1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF Copy this format and comment below: • your name • where you’re from • your musical background • what you’re trying to achieve in your playing 2. MAKE YOUR FIRST POST This could be: • a jazz violin video you like • a question about learning jazz • or something you’ve found helpful to practice 3. START LEARNING If you are new to jazz, take my "5 Days To Improv" challenge. Its a free course that helps you make your first steps into jazz improv. Learning the ropes and delving into how a jazz musician thinks, practises and plays. If you really want to progress, you can get hold of the larger paid courses in there too “Jazz Violin Fundamentals”, “10 Tunes You Must Know”, “46 Lines”, “Mastering Chromatics” BONUS There’s a poll below this post. Let me know what you’re most interested in improving in your playing, it helps me shape the material in here

I’m making a video for YouTube at the moment about more relatively unknown jazz violinists (in the grand scheme of things). I came across this guy Joe Kennedy a while ago and was blown away. Heard his name from time to time and heard him on the Ahmed Jamal record “Listen To The Ahmed Jamal Quintet” Check this recording of him as bandleader. I love his playing, nice tone but a real deep understanding of jazz too.

Made this video for YT. Have I missed anyone out?

Just interested to know what pickup you used on your fiddle for the Bill Bailey gig?

I thoroughly enjoyed your playing, and of course Bill Bailey!, on Thoughtifier as part of the Channel 4 series 🙂