The 10 Minute Jazz Lesson Podcast

The premise is right there in the title, and what's impressive is how well it actually works. Host Nick delivers focused jazz improvisation lessons in episodes that typically run 12 to 19 minutes -- slightly over the promised ten, but nobody's complaining because the content is dense enough that you'll want to pause and practice between concepts. Over 300 episodes deep, the show has built a comprehensive curriculum covering everything from bebop scales and altered dominants to rhythm training and standards analysis. The format respects your time in a way that most educational podcasts don't. Instead of spending 45 minutes on a topic that could be explained in ten, Nick distills each lesson to its essential components and gives you actionable practice steps you can take straight to the instrument. The episode on January 2026 about altered chord deep dives is a good example -- technical enough to challenge advanced players but structured clearly enough that intermediates can follow along and extract something useful. The show carries a 4.6-star rating from 148 reviews and releases new episodes weekly. Additional resource materials are available through a Patreon subscription for listeners who want to go deeper. What makes this stand out in the crowded jazz education space is the consistency -- 300-plus episodes of tightly focused instruction means that whatever specific concept you're struggling with, there's probably an episode that addresses it directly. No fluff, no lengthy preambles, just the information you came for.