Yes. 

The Melodic Triads Method is a system I came up with to relearn to play after a brain disease caused me to forget how to. This new approach is built based around the conversations I had with my mentors for the few years prior to losing the ability to play - John Scofield, Peter Bernstein, Brad Shepik, Stefon Harris, Alan Ferber, and many others... mixed with the insights about prioritization, efficiency, and practicality I gained when I had to start over.

I then took that entire Melodic Triads Approach and laid it out from A - Z in this course... Jazz Master Mentors.

This is the free Lite version of that course. Which gives you access to several of the complete modules, as well as sample lessons from the locked modules.

Yes.

Jazz Master Mentors Lite is free. You can enjoy the first few modules from start to finish and check out sample lessons from the locked modules. 

If you want to unlock the remaining modules and get access to additional online resources, courses, open office hours, and mentorship, I can fill you in on how to upgrade once you're inside.

Oof.
This is a long list. I'm sure I'm going to forget some important people.

Direct, personal, mentorship and music hangs?

John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Bernstein, Dave Stryker, Brad Shepik, Stefon Harris, Jean-Michel Pilc, and Alan Ferber... along with a whole host of incredible, if lesser known, players.

As for guys I've gotten to play alongside or just hang and chat with about life, music, and practice?

Jim Hall, Chick Corea, Lenny White, Kenny Werner, Stanley Clarke, Adam Rogers, Wayne Krantz, Mark Turner, Ari Hoenig, Roy Hargrove, Cyrus Chestnut, and countless others I've lost track of.

I began teaching online full-time in 2016 when my medical issues hit (years before covid mixed up the music education world). At the time, I was too sick to be around other people in person, so I moved everything online and have been here ever since.

Prior to that I had been teaching music professionally for about two decades. I was an adjunct instructor in the jazz departments at New York University and Fordham University and have guest lectured at multiple schools around the world including a yearly lecture I continue to give to the incoming freshman class at NYU.

I've performed a handful of times at The Blue Note, Zinc Bar, ShapeShifter, and a variety of other famous NYC jazz clubs. Outside the city, I recorded and toured with a few groups over the years and have played all around the country. Most notably I performed twice at the Bonnaroo Music Festival, but I've played everywhere from Boston down to Miami, to Chicago and Colorado, and all the way out to California where I played The Joshua Tree Music Festival with a 12 piece afrobeat orchestra I used to be a member of back when I was a wee youngin, willing to sleep next to 10 stanky other dudes on the floor in a single hotel room and eat half my meals out of gas stations 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ 

There are a few ways you can get help with the material. 

We have a free melodic triads facebook group that I invite you to join. The link is inside the course. There you will find many other melodic triaders who will be happy to talk with you.

If you want help from me personally... 
There are a few ways we can tag team your efforts. I offer a Melodic Triads Study Group that comes with additional resources on the basics and fundamentals, tune application, and my live help with two open office hours each month to answer questions. I also offer an Inner Circle Mentorship Program where we can actually focus down and create some explosive progress for you by connecting more regularly and in a more personal way.

You can read more about both of these options inside the course once you're working on the free materials.

Simple. Just enter your email into one of the 'GET INSTANT ACCESS'  boxes on this page and click submit. No payment or credit card required. You WILL need to create a password to access the backend of the website where the course is stored. After you submit your email address, I'll send you an email with a link to click to set up your account password. Then you're in. 

You'll need to create a password to access the course. Please check your email inbox for a message with the subject "access your new program here."

Click the link in that email and follow the instructions. It shouldn't take but a minute.

Yes. I am available for online mentorship and guidance. There are a couple of ways I can tag team your progress with you beyond the free  Melodic Triads Method. I have information and links to these additional study options inside Jazz Master Mentors and recommend you get started by signing up for the free course. Not only will it let you get started much quicker and without any payments... but when we begin working together, we'll be able to reference lessons from the course so you can have videos and PDFs to work from in between our lessons to get the most out of our time together.