Learn from Great Jazz Improvisation Teachers

I look forward to helping you achieve all of your musical goals! As a former Los Angeles-based session musician, I have recorded/performed with Dweezil Zappa, Lisa Loeb, Cosmosquad, Hardline as well with members of Journey, INXS, Earth Wind and Fire, Tears For Fears, Savage Garden, Poison, Porcupine Tree, New Kids On The Block, Alan Parsons Project, UFO, Enuff z'Nuff, Nelson,…

Wesley Rubim is a Brazilian musician, composer, and multi‑instrumentalist, graduated with excellence in Jazz Trombone from the Jazz Institute of the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK). He began his professional career as Principal Trombone of the Heliopolis Symphony Orchestra in São Paulo, before joining the Tom Jobim Orchestra, where he performed with some of Brazil’s most…

Ben Shanblatt is a guitarist, composer, and educator based in NYC. He has served as a sideman, session musician, touring guitarist, and bandleader in virtually all styles of contemporary music. Some venues Ben has played include Smalls Jazz Club, The Knitting Factory, The Cutting Room, and Nublu among many others.

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…

My name is Aidan Doyle. I primarily play jazz and classical trombone but I also play piano, drums and bass. I studied at the Manhattan School of Music before dropping out to perform and teach full time. i am currently based in Albany, New York, and I look forward to working with whoever is interested in exploring the world of music!

I am a Montreal-based professional jazz guitar player. I have studied privately with Peter Bernstein, Pasquale Grasso, Greg Ruggiero, Ari Roland, Michael Weiss, Grant Stewart, Chris Byars and Alex Goodman. I am both a graduate of TJI (Tribeca Jazz Institute in NYC, 2025) and a graduate of McGill University (2019).

Music Degree from Berklee College of Music 09’. Piano concentration with a bachelors in Electronic Production and Sound Design. Great with kids, but teaches students ranging from 6 to 96 years old. I specialize in teaching classical, jazz, rock, funk, R&B, reggae, ambient, and electronic music.

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.

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.

Dimitrios Vassilakis is an internationally acclaimed Greek saxophonist, vocalist, composer, educator, and academic researcher with 5 award-winning albums for historic jazz label Candid Records. He appeared all around the globe, notably in New York at Dizzy’ s Club - Jazz at The Lincoln Center, Birdland, Smalls, Nublu, Zinc, Yale, Natural History Museum DC Smithsonian Institute,…