Reviewed this 4 months later, after doing a LOT of practicing and it is THE BEST INTRO VIDEO out there. Every beginning piano student should watch it.

Oh, wow. THE MOST USEFUL VIDEO OF ALL! How to progress step-wise from zero to jazz improv. I just started "transitioning" from classical to jazz about 4 months ago. This video - wow - makes me realize that I was making all these sequential mistakes at first, trying to "do it all at once" .. but, now, following this video, I'm going back: starting w baby steps - just the sustained root pedal in LH and melody only in RH, then add minor upgrades. I didn't have a METHOD. Thank you so much! I've commented and thanked you on lots of your videos by now. JUST WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW HOW GENEROUS YOU ARE WITH YOUR INCREDIBLE JAZZ BACKGROUND AND SKILLS and to THANK YOU! p.s. got your books!!!

Twenty years of knowledge in less than an hour

This is just the greatest video I've ever seen

This is one of the most useful videos on jazz I've ever seen, thank you so much. Btw I'm a guitarist - but your content is so good it doesn't matter. :)

You are a great teacher. Every time I watch one of your vids it drags me straight to the piano. Keep up your great work and thanks so much.

This is simply amazing. Thanks a lot for sharing all this highly value infomation with us Jeremy. Greetings from Argentinian Patagonia.

One of the best overviews on KZfaq. Enough work for years

thank god i found your videos, can’t believe the number of views, this is definitely best one for intermediate level learners, gems, connecting dots, filling the missing puzzle, please keep doing this and maybe let us pay you somehow

Well, i am so glad i bought your books and that i met you on YT. I have been playing classical piano for so many years now, that i barely dare to say for how long, but have always been passionate about jazz piano playing. Of course, being lucky enough to have a few friends that are exceptional pianists, i picked up a few lessons about II-V-I and other stuffs not to die like an idiot stucked to classical partitions. And I decided recently, being a young retired, to give some more time to jazz studying. Of course as a classical pianist, I know the essentiality of being taught by a great jazz pianist and most of all by a great pedagogue, those two qualities not being often mastered by the same person… until i met you. Jeremy, every time I see one of your videos, or every time i open your books to practice and understand your exercises, you make my day! This particular video is great to organize the work that has to be done to play a tune properly and at the time increase my knowledge and comprehension of jazz piano playing. Allow me to « tirer mon chapeau » (hats up) for your great work, love for teaching, pedagogic talent, Clarity and empathy. All in one. Thank you so much for your generosity. Have a great day.

Really enjoyed hearing your bio, thanks for sharing!

This is actually a wonderful way to get started with a tune and then build on it over time for beginners. Thank you. I binge on your videos but this one truly convinced me to buy your book

Okay ... I think I am ready to start ... and, yes, I have your books. Thanks. :)

Jeremy - I cannot repeat and emphasize enough how incredible clear and practical this video is. Listening and watching how you actually do what you talk about is perfection. 🙏🏽 with gratitude.

I learned more in the first 2 mins of this video than the last 2 months scrubbing the internet. Brilliant delivery with calm and ease. Excellent explanation of what's happening. Thanks man! Do you play Salsa? You look familiar

Brilliant survey of your teaching method… Always inspiring us solo pianists, Jeremy! Keep it up!

Excellent lesson just what I needed.

Thank you

Great presentation! Your videos have really inspired me to be get back into jazz improvisation after a long break. I’m working through your first Fundamentals book right now and I love the approach. Although I was familiar with many of the basics, all the exercises are useful and I’m learning something new on pretty much every page. Practicing is a lot more enjoyable and focused now as I try to use the ii-V-I licks or rhythms you’re teaching. Many thanks for sharing your insights in the book and here!

Jeremy I'm a big fan of all you do to help others learn how to play jazz piano. I watched this entire video and want to thank you for the great information and examples you shared. You do such a wonderful job of breaking down seemingly complex jazz concepts into easy to understand bite-sized pieces we can follow and apply.

My favorite lesson you've done!

Great video! The first 16 minutes are the most important for me. Comping is already a next step. Thank you Jeremy. This is exactly what (and how) I would like to study jazz. I know that you emphasize strongly that it is important to start learning to play jazz in a group but it is not what some want and can do. I am not able to learn from my peers and always learned or studied alone (even at the university). Piano playing is a very personal activity for me. I am intimidated by those who are much better from me and even though it motivates me to study harder (alone) but I cannot learn from them. Working in a group (including school environment) only makes sense if the level of students is approximately the same - no school mixes grade 10 with grade 2 and teaches them together (although some colleges do this in their on line courses 😮)

I see 10ths.. I'm checking out of here! 🤣This is a superb tutorial if not the best on playing jazz piano. ❤👍By the way I have never been able to stretch a 10ths and its never stopped me playing piano...You simply find another way of doing things. Adapt and invent. 🎻🎹

Loved this talk and went right to the site to order the books. Thank you! A credible curriculum of months of work right there. And it’s fun. I think one lovely element that validates this right up front is how much music there is in even just the earliest beginner exercises.

What a wonderful tutorial! Thank you so much Jeremy.

Jeremy thank you so much. I have seen almost every video of you. You enrich my life with your personality and the knowledge that you make available for me to think about, apply and to be happy with. Thank you so much and much love.

You are amazing! I've just got your book and I am starting to explore the ideas. Sorry about my english, I'm from Brazil! Thank you for sharing these wonderful lessons

Yes Jeremy you did surprise me! Both graphics and content-wise this is the best tutorial for us beginner jazz pianist, and also the sound is very balanced!

Amazing Lesson Perfect tune for anyone like myself that will have to work many hours on it. Thank You

You're an excellent music teacher. I'm actually an accordionist and learnt quick a lot from your jazz lesson. Thanks a mil.

Excellent lesson, Jeremy. Thanks for taking all the time to put this together and present it so clearly.

Melhor professor, sem dúvida!

Thanks very much Jeremy. I really enjoyed your presentation. It's really well-structured and contains lots of interesting insights. You are a gifted teacher.

Great presentation! Thank you.

What an amazing lecture Jeremy. Thanks so much for this.

Didn’t think I’d sit for the whole hour

Thanks a million Jeremy - such a wealth of great information in there - really kind of you to share it in such a clear and organised way

Génial!

20:03 got me to haha

Thanks for the tutorial!

Excellent tips! Great breakdown and easy to follow :)

👍 !

Great Video, thank you! Where can I find the PDF?

Hi Jeremy, Is your Fundamentals 1 book appropriate for an early intermediate student? Your video is very helpful and I'm wondering if your book covers what you are teaching here. Thank you!

I am loving your videos Jeremy, and I have bought your book and have started working through it. I am an intermediate playing but Ive gone back to the beginning with you!! I hear you vocalising the beats when you play, especially in the gaps. I was curious do you only vocalise the gaps in your playing, or are you actually vocalising a drum/cymbals patter all the while you are playing. Are you still tapping your foot as well?

What impresses me most as a newbie jazz piano player wannabe is how advanced players play this stuff without looking at their hands. That seems so impossibly out of reach.

Just one question remaining: what is it that you played at @20:13 ... @20:16 ?)

Such fantastic content, PLEASE tell me you're still teaching at that local community college. SUCH A STEAL, I wish I could enroll haha!!

What level does your book start at would you say?

Terriffic!🎼