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

With Mentor Plan

With Evgeny Lebedev Plan

Dream Plan

All-in-One Plan