"This Is Jazz" 🎹 Pianist & Educator Quentin Walston on Jazz for Everyone

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🎶✨ What if jazz could be taught as naturally as language—where freedom, creativity, and collaboration drive learning?
Welcome to Season 6, Episode 5 of The Piano Pod, featuring Quentin Walston — pianist, composer, educator, and founder of This Is Jazz™. In this conversation, we explore how Quentin bridges performance, pedagogy, and entrepreneurship through his acclaimed book How to Teach Jazz & Improvisation and his growing online platform empowering educators worldwide.
In our talk, Quentin shares:
• ✅ His mission to make jazz approachable for every student
• ✅ How his book helps teachers with little or no jazz background start confidently
• ✅ Turning small classroom moments into creative breakthroughs
• ✅ Building a thriving online community for jazz educators
• ✅ Balancing artistry and business as a modern musician
• ✅ His personal journey — from discovering jazz as a child to releasing his album Retro Future
👉 Stay tuned until the end for rapid-fire fun and key insights on creativity, confidence, and cultivating joy through improvisation.
🎼 Explore Quentin’s Work
• 🌐 Website: quentinwalston.com
• 📘 Book: How to Teach Jazz & Improvisation (thisisjazz.com/book)
• 🎵 Platform: This Is Jazz (thisisjazz.com)
• 💿 Album: Retro Future (quentinwalston.com/music)
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