You know the tune. Maybe you even know the changes cold.
But when it’s time to actually improvise on it… it still feels like you’re assembling Lego blocks instead of playing music.
That’s not because you haven’t practiced enough. It’s because most of us were never shown how to think through Coltrane Changes — only what to play over them.
— Alex
Sound familiar?
Know the theory behind Giant Steps but can’t make it sound musical. Feel like you’re just running patterns instead of playing real lines. Have avoided this tune for years because it feels out of reach
A Small Group. Four Sessions. Real Practice Together.
This isn’t a pre-recorded course you watch once and forget.
It’s four live sessions where we work through the Coltrane Changes together, step by step — you playing, me guiding, in real time.
By the end, you won’t just “know” Giant Steps a little better. You’ll have a practical method for approaching fast-moving harmony — one you can apply to plenty of other tunes, not just this one.
What you'll learn
🎼 The harmonic logic
Behind the Coltrane Changes — the reasoning, not just another pattern.
🔁 A Method that sticks
Progressive exercises you’ll keep using after the workshop ends.
🎹 Real melodic lines
Connect the changes the way you hear them, not the way a PDF told you to.
You’re ready to actually practice, not just collect theory
🚫 PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU IF
You’re a complete beginner on your instrument
You want a shortcut with no practice involved
You just want more licks to memorize
Alex Terrier
Grammy Nominated saxophonist Berklee Alumni 20+ years performing internationally Teaching online since 2013 · Jazz Video Lessons
I’m not here to sell you a trick. I’ve spent years working through this progression myself — on stage, in the practice room, and now teaching it to musicians all over the world.