Learn from Great Jazz Improvisation Teachers

🎹 Billboard-Credited Producer | Pianist | Band Director Hi! I’m Ash, an award-winning music producer and pianist with Billboard Top 10 credits for artists like Justin Timberlake, Eminem, and 50 Cent. 🎹 Music Director With over 10 years of experience as a music director and main keyboardist for African-American Gospel Churches in Los Angeles, I bring deep, soulful, and…

Julian Blumenthaler redefines the sound of the violin. Trained in classical music from the age of five by Irina Goldstein, he quickly became captivated by improvisational music, driven by a desire to fuse the sound of the violin with jazz, hip-hop, and soul.

Multi-instrumentalist and music educator Bill Todd is a highly skilled and versatile musician with over 20 years of experience as a performer and music educator. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2020, Bill lived in Brooklyn, New York City developing his performance career as a jazz musician and Broadway musician.

Hello there! I am a lifelong musician with a passion for both music and teaching. In my 20+ years of experience as a music instructor, I have guided many students of all ages along their journey to achieve their musical goals. I am patient, have a good sense of humor, and methodical in my way of teaching.

I am a Berlin based pianist and composer, who loves teaching music. I studied jazz in Cologne and started my teaching career on the side. I was always an active musician on the scene, but also developed an enthusiasm for sharing my knowledge. After finishing my studies, that flame kept lit and never went out.

Quoted by the London Contemporary School of Piano as “a classical pianist with a jazz spirit, connected to the improvisation traditions of classical music,” I bring a blend of tradition and innovation to every lesson I teach. With over 25 years of piano performance experience (starting at age 7) and 10 years of dedicated teaching, I have performed across the U.S., U.K., and Greece…

Tom Krumm is a performer, teacher, composer and arranger who specializes in versatility. Growing up with classical training while being immersed in the world of traditional music, Tom has developed a knack and a passion for learning the intricacies of different styles of music.

Jody Mayfield is a jazz musician from Atlanta GA. He studied at Clark Atlanta University, where he majored in Music Performance. He holds a B.A. Degree in Music Technology from Morris Brown College and a Master's Degree in Music Technology from Southern Utah University.

BIO Aidan O’Connor is an emerging band leader, saxophonist, and composer. He is influenced by the likes of Lester Young, John Coltrane, and Sonny Stitt. Aidan plays in a personal style, while still invoking the mainstream jazz tradition. Aidan graduated from the Eastman School of Music in the Spring of 2019, where he earned a BM in Jazz and Contemporary Media.

Olga Shishkina is an internationally active gusli artist and educator, pianist, organist and composer with over 20 years of professional experience. She has performed in the USA, Japan and Europe and gave solo concerts in California, Paris on some of the world's best venues.