I was lucky to attend a series of jazz workshops by Conrad Cork at the start of my playing career. Conrad authored "Harmony with LEGO Bricks"[1] approach to jaz

I was lucky to attend a series of jazz workshops by Conrad Cork at the start of my playing career. Conrad authored "Harmony with LEGO Bricks"[1] approach to jazz improvisation and used the workshops to test his teaching technique on live subjects at the college where I was working. In a nutshell the approach links listening, understanding and improvising. The book is pretty dense, and I feel very grateful to have had the benefit of the author explaining it to me. I play jazz as a semi-pro but have backed some pretty hardcore players from time to time. Conrad sadly died in 2021[2] but I've had decades of benefit in terms of confidence on the bandstand from that course. [1] https://jaelliott24.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/harmony-with-lego-bricks-available-once-more/ https://jaelliott24.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/harmony-with-le... [2] https://londonjazznews.com/2021/05/18/obituary-conrad-cork-1940-2021/ https://londonjazznews.com/2021/05/18/obituary-conrad-cork-1...