BIJAN TAGHAVI- PIANIST, COMPOSER, EDUCATOR
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    • Bijan Taghavi >
      • Stella by Starlight (Solo Piano)
      • Body and Soul (Solo Piano)
      • Autumn Leaves (Solo Piano)
      • I Should Care (Solo Piano)
      • Have You Met Miss Jones (Solo Piano)
      • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Solo Piano)
      • Ask Me Now (Solo Piano)
      • Wave (Solo Piano)
      • East of the Sun (Solo Piano)
      • Everything Happens to Me (Solo Piano)
      • Girl From Ipanema (Solo Piano)
      • I Fall in Love Too Easily (Solo Piano)
    • Bill Evans
    • Kenny Barron
    • Barry Harris
    • Hank Jones
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Oscar Peterson
  • Lesson Videos & PDFs
    • Comping >
      • Group Comping Voicings Overview
      • Jazz Piano Comping EXPLAINED!
      • Oscar Peterson Take The A Train Transcription Analysis
      • 2 Tips Comping For Vocalists
      • Chromatic Approach
      • LH Contrasting Texture (Body and Soul)
      • Comping over Rhythm Changes (for a Bass Solo)
      • The Secrets to Walking Basslines on Piano
      • Funky Bassline
      • LH Comping Approach for Solo Piano
    • Comping P.2 >
      • Comping Fill over Just Friends
      • Develop Your Rhythmic Vocabulary to Create Interplay (Bb Blues Comping)
      • Bossa Nova Duo Comping
      • Exchanging Ideas When Comping over a Ballad
      • LH Sweeping Texture on "Ask Me Now"
      • SECRET To Playing Bossa Nova Solo Piano
      • How Listening Fuels CREATIVITY
      • Why Your Left Hand is Failing You and How to Fix It (4 LH Comping Techniques over "Pent Up House")
      • 5 Ways to Use Your LH in a Jazz Solo ("Isfahan")
      • Piano+Sax Duo Interplay (ft. Dick Oatts)
    • Harmony >
      • How to Harmonize a Melody with 2 Voices
      • Inverted Pedal Point on Rhythm Changes
      • How to Jazzify the Living Pianos Theme Song
      • How to Get a Full Sound out of the Piano
      • 5 Inner Voice Movements on "I Should Care"
      • How to Create RH Counter-Melodies (Body and Soul)
      • 2 Ways to Use a Pedal Point
      • Create Chords From ANY Scale (Barry Harris)
      • How To Create Inner Voice Movement
      • How to REHARMONIZE Jazz Standards
    • Harmony P.2 >
      • Barry Harris Round Midnight Reharmonization
      • 3 Inner Voice Movements for a dom7 chord
      • How to Use Barry Harris' "Diminished Notes"
      • Solo Piano Rubato Intro on "Days of Wine and Roses"
      • Let Your Melodies Dictate Your Chords (Solo Piano Rubato Intro P.2)
      • How to Harmonize Every Melody Note with a New Chord
      • 3 Inner Voice Movements on "Wave"
      • 3 Ways to Create Motion
      • The SECRET to Creating LH Counterpoint like Bill Evans
      • Do You Know the Original Chord Changes to "Wave"?
    • Harmony P.3 >
      • How to Use Pedal Points (Part 1)
      • How to Use Pedal Points (Part 2)
      • 2 Ways to Use Pedal Points
      • Swing Like Bach: Contrary Motion in Your Improv
      • This Tritone Sub Got a 'Woo' From My Drummer!
      • How to Pass Voices Through the Thumbs like Bach (Lesson from Fred Hersch)
      • Do You Know this SECRET Tension Chord?
      • 6 Chord Substitutions & Inner-Voice Movements
      • How to Use Contrary Motion ala Bach & Bill Evans
      • How to Use Contrary Motion P.2 ala Fred Hersch
    • Harmony P.4 >
      • How to Use Contrary Motion ala Bach & Bill Evans
      • HEARTWARMING Chords They Don't Teach You in School! (Solo Piano Cadenza on "Ask Me Now")
    • Improv >
      • Barry Harris Passport (Blues) Improv Analysis
      • Kenny Barron Autumn Leaves Melody Transcription Analysis
      • Rhythm Changes Improv Ideas (Bijan Transcription)
      • Rhythmic Motifs in Jazz Improvisation
      • Chordal Improvisation
      • Chordal Improvisation Part 2
      • Jazz Improv - How to Play OUTSIDE
      • How to Create LH Counterpoint (Body and Soul)
      • 2 Ways to Create LH Counterpoint (P.2)
      • Using Quotes in Jazz Improvisation (Quoting "A Love Supreme" on "How Deep Is The Ocean")
    • Improv P.2 >
      • Jazz Improv Tip: DEVELOP Your Ideas (2 Melodic Motifs on "Esau")
      • Modal Solo on min7b5 (from "It Always Happens")
      • Using Shapes in Jazz Improv
      • How to Use the Melody in Your Improvisation
      • Watch What Made Rodney Whitaker "Swink"
      • How to Outline Chord Changes (Improv on "Autumn Leaves")
      • 16th Note Improv Lines over "Autumn Leaves"
      • Soloing in 3/4 on "Autumn Leaves"
      • How to STOP Playing the Same Licks in Your Jazz Solos
      • 5 Octaves in 5 Seconds with this KILLER Run
    • Improv P.3 >
      • What is Over the Barline Phrasing in Jazz Improvisation?
      • How to Use Theme & Variation like Kenny Barron
      • Modal Solo on Cmin7 (from "Crossfire")
      • Use This Motif When Improvising in 3/4!
      • 2 Ways to Use Triplets in Your Improvisations
      • 3 Ways to Approach the Bridge of Rhythm Changes
      • How to Use Shapes to Achieve New Sounds in Your Improvisations
      • Jazz Improv Tip: DEVELOP Your Ideas P.7 (I Fall in Love Too Easily)
      • How to Play Bluesy over Non-Blues Chord Changes
      • What are Red Garland Block Chords?
    • Improv P.4 >
      • Repetition in Improvisation
      • How to Use 16th Notes in Your Jazz Solos (Days of Wine and Roses)
      • How to Adapt Improv Shapes to Fit Over New Chords (Days of Wine and Roses)
      • 3 Tips to Take Your 16th Note Lines to the Next Level
      • Chordal Improvisation Part 3
      • 3 Ways to Sound Like McCoy Tyner
      • Use this Shape to End Your Phrases
      • Chordal Improvisation Part 4
      • What are New Orleans Block Chords?
      • 3 Tips for Soloing in 3/4
    • Improv P.5 >
      • How to Build Your Solo Using Motifs
      • Stop Time
      • 16th Note Line EXPLAINED (Have You Met Miss Jones)
      • 3 Substitutions over a 36251
      • Building a Jazz Solo
      • How to Play Fast Like Bud Powell
      • Up-Tempo Improv over "Donna Lee"
      • Playing the Blues
      • How to Start Your Solo
      • How to Interact with the Drums While Soloing
    • Improv P.6 >
      • Piano + Drums Duo?
      • The SECRET to Fluid Improvisation in 3/4
      • The Power of ACCENTS
      • How to Use This Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk Improv Shape
      • The Piano is an Orchestra
      • The SECRET To Channeling McCoy Tyner
      • The Importance of DANGER in Improvisation?
      • The SECRET to Playing Fast Bebop Lines like Oscar Peterson
      • TASTEFUL Chordal Improvisation on "Wave"
      • The SECRET to Spontaneity in Jazz Improvisation
    • Improv P.7 >
      • 6 Ways to Create Tension-Release
      • 3 Ways to Create Your Own Jazz Lines!
      • Regular 2-5-1 vs Sidestep 2-5-1
      • Jazz Improv Tip: Get the Drummer Involved!
      • Jazz Improv Tip: Develop Your Ideas P.14
      • Interlocking Polychords
      • 2 SECRETS to Playing Fast Runs (Ala Mulgrew & Herbie)
      • Improv Analysis on "I'll Remember April"
      • Use Monk Clusters to Create HIP Phrasing
      • Take Your Phrasing to the NEXT LEVEL with this Simple Trick!
    • Improv P.8 >
      • How to Improvise on a SOLO BREAK
      • Jazz Improv Tip: Get the Drummer Involved (P.2)
      • Use Polychords to Create Harmonically RICH Improvisation
      • UNLOCK Up-Tempo Improv with Pentatonic Permutations
      • Keep Your Ideas Going to Achieve FLOW in Your Improvisation
      • 2 Ways to Improvise over a Sidestep 2-5
      • Why This Jazz Line Made My Drummer STANK FACE (Descending Rhythmic Rates)
    • Rhythm >
      • Polyrhythm vs Polymeter EXPLAINED
      • How to Create Rhythmic Tension in 3/4
      • 2 Ways to Create Rhythm Section Interplay (Rhythmic Telepathy Part 8)
      • Soloing on an E Minor Blues in 12/8
      • The SECRET To Making Stride Piano Swing
      • Polymeters EXPLAINED (Superimposing 3 over 4)
      • Improvising over Changing Time Signatures (over Ahmad Jamal's "Crossfire)
      • Rhythmic Telepathy PART 6 ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Trio)
      • Rhythmic Telepathy PART 7 (Superimposing 3 in 4 on "End of a Love Affair")
    • Rhythm P.2 >
      • Jazz Slang P.2 - Double Time Feel EXPLAINED
      • Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 1: 4 to 3)
      • Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 2: 3 to 4)
      • Playing in 2 vs in 4 (Part 2)
      • Half Time vs Double Time ("Here's That Rainy Day")
      • How to "Set Up" The Band
      • Metric Modulation on Have You Met Miss Jones
      • How to Swing
      • Communication on the Bandstand
      • Piano + Bass Rhythmic & Harmonic Telepathy (Part 10)
    • Rhythm P.3 >
      • How to Create Rhythmic Interest on a Ballad
      • Metric Modulation over "Ask Me Now" (Part 1: 4 to 3)
      • Metric Modulation over "Ask Me Now" (Part 2: 3 to 4)
      • CRAZY Rhythmic Technique Creates Piano+Drums Connection
      • INSANE Trio Interplay (Starting & Stopping the Time)
      • 3 Levels of Jazz Basslines
      • CRAZ Duo Interplay (Piano+Bass)
      • 3 Ways to Connect with the Drummer in Your Jazz Solos
    • Rhythm P.4 >
      • 2 Rhythmic Feels on a Ballad
      • How Quoting Jazz Standards Can Create Piano+Drums Connections
      • Metric Modulation on a Jazz Ballad
      • Metric Modulation on "Everything Happens to Me" (3 to 4)
      • Bossa Nova Rhythmic Language You MUST KNOW!
      • Jazz Rhythmic Language You MUST KNOW!
      • 2 Bossa Nova Rhythmic Hits You MUST KNOW!
    • Rhythm P.5 >
      • How Listening Sparks MAGICAL Trio Interplay on "I'll Be Seeing You"
      • Jazz Rhythmic Language You MUST KNOW! (Part 2)
      • How to Use Contrary Motion P.2 ala Fred Hersch
      • Pocket So Deep, I Can't Find My Spare Change
    • Piano Orchestration >
      • 3 Ways to Orchestrate A Melody ("Asojano" from TrioGram)
      • Orchestrating A Melody P.2 ("Esau" from TrioGram)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Autumn Leaves)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (I Fall in Love Too Easily)
      • PAINT: How to Orchestrate a Melody for a Ballad (Here's That Rainy Day)
    • Piano Orchestration P.2 >
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Have You Met Miss Jones)
      • How to Add Colors in Your Playing
      • 3 Ways to Fill When Orchestrating
      • What is Inner Tonal Movement?
      • Using the Bottom of the RH to Fill
      • Stride Piano SECRETS on "East of the Sun"
    • Piano Orchestration P.3 >
      • How to Orchestrate a Rubato Ballad (Everything Happens to Me)
      • How to Orchestrate an In-Time Ballad (Everything Happens to Me)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Girl From Ipanema)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Girl From Ipanema PART 2)
      • 4 Ways to Create Motion
      • The MOST Important Thing When Orchestrating a Rubato Melody (It's Not What You Think!)
    • Intros/Outros >
      • Jazz Trio Intro EXPLAINED
      • Ahmad Jamal Ending Chords
      • How to End a Song Quietly
      • How to Fade Out (Ending to "Secret Love")
      • The CRAZIEST Cadenza You've Ever Heard
      • How to End a Ballad with a Solo Piano Cadenza ("Here's That Rainy Day")
    • Intros/Outros P.2 >
      • The Magic of Circle of 5ths Endings
      • Classic Ending for Any Jazz Standard (#4 Ending)
      • How to Create an Elegant Intro ("Wave")
      • Ending Wave with a Reharmonized Cadenza
      • MUST KNOW Chord Progression to Create a Classic Jazz Intro
      • BLUES OUT on a 3625 Progression
      • Solo Piano Rubato Intro on "East of the Sun"
    • Intros/Outros P.3 >
      • Girl From Ipanema Vamp Intro Breakdown
      • Girl From Ipanema Reharmonized Ending
      • What if the First Chord is the ii?
    • Piano Technique >
      • 3 Parts of the Body
      • 2 Reasons Why You MUST Strike From The Surface of the Keys
      • How to Bring Out the Melody in Your Playing
      • SECRET Practice Exercise for Voicing Control
      • How to Use Dynamics to Create Drama
    • Piano Technique P.2 >
      • 3 Piano Technique Tips - Lessons From Robert Estrin
      • How to Play FAST
      • Subtractions Practice Technique (for Syncopation & Hand Independence)
    • Composition/Arranging >
      • 3 Ways to Use Counterpoint in Jazz
      • 3 Tips When Composing an AABA Tune
      • Inspired by Ahmad Jamal's Poinciana ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio)
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Past Performances (Highlights):

2024: 
7/14/24 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio Residency ft. John Webber (bass), Keith Hall (drums)
7/13/24 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio Residency ft. John Webber (bass), Nate Winn (drums)
7/12/24 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio Residency ft. John Webber (bass), Ryan Rose (drums)
7/11/24 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio Residency ft. John Webber (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
5/17/24 - Ravenscroft (Scottsdale, AZ): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Luther Hughes (bass) & Dom Moio (drums)
5/16/24 - Jazz at the Merc (Temecula, CA): Bijan Taghavi & Luther Hughes Duo
5/15/24 - Libretto (Paso Robles, CA): Bijan Taghavi Solo Piano
4/20/24 - Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe (Grosse Pointe, MI): Allen Dennard Quartet ft. Allen Dennard (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Josef Deas (bass), Nate Winn (drums)
4/19/24 - Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe (Grosse Pointe, MI): Allen Dennard Quartet ft. Allen Dennard (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Josef Deas (bass), Jeff Canady (drums)
4/18/24 - Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe (Grosse Pointe, MI): Allen Dennard Quartet ft. Allen Dennard (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Josef Deas (bass), Nate Winn (drums)
4/6/24 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
3/20/24 - Kehrl Auditorium (Livonia, MI): Sencalar/Glassman Quintet ft. Maestro Chris Glassman (trombone), Maestro Altin Sencalar (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Luther Allison (drums)
3/13/24 - 
Drip Drop Lounge (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Carlo De Rosa (bass)
3/12/24 - Drip Drop Lounge (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ John Webber (bass)
3/8/24 - Dabney & Co. (Kalamazoo, MI): Yuriana Sobrino Trio ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), John Webber (bass), Yuriana Sobrino (drums)
2/14/24 - Drip Drop Lounge (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ John Webber (bass)
1/28/24 - Holy Trinity School (Detroit, MI): Steve Wood Trio ft. Steve Wood (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Marion Hayden (bass)
1/10/24 - Drip Drop Lounge (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ John Webber (bass)

2023:
12/6/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady 5tet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kenji Lee (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
12/1/23 - Plaster Auditorium (Hillsdale, MI): 6th Edition
11/20/23 - Haig's Jewelry (Rochester, MI): Prof Grady Trio
11/18/23 - Testa Rossa (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Carlo De Rosa (bass)
11/17/23 - Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI): Luke Sittard Launch Pad Quartet ft. Luke Sittard (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
11/17/23 - Conrad Recital Hall (Hillsdale, MI): TrioGram ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
11/3/23 - Plaster Auditorium (Hillsdale, MI): Fred Radke (trumpet), Chris McCoury (trumpet), Lori LeFevre (vox), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Paul Keller (bass), Larry O'Chiltree (drums)
11/1/23 - Drip Drop Lounge (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ John Webber (bass)
10/24/23 - Dabney & Co. (Kalamazoo, MI): Keith Hall Trio ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Carlo De Rosa (bass), Keith Hall (drums)
10/21/23 - Alluvion (Traverse City, MI): Chris Glassman Quintet ft. Bill Sears (tenor saxophone), Chris Glassman (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Emma Wilburn (bass), Will Crandell (drums)
10/19/23 - Bop Stop (Cleveland, OH): Altin Sencalar "In Good Standing" Tour ft. Altin Sencalar (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Aidan Plank (bass), Jeremy McCabe (drums)
10/18/23 - Book Nook & Java Shop (Montague, MI): Altin Sencalar "In Good Standing" Tour ft. Altin Sencalar (trombone) & Bijan Taghavi (piano)
10/17/23 - Jazz Tuesdays @ Mort's (Lansing, MI): Altin Sencalar "In Good Standing" Tour ft. Altin Sencalar (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Jonathon Muir-Cotton (bass), Jeff Shoup (drums)
9/30/23 - Testa Rossa (Grand Rapids, MI): Luke Sittard Duo
9/29/23 - Testa Rossa (Grand Rapids, MI): Luke Sittard Duo
9/27/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady 5tet
9/20/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady 5tet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Ben Turner (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
9/2/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
9/2/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
9/1/23 - Detroit Jazz Festival (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady 4tet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
8/30/23 - PBS's "Under the Radar Michigan" (Battle Creek, MI): Bijan Taghavi Solo Piano
8/19/23 - Fishbones (St. Clair Shores, MI): Paul Keller Trio
8/13/23 - Red Cedar Spirits (East Lansing, MI): Noah Jackson Trio ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass)
8/12/23 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Noah Jackson's The Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
8/11/23 - Margaux Residency (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Prof Grady (tsax)
8/9/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
7/27/23 - Campus JAX (Orange County, CA): TrioGram II CA Tour ft. Joe LaBarbera (drums)
7/26/23 - Black Cat (San Fransisco, CA): TrioGram II CA Tour ft. Joe LaBarbera (drums)
7/22/23 - Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI): Luke Sittard's Launch Pad Quartet
7/22/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
7/21/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
7/21/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
7/8/23 - Margaux Residency (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Prof Grady (tsax)
7/6/23 - Nelson Gallery (Lansing, MI): Bijan Taghavi Quartet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), John Webber (bass), Keith Hall (drums)
7/5/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady Quintet ft. Allen Dennard (trpt), Prof Grady (tsax), Trevor Lamb (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Louis Jones III (drums)
6/30/23 - London Chop House (Detroit, MI): Paul Keller Quartet
6/28/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
6/26/23 - Spiti Art Bar (Athens, Greece): TrioGram Europe Tour ft. ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Yorgos Maniatis (drums)
6/25/23 - Cafe Klavierzimmer (Stuttgart, Germany): TrioGram Europe Tour ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Jacob Lindberg (drums)
6/24/23 - Clarence Jazz Club (Málaga, Spain): TrioGram Europe Tour ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Jacob Lindberg (drums)
6/23/23 - Jazzzolder (Mechelen, Belgium): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Will Lyle (bass), Jacob Lindberg (drums)
6/17/23 - 
Margaux Residency (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Prof Grady (tsax)
6/16/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble

6/16/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
6/15/23 - Treelawn (Cleveland, OH): Solo Piano

6/10/23 - Fishbone's (Southfield, MI): Paul Keller Trio ft Sarah D'Angelo (vox), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Paul Keller (bass)
6/10/23 - Jazzin at the Vanity (Detroit, MI): Allen Dennard Quintet ft Allen Dennard (trpt), Nolan Young (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
6/3/23 - Margaux Residency (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Prof Grady (tsax)
5/20/23 - Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI): Lori LeFevre (vox), Chris McCoury (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Paul Keller (bass), Scott Kretzer (drums)
5/19/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
5/19/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
5/6/23 - Margaux Residency (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo w/ Prof Grady (tsax)
5/5/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Experience 
5/5/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
4/26/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady 5tet ft. Allen Dennard (trp), Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass), Alex White (drums)
4/21/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
4/21/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
4/20/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
4/20/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Rob Crozier (bass)
4/16/23 - Red Cedar Spirits (East Lansing, MI): Altin Sencalar Trio ft. Altin Sencalar (tbn), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Javier Enrique (bass)
4/15/23 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Maestro Glassman 4tet ft. Chris Glassman (tbn), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Javier Enrique (bass), Ben Amin (drums)
4/14/23 - Plaster Auditorium (Hillsdale, MI): Hillcats Faculty Jazz Ensemble plays the Music of Frank Zappa 
4/13/23 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Altin Sencalar 4tet ft. Altin Sencalar (tbn), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Javier Enrique (bass), Maestro Keith Hall (drums)
4/8/23 - The Habitat (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Ensemble 
4/8/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Duo w/ Sam Harris (bass)
4/8/23 - Horrock's (Battle Creek, MI): The Maestro Duo ft. Chris Glassman (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano)
4/7/23 - Ornithology Jazz Club (Brooklyn, NY): TrioGram Official CD Release Show ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
4/1/23 - Packard Proving Grounds (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson 4tet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Noah Jackson (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), David "Dang" Alvarez III (drums)
3/22/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Allen Dennard Quintet ft. Allen Dennard (trpt), Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Josef Deas (bass), Alex White (drums)
3/11/23 - Weber's (Ann Arbor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
​3/10/23 - Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI): Luke Sittard's Launch Pad Quartet
3/8/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Alex White (drums)
3/1/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Alex White (drums)
2/24/23 - Ravenscroft's JazzBird Lounge (Scottsdale, AZ): TrioGram ft. Lewis Nash (drums)
2/22/23 - Dizzy's (San Diego, CA): TrioGram ft. Mark Ferber (drums)
2/21/23 - Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center (Los Angeles, CA): TrioGram ft. Joe LaBarbera (drums)
2/17/23 - El Convite (Mexico City, Mexico): TrioGram Mexico/Southwest Tour ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Juan Ale Saenz (drums)
2/16/23 - Jazzatlan (Mexico City, Mexico): TrioGram Mexico/Southwest Tour ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Juan Ale Saenz (drums)
2/8/23 - ​Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Alex White (drums)
2/5/23 - ​Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Ben "Tuck" Turner Quartet ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Ben Turner (guitar), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Keith Hall (drums)
2/4/23 - ​Horrock's (Lansing, MI): Bijan Taghavi ALT Trio ft. Ben "Tuck" Turner (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Steven Bowman Jr. (bass)
2/3/23 - ​Conrad Recital Hall (Hillsdale, MI): Duo Faculty Concert with Lori LeFevre Johnson (vox) & Bijan Taghavi (piano)
2/1/23 - ​Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Alex White (drums)
1/31/23 - ​Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Alex White (drums)
1/26/23 - Saginaw Valley State University Rhea Miller Recital Hall (Saginaw, MI): Professor Michael Reed Faculty Recital ft. Michel Reed (drums), Colin Wood (reeds), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Javier Enrique (bass)
1/25/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
​1/18/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
1/13/23 - Horrock's (Lansing, MI): Duo w/ Luke Sittard (guitar) 
​1/11/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
1/4/23 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady 5tet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Ben "Tuck" Turner (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass), David "Dang" Alvarez III (drums)

2022:
12/30/22 - Horrocks (Lansing, MI): Maestro Glassman Quartet ft. Chris Glassman (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Judah Guerra (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
12/24/22 - Christ Church Cranbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quintet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Maestro Glassman (tbn), Tim Blackmon (tpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
12/15/22 - Book Nook & Java Shop (Montague, MI): Bijan Taghavi ALT Trio ft. Ben "Tuck" Turner (guitar), Steven Bowman Jr. (bass)
12/14/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
12/11/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Michael Reed Quartet ft. Luke Sittard (guitar), Noah Jackson (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Reed (drums)
12/10/22 - Weber's (Ann Abor, MI): Rob Crozier Jazz Ensemble
12/9/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Michael Reed Quartet ft. Luke Sittard (guitar), Noah Jackson (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Reed (drums)
12/8/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi 4tet ft. Maestro Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
12/3/22 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Rodney Whitaker Oasis Album Release Tour ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Prof Grady (tsax), Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
12/2/22 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Rodney Whitaker Oasis Album Release Tour ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Prof Grady (tsax), Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
12/1/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Oasis Album Release Tour ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Prof Grady (tsax), Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
11/30/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Oasis Album Release Tour ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Prof Grady (tsax), Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
11/29/22 - Moriarty's Pub (Lansing, MI): Rodney Whitaker Oasis Album Release Tour ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Prof Grady (tsax), Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
11/28/22-12/2/22 - Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz For Young People Shows Tour (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Septet ft. Tyreek McDole (vox), Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Len'i McKinney (Bari sax), Tim Blackmon (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
11/23/22 - WDIV TV (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quartet ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vocals), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
11/20/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Luke Sittard Launch Pad Quartet
11/2/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
10/28/22 - Horrock's (Lansing, MI): Maestro Glassman Quartet ft. Chris Glassman (bass trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Steven Bowman Jr. (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
10/27/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): John Raymond Trumpet Summit: John Raymond (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Noah Jackson (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
10/26/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
10/21/22 - Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI): Luke Sittard Quartet ft. Luke Sittard (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
10/19/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
10/15/22 - Carr Center Performance Studio (Detroit, MI): Carmen Lundy Band ft. Rodney Whitaker (bass), Ben Turner (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Reed (drums)
10/13/22 - Shinola (Detroit, MI): Ben "Tuck" Turner Sextet ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vox), Prof Grady (Tsax), Ben Turner (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), John Webber (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
10/6/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Michael Palazzolo Quartet ft. Kasan Belgrave (alto sax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Louis Jones III (drums)
10/1/22 - ImaginATE (Royal Oak, MI): Prof Grady Quartet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kenji Lee (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
9/23/22 - Motor City Wine (Detroit, MI): Russ Macklem Quartet ft. Russ Macklem (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
9/16/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Lucas LaFave (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
9/10/22 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Rodney Whitaker (bass), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
9/9/22 - Lucille's Jazz Lounge (Toledo, OH): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Rodney Whitaker (bass), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
9/8/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Rodney Whitaker (bass), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
9/3/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quartet ft. Rockelle Whitaker (vocals), Walter Blanding (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
9/1/22 - Blue Llama (Ann Arbor, MI): Luke Sittard Quartet ft. Luke Sittard (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), Michael J. Reed (drums)
8/31/22 - Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI): Allen Dennard Quartet ft. Allen Dennard (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass), Louis Jones III (drums)
8/30/22 - Trading 8s Studios (Paramus, NJ): Will Lyle's "Trio Gram" Album Recording ft. Will Lyle (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kofi Shepsu (drums)
8/27/22 - ImaginATE (Royal Oak, MI): Prof Grady Trio ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass)
8/24/22 - Horrocks (Lansing, MI): The Maestro Duo ft. Maestro Glassman (trombone), Bijan Taghavi (piano)
8/6/22 - Michigan JazzFest (Lansing, MI): Michael Reed Quartet ft. Tim Blackmon (trpt), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), Michael J. Reed (drums)
8/4/22-8/6/22 - ImaginATE Residency (Royal Oak, MI): Prof Grady Quartet ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Scott Wente (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
7/30/22 - Concerts in Indian Village at Centennial Garden (Detroit, MI): Allen Dennard Quintet ft. Allen Dennard (trumpet), Nolan Young (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Josef Deas (bass), Alex White (drums)
7/23/22 - ImaginATE (Royal Oak, MI): Prof Grady Quartet ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), Sarah Whitaker (drums)
7/17/22 - Michigan Jazz Festival (Livonia, MI): Anthony Stanco Quintet feat. Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Marcus Elliot (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Sam Copperman (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
7/17/22 - Michigan Jazz Festival (Livonia, MI): Russ Macklem Quintet feat. Russ Macklem (trumpet), Rafael Lafear (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
7/16/22 - African World Festival (Detroit, MI): Allen Dennard Quartet feat. Allen Dennard (trumpet), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Aidan Cafferty (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
7/6/22 - Horrocks (Lansing, MI): Bijan Taghavi & Prof Grady Duo
6/23/22 - Detroit Shimmer on the Riverfront (Detroit, MI): Prof Grady Trio
6/22/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
6/15/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
6/5/22 - Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quartet feat. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
5/27/22 - Olivia Tapas (New York, NY): Boss Trio feat. April Varner (vocals), Bijan Taghavi (piano)
5/18/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
5/14/22 - ImaginATE (Royal Oak, MI): Prof Grady Quartet ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Aidan Cafferty (bass), Sarah "Lil' Money" Whitaker (drums)
5/11/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Noah Jackson Full Circle
5/7/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quintet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Trunino Lowe (trumpet), Rockelle Fortin (vox), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney "Big Money" Whitaker (bass), Sarah "Lil' Money" Whitaker (drums)
5/6/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quintet ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Russ Macklem (trumpet), Rockelle Fortin (vox), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney "Big Money" Whitaker (bass), Sarah "Lil' Money" Whitaker (drums)
5/5/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quartet ft. Prof Grady (tsax) Rockelle Fortin (vox), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney "Big Money" Whitaker (bass), Sarah "Lil' Money" Whitaker (drums)
4/30/22 - Detroit Symphony Orchestra's The Cube (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker All-Stars ft. Prof Grady (tsax), Dwight Adams (trumpet), Rockelle Fortin (vox), Randy Napoleon (guitar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
4/21/22 - Horrocks (Lansing, MI): Chris Glassman Quartet
4/17/22 - Miller Hall at Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY): Will Lyle Trio Recital ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Will Lyle (bass), Neal Smith (drums)
4/13/22-4/16/22 - Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe (Grosse Pointe, MI): Rodney Whitaker Sextet w/ vocalist Rockelle Fortin
4/8/22 - Plaster Auditorium at the Searle Center (Hillsdale, MI): Hillcats Faculty Ensemble
3/27/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Nathan Borton Group ft. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums), Diego Rivera (sax)
3/11/22 - Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI): Rodney Whitaker Sextet w/ vocalist Rockelle Fortin
3/7/22-3/11/22 - Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz For Young People Shows Tour (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Sextet feat. vocalist Rockelle Fortin​
2/19/22 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Rodney Whitaker Trio w/ vocalist Rockelle Fortin 
2/12/22 - Olivias Tapas (New York, NY): Boss Trio feat. Sam Smith (bass), Bijan Taghavi (piano)
1/16/22 - Chris Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quartet feat. Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums),
1/13/22 - Cliff Bells (Detroit, MI): Chris Glassman Quintet
1/7/22 - WEMU 89.1 5:01 Jazz Series (Ann Arbor, MI): Kurt Krahnke Quartet feat. Kenji Lee (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kurt Krahnke (bass), Jonathan Taylor (drums)


2021:
12/24/21 - Christ Church Cranbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI): Rodney Whitaker Septet feat. vocalist Rockelle Fortin
12/17/21 - Christ Church Cranbook (Bloomfield Hills, MI): Rodney Whitaker Group
12/16/21 - Book Nook & Java Shop (Montague, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio ft. Rodney Whitaker & Kofi Shepsu
12/8/21 - Plaster Auditorium at Searle Center (Hillsdale, MI): Hillcats Faculty Ensemble
12/7/21 - Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz For Young People Shows Tour (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Septet feat. vocalist Rockelle Fortin
12/6/21 - Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz For Young People Shows Tour (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Septet feat. vocalist Rockelle Fortin
12/3/21 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Will Lyle (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
11/19/21 - Plaster Auditorium at Searle Center (Hillsdale, MI): Hank Horton's Bad Kids feat. Hillcats Faculty Ensemble
11/15/21-11/19/21 - Jazz at Lincoln Center's Jazz For Young People Shows Tour (Detroit, MI): Rodney Whitaker Septet feat. vocalist Rockelle Fortin
10/21/21 - Goldner Walsh Garden (Pontiac, MI): Prof Grady Quartet feat. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
10/7/21 - Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI): Kenji Lee (tsax), Emma Aboukasm (vx), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Kurt Krahnke (bass)
9/17/21 - Detroit Shimmer on the Riverfront (Detroit, MI): BFC Trio: Prof Grady (tsax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Scotland (bass)
9/10/21 - Fairchild Theatre (East Lansing, MI): MSU Professors of Jazz feat. Bijan Taghavi (guest piano) with Michael Dease (trombone), Diego Rivera (tsax), Anthony Stanco (trumpet), Randy Napoleon (guitar), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Randy Gelispie (drums)
9/3/21 - Arts Beats & Eats Festival (Royal Oak, MI): Prof Grady Quartet feat. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Michael Palazzolo (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
8/20/21 - GRNoir (Grand Rapids, MI): Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Rodney Whitaker (bass), Keith Hall (drums)
8/5/21 - Red Cedar Spirits (East Lansing, MI): Randy Napoleon Quartet feat. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Lucas LaFave (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
7/23/21 - Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor, MI): Prof Grady Quintet feat. Ian Blunden (gutiar), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Aidan Cafferty (bass), David Alvarez III (drums)
7/2/21 - West Michigan Wine & Jazz Festival (Montague, MI): Bijan Taghavi Drumerless Trio feat. Randy Napoleon (gtr) and Will Lyle (bass)


2020:
3/5/20 - Jazz at the Merc (Temecula, CA): Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Luther Hughes (bass) & JJ Lybbert (drums) @ Old Town Temecula Theatre
1/23/20 - Absolute Music @ UrbanBeat (Lansing, MI): Claude Bolling’s Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio feat. Richard Sherman (flute) and Rodney Whitaker Trio feat. Bijan Taghavi (piano), Rodney Whitaker (bass), Michael Reed (drums)
1/21/20 - National Arts Club (New York, NY): Bijan Taghavi & Dick Oatts Duo


​2019:
12/5/19 - Red Cedar Spirits (East Lansing, MI): Randy Napoleon Quartet
​12/2/19 - Fox 2 News Studios (Detroit, MI): Trio Performance feat. Kenny Washington (drums)
11/14/19 - Red Cedar Spirits (East Lansing, MI): Rodney Whitaker Quartet
11/10/19 - Old Goat (Grand Rapids, MI): Fred Knapp Trio
10/7/19 - MSUFCU Headquarters (East Lansing, MI): Blue Monday feat. Tanya Darby & MSU Professors of Jazz
10/7/19 - WZZM Channel 13 (Grand Rapids, MI): Duo with Tanya Darby (trumpet)
9/17/19 - National Arts Club (New York, NY): Bijan Taghavi & Jay Anderson Duo
9/3/19 - National Arts Club (New York, NY): Bijan Taghavi Quintet feat. Ulysses Owens Jr. (drums), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Roxy Coss (tenor sax), Giveton Gelin (trumpet)
5/30/19 - National Arts Club (New York, NY): Bijan Taghavi & Rich Perry Duo
2/22/19 - National Arts Club (New York, NY): Bijan Taghavi Solo Piano Concert


2018:
12/30/18 - Aeon Mall (Tokyo, Japan): Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio Tour
12/28/18 - Nogata Kumin Hall (Tokyo, Japan): Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio Tour
12/26/18 - Live House ROXX (Aomori, Japan): Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio Tour
12/25/18 - Live House ENN (Sendai, Japan): Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio Tour
12/23/18 - Urayasu Concert Hall (Chiba, Japan): Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio Tour
12/6/18 - Bossi-Comelli Studio (New York, NY): Bijan Taghavi Senior Recital
11/6/18 - Bossi-Comelli Studio (New York, NY): Ron Carter Bach Chorales & Masterclass
7/6/18 - Mist Harlem (New York, NY): Kahlil Kwame Bell Quintet
​6/28/18 - Amsterdam Blue Note (Amsterdam, Netherlands): Keep an Eye Concert Big Band
6/8/18 - National Arts Club (New York, NY): Solo Piano
6/7/18 - United Nations (New York, NY): Benny Troschel Quintet
5/29/18 - 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar
​4/30/18 - Cleopatra's Needle (New York, NY): Niklas Lukassen Duo
4/24/18 - 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar
4/9/18 - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola @ Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York, NY): A Love Supreme, arr. Jim McNeely feat. Joe Lovano
4/5/18 - Aaron Davis Hall @ CCNY (New York, NY): A Love Supreme, arr. Jim McNeely feat. Joe Lovano
3/27/18 - 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar
3/24/18 - Beacon Theatre (New York, NY): Ye Huang Quartet
2/14/18 - ADES Performance Space (New York, NY): Jazz Composers Big Band Concert
1/30/18 - 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar


2017:
11/28/17- 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar
10/31/17- 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar
10/14/17- Minton's Harlem (New York, NY): Kahlil Kwame Bell Quintet
10/13/17- GMHC (New York, NY)​: Solo Piano
10/11/17- Apollo Theater (New York, NY): Stefon Harris
9/26/17- 55 Bar (New York, NY): Vinyl Live @ 55 Bar
9/20/17- Consulate General of Germany (New York, NY): Benny Troschel Group
3/31/17- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.): Betty Carter Jazz Ahead @ Millennium Stage
3/30/17- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.): Betty Carter Jazz Ahead @ Millennium Stage
3/29/17- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.): Betty Carter Jazz Ahead @ Millennium Stage
3/9/17- Jazz at the Merc (Temecula, CA): Bijan Taghavi Trio @ Old Town Temecula Theatre
1/7/17- Port Corona Del Mar: Bijan Taghavi Trio


2016:
9/3/16- Rue-B NYC
8/24/16- Jazz Quest Radio: Bijan speaks about his experiences in NYC, and brings a few solo and trio recordings
8/18/16- E Spot Lounge: Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Will Lyle (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
8/9/16- Port Corona Del Mar: Bijan Taghavi Trio: feat. Luther Hughes (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
7/21/16- LivingPiano Podcast Episode 2: Jazz Music and Teachers: w/ special guest Bijan Taghavi
7/17/16- Vampire Lounge: Will Lyle Trio feat. Bijan Taghavi (piano) & Jason Oberman (guitar)
​7/12/16- Port Corona Del Mar: Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Will Lyle (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
7/8/16- Birdland Jazzista Social Club (Oakland, CA): Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Kanoa Mendenhall (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
6/14/16- Port Corona Del Mar: Bijan Taghavi Trio
6/12/16- Mozambique: Kenji Lee Quartet
1/31/16 - Minton's Harlem: Bijan Taghavi Trio
1/8/16- Alva's Showroom: Special return performance featuring the Bijan Jazz Trio alongside Ahmet (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
1/8/16- Alva's Showroom: Special return performance featuring the Bijan Jazz Trio alongside Ahmet (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
1/7/16- Jazz at the Merc: Bijan Jazz Trio as part of the Jazz at the Merc straight-ahead series in an intimate listening space in Temecula.



2015:
8/19/15- Pearl Street Studios: Bijan Taghavi Farewell Interview w/ Chris Hon (bass): Jazz Quest Radio KX 93.5 Laguna Beach, CA
8/9/15- Scott's Restaurant & Bar: Bijan Taghavi Trio feat. Jerry Pinter (tsax) & Chris Hon (bass)
7/30/15- The Cliff: Jazz Quest (Quartet) feat. Bijan Taghavi
7/26/15- Scott's Restaurant & Bar: KJazz On-Air Personality Bubba Jackson hosts Scott's KJazz Sunday Jazz Brunch with the Luther Hughes Trio, feat Bijan Taghavi (piano) alongside the legendary Glenn Cashman (tsax) and Luther Hughes (bass).
7/25/15- IQ Studio: Bijan Farewell Concert feat. the Bijan Jazz Trio: Bijan Taghavi (piano) Chris Hon (bass), Adam Gardner (drums)
5/4/15- McKinney Theatre: Sextet performance alongside Colin Wendhart (sax), Tyler Carmody (guitar), Nick V. (vibes), Robert Felix (bass), Drew Bock (drums)
5/2/15- Good Beer Company: Duo with the incredible Chris Hon (bass) at a hip new venue in Downtown Santa Ana for their first art event for Cinco de Mayo weekend.
4/22/15- Croce's Park West: Gilbert Castellanos presents the Young Lions series featuring the Austin Gatus Jazz Quartet. Hear some of your favorite Broadway show tunes turned jazz. Featuring songs from the musicals West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Wicked, Les Mis, and more! 
4/2/15- Laguna Sound Studio: Art Walk: Joshua Cobian Quartet: Craig Cammell (asax), Bijan Taghavi (piano), Josh Cobain (bass), Adam Gardner (drums)
1/23/15- Soka Performing Arts Center: Jazz duo alongside Chris Hon (bass)
1/19/15- Port Corona Del Mar: Bijan Jazz Trio alongside Chris Hon (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)



2014:
12/31/14- Good Beer Company: Bijan Jazz Trio alongside Noor Che'ree (bass) & Adam Gardner (drums)
8/14/14- Oliver Cromwell Recital Hall (Boston): Jetro da Silva Jazz Ensemble
8/13/14- Berklee Performance Center (Boston): Funk/Fusion Ensemble Performance at Instrumental Showcase
8/12/14- Berklee Recital Hall (Boston): Jetro da Silva Funk/Fusion Ensemble
8/12/14 - Oliver Cromwell Recital Hall (Boston): Bain Smith Jazz Ensemble
8/10/14- David Friend Recitall Hall (Boston): SuperJam Jazz Quintet
6/25/14- Laguna Sound Studios: KX 93.5 FM Jazz Quest Radio Special- LIVE @ Laguna Sound Studio Recording Lounge
6/5/14 - Luxe: solo jazz piano
6/2/14 - Port: alongside Jazz Quest guitarists Brett Ecklund and Tommy Benson, and vocalist Natalya
5/29/14 - Luxe: alongside Jazz Quest guitarists Brett Ecklund and Tommy Benson
1/21/14 - SOKA University Performing Arts Center: Solo/Ensemble concert



​2013:
10/24/13 - Pearl Street Studios: KX 93.5 FM Jazz Quest Radio hosted by guitarists Brett Ecklund and Tommy Benson
10/17/13 - Terrence Resort Amphitheater: alongside Metropolitan Opera Soloist Eric Jordan, and band Jazz Quest with guitarists Brett Ecklund and Tommy Benson, and bassist Richard Lueras
7/27/13 ~ Glenwood House: Bijan Taghavi & James Hilsabeck Duo
7/13/13 ~ Glenwood House: Bijan Taghavi & James Hilsabeck Duo
6/22/13 ~ West Coast Performing Arts Foundation: Bijan Taghavi Young Prodigy Concert: ½ Solo Classical Piano ½ Jazz Trio
5/4/13 ~ Art District Concerts: Living Piano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience
4/28/13 ~ West Coast Performing Arts Foundation: Masters & Mentors
2/22/13 ~ Crossline Church: (Young Stars of the Future): 1st movement of Grieg Piano Concerto with South Coast Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Barry Silverman
2/22/13 ~ Crossline Church: (Koncert for Kids #2): Soloist with South Coast Symphony
2/22/13 ~ Crossline Church: (Koncert for Kids #2): Soloist with South Coast Symphony
2/22/13 ~ Crossline Church: (Koncert for Kids #1): Soloist with South Coast Symphony
1/22/13 ~ SOKA University Performing Arts Center: Solo/Ensemble Concert



​2012:
9/29/12 ~ SOKA University Performing Arts Center: Featured pianist with Grammy-award winning latin-jazz flutist Nestor Torres
9/13/12 ~ Bowers Museum: "Celebrities Of Tomorrow" Young Artists Showcase
9/08/12 ~ Art District Concerts: Duo Performance with Jake Clayton
7/31/12 ~ Presbyterian Church (Newport Beach): UCI Mind: Solo Performance
7/23/12 ~ Laguna Beach In-Home Concert Series: Solo Recital
5/15/12 ~ Art District Concerts: Solo Recital
3/17/12 ~ Schumacher Hall: LivingPiano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience
2/12/12 ~ Cal State Bakersfield: LivingPiano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience



2011:
9/8/11 ~ Malibu: LivingPiano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience
7/17/11 ~ Laguna Beach: Private Concert with Robert Estrin & Florence Estrin
2/8/11 ~ Old Town Temecula Community Theatre: Doubleheader of LivingPiano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience



2010:
10/9/10 ~ Norman P Murray Community Center: LivingPiano Performance
9/12/10 ~ Sycamore Room (Norman P Murray Community Center): LivingPiano Performance
7/3/10 ~ MTAC (Music Teachers Association California): LivingPiano Performance
3/14/10 ~ Laguna Hills: Solo Piano Recital 

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2009:
10/24/09 ~ Hole Memorial Auditorium (La Sierra University): LivingPiano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience



​2008-12: on tour with Robert Estrin as part of ​LivingPiano: Journey Through Time: Historic Concert Experience

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    • Bijan Taghavi >
      • Stella by Starlight (Solo Piano)
      • Body and Soul (Solo Piano)
      • Autumn Leaves (Solo Piano)
      • I Should Care (Solo Piano)
      • Have You Met Miss Jones (Solo Piano)
      • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Solo Piano)
      • Ask Me Now (Solo Piano)
      • Wave (Solo Piano)
      • East of the Sun (Solo Piano)
      • Everything Happens to Me (Solo Piano)
      • Girl From Ipanema (Solo Piano)
      • I Fall in Love Too Easily (Solo Piano)
    • Bill Evans
    • Kenny Barron
    • Barry Harris
    • Hank Jones
    • Herbie Hancock
    • Oscar Peterson
  • Lesson Videos & PDFs
    • Comping >
      • Group Comping Voicings Overview
      • Jazz Piano Comping EXPLAINED!
      • Oscar Peterson Take The A Train Transcription Analysis
      • 2 Tips Comping For Vocalists
      • Chromatic Approach
      • LH Contrasting Texture (Body and Soul)
      • Comping over Rhythm Changes (for a Bass Solo)
      • The Secrets to Walking Basslines on Piano
      • Funky Bassline
      • LH Comping Approach for Solo Piano
    • Comping P.2 >
      • Comping Fill over Just Friends
      • Develop Your Rhythmic Vocabulary to Create Interplay (Bb Blues Comping)
      • Bossa Nova Duo Comping
      • Exchanging Ideas When Comping over a Ballad
      • LH Sweeping Texture on "Ask Me Now"
      • SECRET To Playing Bossa Nova Solo Piano
      • How Listening Fuels CREATIVITY
      • Why Your Left Hand is Failing You and How to Fix It (4 LH Comping Techniques over "Pent Up House")
      • 5 Ways to Use Your LH in a Jazz Solo ("Isfahan")
      • Piano+Sax Duo Interplay (ft. Dick Oatts)
    • Harmony >
      • How to Harmonize a Melody with 2 Voices
      • Inverted Pedal Point on Rhythm Changes
      • How to Jazzify the Living Pianos Theme Song
      • How to Get a Full Sound out of the Piano
      • 5 Inner Voice Movements on "I Should Care"
      • How to Create RH Counter-Melodies (Body and Soul)
      • 2 Ways to Use a Pedal Point
      • Create Chords From ANY Scale (Barry Harris)
      • How To Create Inner Voice Movement
      • How to REHARMONIZE Jazz Standards
    • Harmony P.2 >
      • Barry Harris Round Midnight Reharmonization
      • 3 Inner Voice Movements for a dom7 chord
      • How to Use Barry Harris' "Diminished Notes"
      • Solo Piano Rubato Intro on "Days of Wine and Roses"
      • Let Your Melodies Dictate Your Chords (Solo Piano Rubato Intro P.2)
      • How to Harmonize Every Melody Note with a New Chord
      • 3 Inner Voice Movements on "Wave"
      • 3 Ways to Create Motion
      • The SECRET to Creating LH Counterpoint like Bill Evans
      • Do You Know the Original Chord Changes to "Wave"?
    • Harmony P.3 >
      • How to Use Pedal Points (Part 1)
      • How to Use Pedal Points (Part 2)
      • 2 Ways to Use Pedal Points
      • Swing Like Bach: Contrary Motion in Your Improv
      • This Tritone Sub Got a 'Woo' From My Drummer!
      • How to Pass Voices Through the Thumbs like Bach (Lesson from Fred Hersch)
      • Do You Know this SECRET Tension Chord?
      • 6 Chord Substitutions & Inner-Voice Movements
      • How to Use Contrary Motion ala Bach & Bill Evans
      • How to Use Contrary Motion P.2 ala Fred Hersch
    • Harmony P.4 >
      • How to Use Contrary Motion ala Bach & Bill Evans
      • HEARTWARMING Chords They Don't Teach You in School! (Solo Piano Cadenza on "Ask Me Now")
    • Improv >
      • Barry Harris Passport (Blues) Improv Analysis
      • Kenny Barron Autumn Leaves Melody Transcription Analysis
      • Rhythm Changes Improv Ideas (Bijan Transcription)
      • Rhythmic Motifs in Jazz Improvisation
      • Chordal Improvisation
      • Chordal Improvisation Part 2
      • Jazz Improv - How to Play OUTSIDE
      • How to Create LH Counterpoint (Body and Soul)
      • 2 Ways to Create LH Counterpoint (P.2)
      • Using Quotes in Jazz Improvisation (Quoting "A Love Supreme" on "How Deep Is The Ocean")
    • Improv P.2 >
      • Jazz Improv Tip: DEVELOP Your Ideas (2 Melodic Motifs on "Esau")
      • Modal Solo on min7b5 (from "It Always Happens")
      • Using Shapes in Jazz Improv
      • How to Use the Melody in Your Improvisation
      • Watch What Made Rodney Whitaker "Swink"
      • How to Outline Chord Changes (Improv on "Autumn Leaves")
      • 16th Note Improv Lines over "Autumn Leaves"
      • Soloing in 3/4 on "Autumn Leaves"
      • How to STOP Playing the Same Licks in Your Jazz Solos
      • 5 Octaves in 5 Seconds with this KILLER Run
    • Improv P.3 >
      • What is Over the Barline Phrasing in Jazz Improvisation?
      • How to Use Theme & Variation like Kenny Barron
      • Modal Solo on Cmin7 (from "Crossfire")
      • Use This Motif When Improvising in 3/4!
      • 2 Ways to Use Triplets in Your Improvisations
      • 3 Ways to Approach the Bridge of Rhythm Changes
      • How to Use Shapes to Achieve New Sounds in Your Improvisations
      • Jazz Improv Tip: DEVELOP Your Ideas P.7 (I Fall in Love Too Easily)
      • How to Play Bluesy over Non-Blues Chord Changes
      • What are Red Garland Block Chords?
    • Improv P.4 >
      • Repetition in Improvisation
      • How to Use 16th Notes in Your Jazz Solos (Days of Wine and Roses)
      • How to Adapt Improv Shapes to Fit Over New Chords (Days of Wine and Roses)
      • 3 Tips to Take Your 16th Note Lines to the Next Level
      • Chordal Improvisation Part 3
      • 3 Ways to Sound Like McCoy Tyner
      • Use this Shape to End Your Phrases
      • Chordal Improvisation Part 4
      • What are New Orleans Block Chords?
      • 3 Tips for Soloing in 3/4
    • Improv P.5 >
      • How to Build Your Solo Using Motifs
      • Stop Time
      • 16th Note Line EXPLAINED (Have You Met Miss Jones)
      • 3 Substitutions over a 36251
      • Building a Jazz Solo
      • How to Play Fast Like Bud Powell
      • Up-Tempo Improv over "Donna Lee"
      • Playing the Blues
      • How to Start Your Solo
      • How to Interact with the Drums While Soloing
    • Improv P.6 >
      • Piano + Drums Duo?
      • The SECRET to Fluid Improvisation in 3/4
      • The Power of ACCENTS
      • How to Use This Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk Improv Shape
      • The Piano is an Orchestra
      • The SECRET To Channeling McCoy Tyner
      • The Importance of DANGER in Improvisation?
      • The SECRET to Playing Fast Bebop Lines like Oscar Peterson
      • TASTEFUL Chordal Improvisation on "Wave"
      • The SECRET to Spontaneity in Jazz Improvisation
    • Improv P.7 >
      • 6 Ways to Create Tension-Release
      • 3 Ways to Create Your Own Jazz Lines!
      • Regular 2-5-1 vs Sidestep 2-5-1
      • Jazz Improv Tip: Get the Drummer Involved!
      • Jazz Improv Tip: Develop Your Ideas P.14
      • Interlocking Polychords
      • 2 SECRETS to Playing Fast Runs (Ala Mulgrew & Herbie)
      • Improv Analysis on "I'll Remember April"
      • Use Monk Clusters to Create HIP Phrasing
      • Take Your Phrasing to the NEXT LEVEL with this Simple Trick!
    • Improv P.8 >
      • How to Improvise on a SOLO BREAK
      • Jazz Improv Tip: Get the Drummer Involved (P.2)
      • Use Polychords to Create Harmonically RICH Improvisation
      • UNLOCK Up-Tempo Improv with Pentatonic Permutations
      • Keep Your Ideas Going to Achieve FLOW in Your Improvisation
      • 2 Ways to Improvise over a Sidestep 2-5
      • Why This Jazz Line Made My Drummer STANK FACE (Descending Rhythmic Rates)
    • Rhythm >
      • Polyrhythm vs Polymeter EXPLAINED
      • How to Create Rhythmic Tension in 3/4
      • 2 Ways to Create Rhythm Section Interplay (Rhythmic Telepathy Part 8)
      • Soloing on an E Minor Blues in 12/8
      • The SECRET To Making Stride Piano Swing
      • Polymeters EXPLAINED (Superimposing 3 over 4)
      • Improvising over Changing Time Signatures (over Ahmad Jamal's "Crossfire)
      • Rhythmic Telepathy PART 6 ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Trio)
      • Rhythmic Telepathy PART 7 (Superimposing 3 in 4 on "End of a Love Affair")
    • Rhythm P.2 >
      • Jazz Slang P.2 - Double Time Feel EXPLAINED
      • Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 1: 4 to 3)
      • Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 2: 3 to 4)
      • Playing in 2 vs in 4 (Part 2)
      • Half Time vs Double Time ("Here's That Rainy Day")
      • How to "Set Up" The Band
      • Metric Modulation on Have You Met Miss Jones
      • How to Swing
      • Communication on the Bandstand
      • Piano + Bass Rhythmic & Harmonic Telepathy (Part 10)
    • Rhythm P.3 >
      • How to Create Rhythmic Interest on a Ballad
      • Metric Modulation over "Ask Me Now" (Part 1: 4 to 3)
      • Metric Modulation over "Ask Me Now" (Part 2: 3 to 4)
      • CRAZY Rhythmic Technique Creates Piano+Drums Connection
      • INSANE Trio Interplay (Starting & Stopping the Time)
      • 3 Levels of Jazz Basslines
      • CRAZ Duo Interplay (Piano+Bass)
      • 3 Ways to Connect with the Drummer in Your Jazz Solos
    • Rhythm P.4 >
      • 2 Rhythmic Feels on a Ballad
      • How Quoting Jazz Standards Can Create Piano+Drums Connections
      • Metric Modulation on a Jazz Ballad
      • Metric Modulation on "Everything Happens to Me" (3 to 4)
      • Bossa Nova Rhythmic Language You MUST KNOW!
      • Jazz Rhythmic Language You MUST KNOW!
      • 2 Bossa Nova Rhythmic Hits You MUST KNOW!
    • Rhythm P.5 >
      • How Listening Sparks MAGICAL Trio Interplay on "I'll Be Seeing You"
      • Jazz Rhythmic Language You MUST KNOW! (Part 2)
      • How to Use Contrary Motion P.2 ala Fred Hersch
      • Pocket So Deep, I Can't Find My Spare Change
    • Piano Orchestration >
      • 3 Ways to Orchestrate A Melody ("Asojano" from TrioGram)
      • Orchestrating A Melody P.2 ("Esau" from TrioGram)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Autumn Leaves)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (I Fall in Love Too Easily)
      • PAINT: How to Orchestrate a Melody for a Ballad (Here's That Rainy Day)
    • Piano Orchestration P.2 >
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Have You Met Miss Jones)
      • How to Add Colors in Your Playing
      • 3 Ways to Fill When Orchestrating
      • What is Inner Tonal Movement?
      • Using the Bottom of the RH to Fill
      • Stride Piano SECRETS on "East of the Sun"
    • Piano Orchestration P.3 >
      • How to Orchestrate a Rubato Ballad (Everything Happens to Me)
      • How to Orchestrate an In-Time Ballad (Everything Happens to Me)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Girl From Ipanema)
      • How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Girl From Ipanema PART 2)
      • 4 Ways to Create Motion
      • The MOST Important Thing When Orchestrating a Rubato Melody (It's Not What You Think!)
    • Intros/Outros >
      • Jazz Trio Intro EXPLAINED
      • Ahmad Jamal Ending Chords
      • How to End a Song Quietly
      • How to Fade Out (Ending to "Secret Love")
      • The CRAZIEST Cadenza You've Ever Heard
      • How to End a Ballad with a Solo Piano Cadenza ("Here's That Rainy Day")
    • Intros/Outros P.2 >
      • The Magic of Circle of 5ths Endings
      • Classic Ending for Any Jazz Standard (#4 Ending)
      • How to Create an Elegant Intro ("Wave")
      • Ending Wave with a Reharmonized Cadenza
      • MUST KNOW Chord Progression to Create a Classic Jazz Intro
      • BLUES OUT on a 3625 Progression
      • Solo Piano Rubato Intro on "East of the Sun"
    • Intros/Outros P.3 >
      • Girl From Ipanema Vamp Intro Breakdown
      • Girl From Ipanema Reharmonized Ending
      • What if the First Chord is the ii?
    • Piano Technique >
      • 3 Parts of the Body
      • 2 Reasons Why You MUST Strike From The Surface of the Keys
      • How to Bring Out the Melody in Your Playing
      • SECRET Practice Exercise for Voicing Control
      • How to Use Dynamics to Create Drama
    • Piano Technique P.2 >
      • 3 Piano Technique Tips - Lessons From Robert Estrin
      • How to Play FAST
      • Subtractions Practice Technique (for Syncopation & Hand Independence)
    • Composition/Arranging >
      • 3 Ways to Use Counterpoint in Jazz
      • 3 Tips When Composing an AABA Tune
      • Inspired by Ahmad Jamal's Poinciana ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio)
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