Chris has been the perfect teacher for me, he quickly figured out my learning style, accepted my goals, and has been patiently teaching me the challenging skill of Jazz improvisation in terms that I can undertand and in a way that is fun and rewarding. My experiences with Chris have delivered way more that I ever thought, and I look forward every week to our lessons and to practicing and learning something new. I've been working with Chris for a couple of years now and I've made a lot more progress than I thought I would, and I'm very satisfied.\r
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Chris is also an amazing player, composer, and improviser, one of the best parts of any lesson is Chris demonstrating different interpretations of the piece we're working on, all performed with virtoucity and with an amazing speed of invention. I haven't seen Chris perform in public, but I have to say it must be impressive because watching and hearing him play in our lessons is mind blowing. His natural ability and command of the instrument is obvious at all times and with any genre of music. He regularly writes down new arrangements of tunes that I pick, either by ear, or from charts, reharmonizing them on the fly and then creating voice-leads that are easier for me to learn and perform, sometimes with pieces he's never heard before. It always amazes me.
Pros: Great teaching style, patience, encouragement, knowledge, flexibility
Cons: You want to just listent to him play
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