From Blues To Jazz Pathway
Choose Your Next Step On The GBS Jazz Bass Roadmap
Who this is for:
- You’ve done my blues courses or Blues Month and want to go further.
- You love blues but feel jazz is a mystery.
- You want to understand jazz progressions and walking bass without a degree in theory.
If you can follow my blues material, you can handle these courses.
Step 1 – Walkin' Thru Jazz (Jazz Blues focus)
A course focused on jazz blues progressions – the most natural next step after your blues courses.
Outcome:
- Understand classic jazz blues changes and why they work.
- Add richer chords and movement to your existing 12‑bar blues.
- Start hearing and feeling jazz language without losing your blues identity.
Watch this YouTube video first:
Walkin' Thru Jazz course details
Mark Gouhin
"At the beginning of 2022 I could barely play a complete song. I signed up for the Walkin' Thru Jazz course and it truly helped me to become a proficient player. Thank you Greg!!! Rock on"
Step 2 – Walk With The Masters (walking bass & standards)
- Learn walking bass from the masters of jazz: Chambers, Brown, Jones, Farmer and more.
- Six iconic jazz tunes, quality backing tracks, PDF workbook and chord charts.
Do you relate to this:
- I don’t understand how jazz songs work.
- The chord changes in jazz are too complicated.
- I don’t know where to start with walking bass lines.
- I don’t have the confidence to get up at a jazz jam.
Watch this YouTube video first:
Here's what Kit said about the course...
You have to love a course that starts off with Charlie 'Bird' Parker! A Ray Brown bass line to kick things off? Love it! The course covers Bossa Nova and even Modal Jazz. Really good stuff. Compliments to Greg for putting together a great, course in his inimitable teaching style. If you like his YouTube videos, you’ll love his in-depth instruction!
Walk With The Masters course details
Stephen Adcock
"I own several GBS courses. Walk With The Masters is like icing on the cake. Great information, definitive and easily digestible. The material is for all levels, and you can consume at your own pace. Greg’s teaching style is authentic and down to earth. Highly recommend!"
Step 3 – Become a jam-ready jazz player
This is where Steps 1 and 2 lead: you understand jazz blues and standards more clearly, know what to play, and feel ready to join in with other musicians.
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Start with Walkin’ Thru Jazz
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Continue with Walk With The Masters
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Best next step: take both jazz courses
Michael S
"Walk With The Masters is easy to follow and great fun. Greg covers the necessary theory behind building walking bass lines with easy-to-understand explanations as you go through each lesson. The course features a great selection of tunes to explore different Jazz bass techniques. It was just what I was looking for to progress with my learning."
