your site looks great. After going through the free lessons, I couldn't resist. I had to sign up. I watched your lesson on O Tannenbaum about a million times and played most of it for my family over the holidays. They were very impressed and everyone wanted to see your website." -James

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"Your videos are great, keep them up! Just joined your community yesterday and I'm very impressed with the lessons! They are full packed with useful information and there is no water in them! Outstanding! The more I watch your videos the more it's getting clear to me that JPO is the best jazz resource over Inet! Really Thank you!" -Dimy

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"Again, I love the website and can’t wait to dive into all these great lessons. I wish my jazz piano teachers in the past had laid it out as simply and as user friendly as you. keep up the great work." -Michael "You have such a great way of presenting information, way better than any teacher (and I've been to a lot)." -Neil

"I have to tell you that your site is the best out there and there is a need for it especially in learning Jazz Piano. I can tell you that I am a professional musician who has a masters in teaching music. I am a keyboard player and I have been studying Jazz off and on for years and am still trying to put it all together. I learned bits and pieces from different people. I have the John Novello book which I found useful but to see the piano and have a pdf with assignments and also links to hear everything is great. I think the way you break down the improvised line is the best way to learn how to build a solo. Creating melodic Target notes sound great by themselves and the rest is filling in the blanks." -Tom

"When I discovered the free lesson with the "5 Essential 7th chords" I immediately made that lesson a sort of warmup exercise that has also helped me get a quick grasp on the 5 most important chords to get started on Jazz piano. I had done something similar on guitar, but had never visualized it like you did to piano. Thanks for a truly wonderful website! I have learned tons in just a small amount of time." -Eddie

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"Until I ran into your site I would dread my band rehearsals because of the "on-the-spot" feeling I would get when it's my turn to improvise. Then one day after studying with you for two weeks I went to rehearsal and it all came out. My band was pleasantly surprised." - Hart

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