Jazz Harmony with Darius Brubeck

Two-part programme from the son of Dave Brubeck. Start with harmony — the chord progressions and substitutions that make jazz sound like jazz — then take that vocabulary into the time-signature explorations that defined his father's quartet.

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Darius Brubeck

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THE SERIES

Courses in this series

Follow them in order — each course builds directly on the last.

Harmony 101 - getting to the 'good stuff' fast

Darius Brubeck on the language every improviser needs - diatonic chords, II-V-I, voice leading. The shortcut to the 'good stuff'.

11 lessons · 1h 50m · 3 modules

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Mastering Odd Times

Darius Brubeck on the territory his father charted - 5/4, 7/4, 9/8 grooves you can actually feel, not just count.

12 lessons · 2h 11m · 4 modules

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At a glance

What's in the series

Courses: 2
Lessons: 23
Total runtime: 4h 1m
Level: Intermediate
Grade: Grade 1–Grade 5
Instrument: Piano
Language: English

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Darius Brubeck

Darius Brubeck is a noted jazz pianist and educator. He has released numerous albums as a leader, toured internationally with his own groups, and collaborated with his brothers on Brubecks Play Brubeck. Darius has served as a Fulbright visiting professor in Romania and Turkey. He initiated the first degree course in jazz offered by an African university, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where he taught until 2005. Darius often collaborates with Mike Rossi, saxophonist and Professor of Music at the University of Cape Town. Mike's achievements include numerous recordings and international stage appearances as leader, soloist, and sideman with Tony Bennett, Dave Liebman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, George Russell, Clark Terry and Alessio Menconi, among others. With Darius as your guide, you'll get straight to the "good stuff". In Harmony 101 he demystifies jazz harmony so you can start putting it to use fast, and in Mastering Odd Times he breaks down how to play and improvise confidently in unusual time signatures.

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