Jazz Study

Anton teaches lessons out of his studios in Seattle, Washington and Oakland, California, as well as via Skype (see below). He works with intermediate and advanced students of diverse instruments who have an interest in some or all of the following:

• Improvising fluidly over chord changes
• Powerful expression through music
• Internalizing advanced harmony
• Fluency in the many idioms of jazz, plus funk & blues
• Phrasing
• Saxophone technique, including sound production, articulation, altissimo and inflections.
• The physics of musical sound
• Efficient practice methods for a busy lifestyle

Anton particularly loves working with musicians who have studied scales and chords but are frustrated in their efforts to use those devices to make great solos.

Like in-studio lessons (above) but via two-way video on Skype or FaceTime.

Anton works with jazz combos at his studio, on either a one-time or a periodic basis. He listens to their playing, points out areas of strength and weakness, coaches them to improve the weak areas during the lesson and suggests ways for them to further develop on their own. He has worked with beginning to advanced groups since 1995, at the Jazzschool, The Brubeck Institute and the Stanford Jazz Workshop, and has taught entire courses and workshops on a great number of the components that go into successful ensemble playing.