A 3 month coaching program to help you get unstuck, improve faster, fix musical weaknesses, and unleash your jazz potential
Next-Level Jazz Coaching starts on May 6th and here’s how you’ll get started
You’ll complete a short questionnaire and provide a video of you playing a jazz standard so your coach can review and strategize before sharing your kickoff plan
You’ll get a video recording of your coach reviewing your jazz audit and a personalized plan for improving on areas of your playing that have been identified, as well as next steps.
You’ll have access to a private chat space with your coach on our community platform, so you can share video or audio recordings of your progress with your coach once per week. Your coach will then record video feedback for you and tell you what to work on next. Ask unlimited follow up questions!
You’ll have access to bi-weekly group coaching calls with Director of Learn Jazz Standards, Brent Vaartstra. This is an opportunity to learn alongside other Next-Level students, and get personal real-time feedback and extra support
Our jazz coaches are pro musicians who are specifically trained in the Learn Jazz Standards pedagogy, and have years of teaching experience

James is a pro guitarist and educator who performs regularly in Philadelphia. He's studied with renowned guitarists like Dave Allen, holds a Masters degree in Jazz Studies, has over a decade of experience teaching students, and is ready to help you.

Josiah is an award-winning saxophonist who's performed with the likes of Chris Potter, Dave Holland, Jimmy Heath, and more. He holds a Masters and DMA degrees in Musical Arts, and is the Director of Jazz Studies and the University of Utah

Wallace is a pro upright and electric bassist in New York City. He's studied with renowned bassists such as John Patitucci, holds a BA in Jazz Performance, and tours and performs at esteemed jazz festivals and venues.

Camden is a pro jazz pianist and educator based out of Boise, Idaho. He's played over 2,000 gigs over his 20 career, and with over two decades of experience teaching private piano lessons, he is well-equipped to help you address any aspect of jazz piano playing.

Alejandro is a pro trumpet player operating out of the New York City area. With a BA in Jazz Performance and over a decade of experience teaching private trumpet lessons, he is well-equipped to help you address any aspect of jazz trumpet playing.
We'll assign you to a coach who can help take your playing to the next level based on the musical goals and challenges you have. Even if your coach doesn't play your instrument, you'll still get the guidance and clarity you need to fine-tune instrument specific challenges, and most importantly, improve your abilities as a jazz musician. Jazz coaching will be a huge advantage for you.
With an initial jazz audit, weekly check-ins and video feedback, your coach will help uncover the weaknesses and strengths in your playing, and give you specific assignments that will help you improve on them.
Twice a month you’ll join Brent Vaartstra for live group coaching calls to get extra training and face-to-face support. You’ll learn from the individual coaching you’ll receive on the call as well as other student’s coaching.
You’ll have access to our Inner Circle membership with all of our jazz courses, monthly jazz standard studies, and jazz community to support the work you and your jazz coach do together. You’ll have proven frameworks and jazz resources at your disposal that your coach can help you use to your advantage.
If you’re ready to invest in your jazz playing with transformative jazz coaching, select your payment below to secure your spot for May
There is not an exact practice time requirement to benefit from coaching – however we recommend Next-Level Coaching students designate at least 2-4 times to practice each week. 2-4 hours of practice a week is optimal for best results, but your coach will give you assignments partially based on how much time you have to practice.
We all have busy lives and it’s understandable if you aren’t always able to send a video or audio assignment to your coach every week. Your coach will work with you to find a cadence that works with your schedule. If you are able to have at least two solid interactions with your coach per month, and you take action on the assignments given to you, the investment will still be worth your while.
There may be times when you are unable to attend the live calls for a variety of reasons – that’s okay! Even if you just catch one each month it will still be well worth your investment. If you miss any of them, recordings will be available for you to watch later.
All you need is a smart phone that can record video – nothing fancy. Then you can easily upload your video in our community platform to share with your coach. If you are someone who struggles with this, our team will make sure to help you so you can understand how to do it.
Yes! Because you will likely be basing your learning experience with your coach using Inner Circle materials, membership for 3 months is included. If you are already an Inner Circle member, the cost of 3 months of pro-rated annual membership will be reduced from your final investment.
Yes, beginners will especially benefit from Next-Level coaching as beginners tend to need a little extra hand holding and insight to help them make fast gains.
Yes, intermediate to advanced jazz players will benefit a lot from coaching as these skill levels tend to need a pros insight to help them break out of musical plateaus and get to the next level.
If you are regularly using the Inner Circle and applying that knowledge into action, you should be improving. Congrats! However, Next-Level Jazz Coaching will be valuable to you if you sense you could improve even more with the personal feedback of a coach. Someone who values a deeper-level of insight into their playing will benefit from this progam.
If you play guitar, piano, sax, bass, or trumpet- yes! We have a power-house cast of coaches to help you improve on your instrument.
If you don’t play one of those instruments, that’s okay! We can pair you with a coach who will be best suited to help you tackle your specific musical goals and challenges. All instruments must do the same things to improve at jazz, and your coach will be able to identify if there are technical limitations playing your instrument and direct you to the right resources to work on.
Our first cohort for Next-Level Jazz Coaching will start on May 6th, 2024 (the first full week of May)
While jazz coaches and teachers are similar and share some of the same responsibilities, coaches are more focused on refining and developing your knowledge and skills as a jazz player while a teacher is more focused on helping you acquire new knowledge and skills.
We like to think of ourselves more as coaches because we want to help you use the knowledge and resources you already have available to you, and focus them into an action-plan that will fast-track your improvement – not simply provide you with more exercises, concepts, and hacks.
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