73: How To Create Online Resources with Brent Vaartstra of Learn Jazz Standards

Behind The Note Podcast

Here is a great introduction to an online resource for learning jazz called "Learn Jazz Standards" dot com. In this episode you will learn a good layout for creating your own resource online with special guest Brent Vaartstra. Press play. Enjoy. Share. Brent acquired a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz Performance at the City College of New York, where he studied with world-renowned guitarists Peter Bernstein, Vic Juris, and Steve Cardenas and other respected musicians. He has played in groups such as the Don Hahn Quintet and the Laura Campisi Trio, among others, and his own groups: the Brent Vaartstra Trio and Quartet. He teaches and gigs actively around the New York area as a leader and a sideman, and has played at iconic jazz clubs such as Fat Cat in Greenwich Village. Brent is the author of Hal Leonard publication "500 Jazz Licks" released in 2015. Brent owns and operates LearnJazzStandards.com, a renowned website dedicated to jazz education. He is also the creator of Online Jazz School, a web school that allows students to take lessons with professional jazz musicians through Skype and Google Hangout.