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Jazz Improvisation Course: Jazz for Children and Adults

Джазовый пианист Евгений Лебедев, участник LRK Trio, и исследователь музыки Алина Полякова запускают курс по джазовой импровизации, гармонии и ритму, для любого уровня подготовки – «Джаз детям и взрослым».

Why is the course called ‘Goosebumps’? We believe that doing what you love should give you goosebumps.

Who is the jazz improvisation course for?

  • For students of music schools
  • For adult enthusiasts
  • For professionals interested in jazz
  • For teachers at music schools and colleges
  • For accompanists
  • For music school graduates who want to return to studying music
What is the purpose of the course?

  • For developing the brain, memory, and coordination
  • For improving attention
  • For enhancing reaction speed in children and adults
  • For enjoyment
What will you learn in the course?

  • Understand chords and jazz rhythm
  • Play and compose boogie-woogie pieces of varying difficulty
  • Improvise using the blues scale and beyond
  • Play jazz waltz, bossa nova, and blues
  • Create your own improvisations by analyzing Evgeny Lebedev’s improvisations
  • Enjoy jazz
Jazz Improvisation Course «Jazz for Children and Adults» – Program
Module 1. History of Swing and Bossa Nova

Module 2. Boogie-Woogie

  • Lesson 1: Jazz rhythm, chords, and their letter notations
  • Lesson 2: Blues and the blues scale
  • Lesson 3: Boogie-woogie. Composing your own boogies

Module 3. Boogie-Woogie

  • Lesson 4: Composing your own boogie solo

Module 4. History of Pieces

  • Lesson 5: Arranging minor, minor-major, and major chords
  • Lesson 6: Learning to play bossa nova and jazz waltz
  • Lesson 7: Playing So Danco Samba and Bluesett

Module 5. Finding Your Voice: How the Body Reacts to Music, Our Mind, and Emotions
  • Lesson 8: Blues with walking bass. Solo texture “bass-chord.” How to compose your own solo
Course Founders
Evgeny Lebedev is the winner of an international jazz performance competition in Belgium, a prizewinner of the Montreux Piano Competition (Switzerland) and the Made In New York Jazz Competition (USA), and recipient of a special award from Billboard magazine. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music. An active performing musician, Evgeny is also a member of the Moscow Union of Composers and a teacher at the Igor Butman Jazz Academy.

Alina Polyakova is a passionate music researcher and a devoted jazz enthusiast. Her long-standing interest in improvisation, jazz harmony, and rhythm has evolved into a true journey of exploration — seeking knowledge, sound, and freedom.
Jazz Improvisation Course – Pricing
Basic Plan
  • Telegram chat
  • PDF files of the teaching materials
  • Backing tracks for individual practice
  • Online conference with Evgeny Lebedev
With Mentor Plan
  • Telegram chat
  • PDF files of the teaching materials
  • Backing tracks for individual practice
  • Homework review and feedback from the mentor
  • 3 online conferences with Evgeny Lebedev
With Evgeny Lebedev Plan
  • Telegram chat
  • PDF files of the teaching materials
  • Backing tracks for individual practice
  • Homework review and feedback from the course author
  • 3 online conferences with Evgeny Lebedev
  • 3 one-on-one lessons with Evgeny Lebedev
  • “Jazz for Schoolchildren” piano arrangement collection, signed by the author, as a gift
Dream Plan
  • Telegram chat
  • PDF files of the teaching materials
  • Backing tracks for individual practice
  • Homework review and feedback from the course author
  • 3 online conferences with Evgeny Lebedev
  • 4 one-on-one lessons with Evgeny Lebedev
  • “Jazz for Schoolchildren” piano arrangement collection, signed by the author, as a gift
  • Studio recording of a track with the course author
All-in-One Plan
  • Telegram chat
  • PDF files of the teaching materials
  • Backing tracks for individual practice
  • Homework review and feedback from the course author
  • 3 online conferences with Evgeny Lebedev
  • 4 one-on-one lessons with Evgeny Lebedev
  • “Jazz for Schoolchildren” piano arrangement collection, signed by the author, as a gift
  • Studio video recording of a joint track with the course author