An Ignoble Experiment: Stop learning jazz solos! Do this instead

2026/01/19

Stop learning jazz solos! Do this instead

Hey Indiana,

If you've been in the jazz world for any period of time you've probably heard the advice "learn jazz solos from the greats."

Funnily enough, we call this "transcribing solos" although it's rarely meant actually writing it down, simply learning them by ear and memorizing them.

But here's the problem I bet you can relate to if you've done this before:

You go through all of the effort and time to learn a solo, and then when you improvise it feels like it didn't work.

None of the ideas came out in your solo.

That amazing feeling you had while playing along with the recording?

Not so amazing when you're improvising the same tired lines that you always fall back to.

And that's the problem with jazz solo "transcription."

It's an important practice for learning the jazz language.

But it falls short when trying to translate it to the "real world."

To help with this, one of our jazz coaches, Josiah Boornazian, breaks down some important steps for turning jazz solo transcriptions into your very own, organic jazz solos.

You'll definitely want to give this a watch!

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BTW, one of the best ways to get better at playing jazz over time is simply to learn more songs, which is exactly what we do in our Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle.

We learn new jazz standards every single month, and you get access to all of our jazz courses, and our community of musicians who are all practicing and working towards the same goals.

If that sounds helpful to you, we'd love to have you come join us! Start your free trial today.

-Brent

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2026/01/19

Stop learning jazz solos! Do this instead

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