Pedagogy
This page features clinics, podcasts, lectures, scholarly research, and more for musicians, students, educators, and enthusiasts.
A bootleg recording of Josiah's clinic/masterclass at Central Washington University from May 4, 2016
Josiah discusses practicing creatively using restrictive parameters during a 2018 guest appearance on the Learn Jazz Standards.com podcast
Josiah discusses why jazz musicians should practice classical music during a 2017 guest appearance on the Learn Jazz Standards.com podcast
Josiah discusses jazz composition during a 2016 guest appearance on the Learn Jazz Standards.com podcast
Josiah discusses practicing using free improvisation during a 2016 guest appearance on the Learn Jazz Standards.com podcast
A bootleg recording of Josiah's clinic/masterclass at the Bakersfield Jazz Workshop from April 16, 2014
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Boornazian, Josiah. “Paul ‘Stump’ Evans, Russell Procope, and Gary Bartz: ‘Alto-itis’ and the Neglected Jazz Alto Saxophone Masters.” The Saxophone Symposium 41 (2018). Rochester, NY: North American Saxophone Alliance (Boydell & Brewer, Inc.), 18–35.
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Citation for Josiah's article in the 2019 Journal Jazz Education in Research and Practice:
Boornazian, Josiah. "Teaching Jazz History with 'Jelly Roll' Morton, 'Inventor of Jazz,' as a Focal Point for Jazz Authenticity Discourse." Jazz Education in Research and Practice 1, no. 1 (2020): 118–134.
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Articles and Podcast with Learn Jazz Standards.com:
The (Whole) Truth About Jazz Vocabulary
Improvising With Total Awareness
How Playing Free Can Make You A Better Improviser
The How and Why of Jazz Composing
How Jazz Masters Practice Licks
How to Use Guide-Tones to Navigate Chord Changes
Should I Go to College for Jazz?
How to Use Bebop Scales Like a Pro
What's the True Meaning Behind Jazz Music?
The Right Way to Use the Diminished Scale
8 Reasons Why Jazz Musicians Should Shed Classical
3 Melodic Secrets I Learned from the Jazz Masters
3 Rhythmic Secrets to Make Your Solos Swing Harder
Stuck On One Chord: Improve Your Modal Jazz Solos
“Minor” Issues: 4 Strategies for Tackling Minor ii-V-i’s
The “Secret” Scale to Unlock 2-5-1 Chord Progressions
Take 5: Strategies to Improve Your 5/4 Playing
How to Use the Harmonic Minor Scale Over a 2-5-1
How to Improvise Over Rhythm Changes Like a Pro
Simplify Your Lines With Major Pentatonic Scales
Odd Times: Strategies to Improve Your 7/4 Playing
How to Improvise Over “Stella By Starlight”
3 Polyrhythmic Exercises Every Musician Should Master
How to Play the Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale
5 Ways to Play “Outside” on the Blues
3 Techniques to Improve Your Bebop Playing
Russell Procope’s Solo on “Sweet Georgia Brown”
How to Get Started as a Jazz Composer
How to Play an Intro to a Jazz Standard
How to Improvise Over “Giant Steps”
4 Ways to Make Scales Sound More Musical
6 Common Endings All Jazz Musicians Should Know
How to Use Voice Leading In Your Jazz Solos
How to Play the Elusive Last 4 Bars of “Dolphin Dance”
Exercises to Improve Technique on Your Instrument
Voice it Right: Understanding Jazz Chord Symbols
Dominant 7th Chord Types All Jazz Musicians Encounter
How to Practice Triads for Max Results
How to Master the “Backdoor” Jazz Chord Progression
Why Jazz Isn’t Defined By Your Personal Taste
How to Improvise Using “Constant Structures”
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A video recording of Dr. Josiah Boornazian conducting the University of Utah Jazz Ensemble I in a live concert performance at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall in Salt Lake City, UT on Feb 28, 2023
A video recording of Dr. Josiah Boornazian conducting the University of Utah Jazz Ensemble I in a live concert performance at the Libby Gardner Concert Hall in Salt Lake City, UT on April 19, 2023
A video recording of Josiah Boornazian's guest lecture on John Kirby for MSJ 113 - Analysis and Evolution of Jazz Styles I (a jazz history course for jazz majors) at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music from October 11, 2016
A video recording of Josiah Boornazian rehearsing the Frost School of Music "XJB" Large Jazz Ensemble in preparation for a live concert performance of his 2008 composition "Intention" on campus at the University of Miami's Foster Rehearsal Hall, November 8, 2016
A video recording of Josiah Boornazian conducting the University of Miami Frost School of Music Studio Jazz Band during a live radio broadcast at the WDNA radio studio in Miami, December 2016. Watch more videos from this performance here.
A video recording of Josiah Boornazian giving a guest lecture on early alto saxophonist Paul "Stump" Evans at the University of Miami, October 2017.
Footage from Josiah Boornazian's Doctor of Musical Arts Lecture Recital at the University of Miami Frost School of Music from February 18, 2019. After a discussion of the symbiosis between jazz and technology, Josiah performs his original electronic music and demonstrates how he structures his music using Ableton to facilitate live improvisation with digital effects.