This week I sit down with Josh Murray at Rio Americano High School to talk swing, and some of the most fundamental steps one can take towards establishing a swinging rhythm section.

Recorded 9.5.19

This week we discuss a few opportunities to help build community in your ensembles, but our main focus is on the different organizational systems we use for lesson planning and keep on top of the workload of being a program administrator as well as a teacher. Some things work for each of us but don't work for others.

Recorded 09.08.2019

So, Jazz Workshop is the new project we're sprinkling in between family episodes of AMusEd. This week we have on Bobby Rogers. He and John discuss at length what he does to get his kids improvising from day one.

Recorded August 6, 2019

We're back, catching up about changes in our teaching loads and what we're excited about for the coming year.

Recorded 8.24.2019