Grow Your Jazz Improvisation Skills

The Jazz Assignment is a place to develop jazz improvisation through music that's meant to be played, not just analyzed. The site centers around original jazz etudes designed to function both as satisfying solos to perform and as practical learning tools you can study, slow down, and return to over time.

Each etude is written to sound musical first — with phrasing, harmony, time feel, and melodic shape built directly into the music. You can learn from them analytically, intuitively, or simply by playing them regularly and letting the language settle in.

The overall approach is steady, human, and pressure-light. Many musicians who've spent time with these etudes have described them as a genuine gift — something made with care and offered openly, without gatekeeping.