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In celebration of International Women's Day, we have an interview style blog from Melanie Spanswick. Within this blog Melanie covers how she began composing, where she starts with a new composition, and takes us through her processes when working on a project.

For Jazz Appreciation Month we have talked to our best-selling author Tim Richards about jazz education and learning jazz music. Here we have an interview style blog with his responses to questions discussing jazz music, why you should learn jazz and how to get started learning more.

The ii-V-I chord progression is an ever-pervasive sequence found throughout much of music history, though it came to true prominence with the rise of jazz. Since then, these chords have been improvised over by countless instrumental soloists, establishing the progression as an essential building block for anyone learning to perform within the genre.

In this post, we'll dive into the inner workings of the ii-V-I chord progression and its origins. Plus, an extended excerpt from David Detweiler’s fantastic, recently released book, The II-V-I Progression: 80 Patterns from the Masters of the Saxophone, is featured, exploring a number of improvised solos over the sequence from renowned icons of jazz!