Seattle Jazz Academy

Additionally, all of the SJA staff is very accommodating and they present me with so many new unique learning opportunities every month, between jam sessions, concerts, masterclasses, and other resources.

On the bright side, if you hear me play piano, you're in luck - that may be ONE exception to my statement that there is no one more encouraging to your capabilities other than the teachers at Seattle Jazz Academy.

Daniel is a brilliant, talented and incredibly thoughtful jazz musician with a broad range of dazzling skills and repertoire for the guitar -- he is very, very at home in the jazz world.

He has an amazing way of breaking down the fundamentals of jazz into bite sized pieces that you can work on to build a strong foundation of theory, ear training and technique.

He creates a curriculum that guides you through jazz fundamentals, learning different ways to improvise, blues, and practicing tips for different styles.

I've taken music lessons elsewhere at different times in my life and nothing compares to the quality of teaching I get from Seattle Jazz Academy.

If you are looking to take piano lessons and improve your playing with someone who cares about you and your goals, is incredibly nice, and is the best instructor ever, Mack is absolutely the teacher for you.

Even if the sound drives me nuts at times, I'm glad Mack is here doing what he does 😁 …

5 years of lessons we've done so far, I have become much more comfortable playing my own arrangements and improvising on jazz tunes, and also have a much better understanding of jazz music theory.

Been taking lessons here for a bit over two years, and I went from having almost no piano ability to knowing tons of jazz standards and being able to read chords and improvise with no issues.