Official Trailer ✅: This Is Jazz, Season 6 Episode 5, feat. Quentin Walston

0:06 I want to present people with jazz theory, not as a really scary intellectual college level endeavor, but rather as this is like a core fundamental way for you to start enjoying the music better. Most approaches to theory out there assume an immense amount of knowledge. This is jazz starts from the ground up. For the fifth episode of season six, I invited Quentin Walston, jazz pianist, recording artist, educator, and founder of This Is Jazz, whose mission is to make jazz education accessible to everyone. In our conversation, you'll hear how Quentin bridges performance, pedagogy, and entrepreneurship through his acclaimed book, How to Teach Jazz and Improvisation, and his growing online platform that's empowering

0:54 teachers and students around the world. My mission, especially as far as jazz education goes, is I believe that all teachers can teach jazz. So everything I do, whether it's in -person training sessions, books, courses, my social media presence, it's to help equip teachers and really get over that intimidation that is often associated with jazz or improvisation. The really underlying pedagogy is making sure that you're... improvising and creating things that you can actually hear in your mind's ear. Like you're really inventing a melody. Don't be scared of jazz. Anyone can play jazz. Anyone can improvise. This fun and inspiring episode premieres tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11th at 8 p .m. Eastern Time on our

1:43 YouTube channel. The audio version will also be available wherever you listen to podcasts.