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Trombone, Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation...
Downbeat Magazine calls trombonist Mariel Bildsten “irrepressibly spontaneous." Mariel Bildsten headlines jazz festivals, plays around the country, and performs regularly in New York City, in the US, and internationally. Mariel has been featured onstage with Jon Batiste, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jennifer Hudson, Roy Hargrove, and many others. A passionate and popular educator,
$60.00 / 30 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Jazz Improvisation...
About Jeff Brent - Professional Music Teacher All Ages and All Levels taught: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Latin, Funk, R&B, Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Hindustani, Carnatic, Songwriting, Music Theory, Composition Lessons, Arranging for Horns and Voice and Strings, Soloing, Improvisation, Classical Technique, and much much more! I have been a professional musician all my life since the age
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$37.00 / 30 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Jazz Improvisation...
My name is Kevin Thomas, and I love teaching anything that has to do with the piano. Music is my passion, and I want nothing more than to share this amazing world of music with my students. I have experience teaching all ages. I received my Bachelors in Music from California State University Northridge.
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$30.00 / 30 minutes
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Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Jazz Improvisation...
Matyas Hofecker is recognized as one of the leading musicians among the younger generation of jazz bassists in Europe. The London-based bassist acknowledges to be mainly influenced by Paul Chambers, Sam Jones, George Duvivier and Peter Washington.
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$38.00 / 30 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Jazz Improvisation...
Ben Shanblatt is a guitarist, composer, and educator based in New York City. He is a recent graduate of The New School, earning a BFA in jazz guitar performance in the spring of 2022. He has been an educator in the New Jersey/New York area since 2015, beginning his professional teaching career during his high school years.
$50.00 / 30 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Jazz Improvisation...
A talented and fun guitarist who has traveled and played professionally for 20+ years. Jay holds a BA in contemporary performance an AA in contemporary guitar (both) from Musicians Institute, as well as an AA in music Ed.
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$35.00 / 30 minutes
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Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Jazz Improvisation...
Guitarist, composer, and educator, Will Ross has been teaching music for over 9 years. At Oberlin College and Conservatory, he graduated with degrees in Jazz Guitar Performance and Economics from their double degree program. While at Oberlin, he taught guitar to college students each semester with experience varying from beginner to advanced.
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$35.00 / 30 minutes
Bass Guitar, Composition, Jazz Improvisation...
Pablo Elorza (born in Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina on June 10, 1982). Bass Player, Composer, Producer, Author and Teacher has been on the national music scene for the last 18 years. On the last 3 years He has developed a increasing International reputation winning several prices as the recently Made in New York Jazz Competition in the Composer Category.
$30.00 / 30 minutes
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Keyboard, Jazz Piano, Jazz Improvisation...
Professor of Music Education at University of Salamanca. Composer, pianist and music educator. Dr. Syroyid has ample experience in teaching classical music composition (Baroque, Classical, Romantic) and modern styles, such as jazz, world music, electronics and film scores.
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Violin, Fiddle, Jazz Improvisation...
Violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists in the JazzTimes critics poll, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist Association. He received the Residency Partner Award through Chamber Music America, earned a USArtists grant through the Mid
$300.00 / 60 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard, Jazz Improvisation...
Joey Chang has played cello and piano for 30 years and played guitar, studied beatboxing, and songwriting for 20 years. He has performed all over the world as a soloist, with ensembles and bands, and in theatrical productions. Specializing in improvisation and alternative styles such as rock, pop, and jazz, Mr. Chang has also studied classical cello. He is a graduate of the Berklee
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$50.00 / 30 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Jazz Improvisation...
I have been playing guitar for 24 years and have experience in a wide range of musical styles. I graduated Berklee College of Music in 2011 with a degree in Guitar Performance and have been a music educator ever since, teaching thousands of private guitar lessons as well as at programs such as the Berklee Day Sessions and Berklee Guitar Sessions.
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$40.00 / 30 minutes
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Jazz Improvisation...
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$30.00 / 30 minutes
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Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Jazz Improvisation...
Freelance bassist- Professor of Music at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA- Taught private lessons and classroom instruction for over 25 years. Performances with jazz greats Bruce Forman, John Abercrombie, Pete Christlieb, Red Holloway, Marco Benevento, and many others at venues such as Monterey Jazz Festival, Knitting Factory, Jazz Bakery and countless others.
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Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Jazz Improvisation...
My musical journey began with the piano at the age of six. I discovered the electric bass at age eleven, and began learning trombone in school around the same time. At age fourteen, I found my passion for the upright bass, and naturally started to take music more seriously, devoting more and more time to it as a creative practice.
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$20.00 / 30 minutes
Flute, Saxophone, Jazz Improvisation...
Saxophonist, Composer, Author and Instructor Evan Tate has been a unique voice on the European jazz scene for nearly 30 years. He’s has appeared at several jazz festivals, recordings, radio broadcasts, and has taught on the jazz faculties of renowned universities. Evan Tate is an Endorser for Julius Keilwerth saxophones and presently an endorser for Cannonball Saxophones.
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$40.00 / 30 minutes
Music Theory, Jazz Improvisation, Guitar
Lucas Santos is a guitarist, music teacher and composer born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He started his studies with some local teachers in his city who guided him to the path of Jazz and Popular Music.
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$25.00 / 30 minutes
Trumpet, Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation
Leonel Kaplan is an Argentine trumpet player active in free improvisation. He has been part of the international improvised music scene since the early 2000s performing and recording throughout Latin America, Europe and U.S.
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$50.00 / 30 minutes
Trombone, Tuba, Jazz Improvisation...
Gina Benalcázar López is an Ecuadorian-Honduran-American composer and low brass specialist. Influenced by straight-ahead jazz, latin-jazz, and popular Latin American music, Gina has performed with and arranged/composed for various size bands ranging in style from Classical Chamber to Jazz Big Band and Salsa Bands.
$55.00 / 30 minutes
Violin, Fiddle, Jazz Improvisation...
Lindsey is an instructor at Columbia University's Teachers College. She has over 20-years of teaching experience with individual and group instruction, ages 3-50+. Lindsey is a doctoral candidate at Columbia University's Teachers College and finished her Masters in String Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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$90.00 / 30 minutes
Drums, Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation...
I'm a professional drummer, with 10+ years of experience in studio recordings, live sessions and teaching. I spent at this time 20+ years with the drums; my main instrument. From 2016 to the present I've been specializing my studies and teaching in jazz music and it's branches, and I work as Cruise Ships Musician since 2020 for the companies RCCL (USA) and P&O (UK).
$15.00 / 30 minutes
Trombone, Jazz Improvisation, Music...
Born amid the cornfields of Northern Illinois, “Tall Sam” shucked his agricultural roots for the allure of the trombone at age ten. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he quickly established himself in NYC as an educator, arranger, and trombonist. Over the last 10 years, "Tall Sam" has worked with over 30,000 students in a variety of contexts across the United States.
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$30.00 / 30 minutes
Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Jazz Improvisation...
I am a principal lecturer and head of the bass department at Leeds Conservatoire in the UK. I teach Double, Electric bass, music theory, rhythm and other subjects closely related to music education. I have studied with Charlie Haden on Double Bass and Jeff Berlin on electric bass at California Institute of the Arts in LA where i graduated with a Masters degree.
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$35.00 / 30 minutes
Piano, Rock Piano, Jazz Improvisation...
My name is Samuel, I am a chilean who’s been settled in Brazil for seven years, I am 28 years old and I have been a musician ever since I was 10.
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$30.00 / 45 minutes
Trumpet, Classical Composition, Jazz Improvisation...
Hey there!! I'm a professional trumpeter in Los Angeles, CA with a Master's Degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern California. My experience includes touring around the world, playing with some of the most prolific jazz musicians in LA, several recording credits, and composing my own music.
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$30.00 / 30 minutes
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