My name is Yuval Cohen, and I am inviting you to join my live online course and embark on the journey of unveiling your musical creativity.

I will personally walk you through the process and support you as
you integrate the core elements of Jazz Improvisation.
You will learn the inner workings of the music and discover skills to utilize them and play the way you always imagined.

Join Unveiling Jazz Improvisation and
make your musical dream become a reality in 12 weeks.

Unveiling Jazz Improvisation is for you if:

- You are proficient in your instrument
- You can read music
- You are familiar with basic harmony
- You are eager to play jazz

No prior experience in improvisation needed!

Crazy Bonus:
First SIX people to register will receive
Ongoing Feedback:
I am inviting you to send me
unlimited recordings of yourself playing through assignments, whenever you like throughout the duration of the course for (almost) immediate feedback.
In most cases, I will send you my comments within one hour.
This way, your practicing is the most effective, and you can constantly fine-tune your playing.

Unveiling Jazz Improvisation is Live Online And Includes:

Special Bonus No. 1:
EIGHT Prerecorded Lectures
to get you fully oriented and fill any gaps you may have in the knowledge needed for the course and beyond:
Jazz Characteristics - Performance Conventions - Harmony 1 - Harmony 2 - Rhythm Overview - Construction of Melodies - Building a solo - Piano Role in Ensemble

Special Bonus No. 2:
Register by June 7, 2025, and receive
SIX Additional One-on-One Meetings
Adding to a total of TWELVE meetings, meaning you can work with me on a weekly basis.

On top of that, you will receive:

About Unveiling Jazz Improvisation

During the pandemic lockdowns, I dedicated dozens of hours to refining the teaching methods and concepts I had developed over years of experience. I organized and distilled these ideas into this clear, methodical course – Unveiling Jazz Improvisation.
The unique format of the course combines live lectures, group coaching sessions and one-on-one meetings, ensuring that each participant receives the support they need to complete the assignments, stay on track, and get the full benefit of the program.
I have taught this course multiple times, guiding dozens of musicians into the world of jazz improvisation and helping them unlock their creative potential.
When you enrol, you'll gain essential skills in Sound, Rhythm, Harmony and Melody and learn how to use them to express yourself in Jazz.
Join the growing community of students who have completed the course — and are now confidently improvising in jazz.

About Me And My Teaching

My name is Yuval Cohen.
I have been playing Jazz and Classical music professionally for decades in various constellations on many stages. I lived in New York for 10 years and studied there at the Mannes College of Music and NYU.

Fifteen years ago, I accepted a teaching position in my hometown of Jerusalem and began my journey as a teacher. Since then, I have taught hundreds of students, and have taken many of them along the route of becoming jazz musicians.
Today, they inspire others with their playing.

Let me do the same for you.

“The course opened worlds of knowledge,
music and ideas, as well as the ability to
improvise jazz, of course.

I was amazed by the amount of material
Yuval teaches in a few lessons and the
amount of knowledge he brings along.

Most important, Yuval is an exquisite teacher and has a sense of humor. I enjoyed every minute and
I intend to register for the advanced course”.

Dr. Avi Bar Eitan, Faculty,
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance; Hebrew University, Jerusalem; Bar-Ilan University, Israel

* Avi joined and completed the Advanced Course as well

Graduates of
Unveiling Jazz Improvisation
Say about the course:

“An excellent course with fantastic teaching material. It enables flexible studying with the possibility to use every moment and study a-synchronously. I enjoyed Yuval's immense experience and his insights during the sessions.

Few are the teachers who have authority in a few musical genres, and it is a great advantage to receive a cross-genre perspective during the lessons”.

Shira Balter

* Shira joined and completed the Advanced Course as well

“I have played for many years and tried to learn Jazz from a few teachers, books, Youtube clips etc., without much success.

Yuval's course opened many possibilities for me,
and for the first time I reached a state where I understand harmonic progressions and can carry an improvisation.

Yuval knows how to explain complicated things in simple ways.
Moreover, he finds the right balance between being meticulous and getting the message across clearly.

This course is worth much more than
standard lessons I have taken for years”.

Jonathan Schwementhal

* Jonathan joined and completed the Advanced Course as well

“The name of the game in studying jazz is Demystification.
Turning the magic of improvisation into
something concrete that can be learned one step at a time.

This is Yuval's specialty,
both in the methodological sense and in listening to you and
knowing exactly what needs to be worked on”.

Ofer Yehuda

Outline of the course

Introductory Bonus Lecture: The Elements of Jazz: Sound, Rhythm, Harmony, Improvisation, Repertoire

Part One: Building Blocks

Module 1: Basic Seventh chords – Shell Voicing – II-V-I Progressions – Accompanying Rhythmic Patterns – Improvising Using Chord Tones

Module 2: Learning Songs – Reading Charts – Bossa Nova Patterns – Improvising Using Lower Neighbors – Take the A Train – Black Orpheus

Module 3: Diatonic Descending Fifths Progressions – Improvising Using Upper Neighbors – Improvising Over the Bar Line (1) – Autumn Leaves

Module 4: “Dominant VI” chord (Augmented 6th) – Improvising Using Passing Tones and Double Neighbors – Combining All the Elements – Beautiful Love

Intermediate Module (no assignments): Using the tools to accompany other types of music

Part Two: Expanding The Vocabulary

Module 5: “Turn Around” Progressions – Applied Dominants – IV-IVm-I Progressions – Left Hand Rhythmic Placement – Half-time Stride (for pianists) – All Of Me

Module 6: Harmonic Mixture – Using Fixed Shifted Rhythms – Using VIIo7 instead of V7 – Playing Over the Bar Line using Passing Tones (2) – All Of Me

Module 7: Dominant Descending Fifths Progressions – Tritone Substitution – Passing Notes in Succession – There Is No Greater Love – Yesterdays

Intermediate Module (no assignments): Conventions during Jazz Performance

Part Three: Integration - From Words to Phrases

Module 8: 12-bar Blues – Connecting Foreign Chords – Devices to Enhance Melodies – Now’s The Time – Straight No Chaser – Blue Bossa

Module 9: Minor Blues – Suspended Chords – Using Guide Tones – “Back Door” Progression – Birk’s Works – Equinox – Pent Up House

Module 10: Improvising On Diminished Chords – Octatonic Scale – Motivic Development – All The Things You Are – Just Friends

Final Bonus Lecture: Walking Bass Principals; Harmonic Tensions Principals (9,13,11)

The Course Includes:
* TWELVE Live Lectures
* TWELVE Group Coaching Sessions
* SIX One-on-One Tailored Meetings
* Over 100 pages of Written Material
* Video Demonstrations
Course Value is $2040.

Bonus Package Includes (Register by June 7)
* EIGHT Bonus Lectures about various Jazz Topics ($480 Value)
* SIX Additional One-on-One Tailored Meetings ($300 Value)
Special Offer (First SIX to Enroll)
* Ongoing Feedback - send me recordings anytime ($1200+ Value)

Total Value of Course + Bonuses: $4020.

Course Regular Price is $1497.

SALE price: $697*

UNVEILING JAZZ IMPROVISATION
June 10 - August 31, 2025

Due to the hands-on nature of course,
enrollment is LIMITED to SIXTEEN PARTICIPANTS

Unvieilng Jazz Improvisation BASIC

* TWELVE Live Lectures
* TWELVE Group Coaching Sessions (Auditing only)
* Over 100 pages of Written Material
* Video Demonstrations

Bonus Package Includes (Register by June 7)
* EIGHT Bonus Lectures

Total Value: $2220
Regular Price: $997
Sale Price: $497

NEW: BASIC and ULTIMATE versions:

"Yuval is the best teacher for Harmony I know.
He builds with the student the ability to improvise over any harmonic progression in a systematic and organized way.
As opposed to many other teachers, Yuval teaches all the skills that are expected from an improvising player in every situation and not merely "style".
In addition, Yuval's world of references is rich and he can dive into a
Bill Evans' solo with the same seriousness he goes into Bach's fugues,
and he connects them all to the topics of the lesson."

Avinoam Etun, guitarist and composer

Private Students Say About Me:

"Yuval is unique among musicians for having the
sharpest ear one can hope for.
Having played for many dozens of eminent artists, I have hardly met anyone who so scrupulously and incisively pays attention to the smallest of details, and makes the relevance of these details clear.
He is the truest of musicians, and I wholeheartedly recommend his tuition."

Ariel Lanyi, concert pianist.
Prize winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition.
Finalist in the Rubinstein International competition.
Full Scholarship Graduate, M.Mus, B.Mus, Royal Academy of Music, London.

"Yuval is absolutely the best teacher I have worked with.
He is one of those teachers who sends you home with infinite work, and also teaches you how to become a good teacher of yourself.
I highly recommend Yuval for all levels and styles!"

Moshe Elmakias, jazz pianit, NYC.
M.Mus from New England Conservatory, Boston,
B. Mus from Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance.

"I came to Yuval thinking that I knew a thing or two about piano, and Yuval opened a whole new world for me.
A world of perceiving, of essence, technique, basics, theory, and what not. Yuval is one of the nicest and smartest people I have met, and as a teacher
he changed my entire view and deepened it immensely.
Highly recommended."

Noam Tsurieli, Pianist and Rap artist, Israel.