I'm Eva, and I'm genuinely happy you're here. This community exists for one simple reason: learning jazz violin alone, at home, is hard — so let's do it together. Watch the video below first — it's a quick walkthrough of the platform so you feel at home right away. 1️⃣ Your first step: say hi in the comments below — just your first name and where you're playing from is plenty. No need for a perfect introduction! I'll be the first to reply, and you'll see other members do the same. We're a friendly bunch here, not a classroom of experts. 😊 (For my French-speaking friends: n'hésite surtout pas à te présenter en français, beaucoup d'entre nous le sont aussi ! Igual si hablas espanol, te puedes presentar en espanol) Where to go next: 🎬 Classroom → Start with the "Jazz Violin Kit" — a free taste of jazz violin to get your fingers moving right away. 🗺️ Map → See if there are other members near you. 📅 Calendar → Check upcoming live sessions and events. Want to go further? Once you've explored the free kit, you can unlock more — from the full replay library to live classes with me and guest musicians. Everything's here: https://www.skool.com/jazz-violin-academy/plans I'm so glad you're part of this. See you in the comments! 🎶 Eva

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaDiHLZOshp/?igsh=b2xsbDVzdWlzOGFm On Thursday, Raphaël posted our double video, together with my score: my transcription of Armando’s Rhumba by Chick Corea, including Jean-Luc Ponty’s solo, which I transcribed entirely by ear. Meanwhile: more than 17000 views, 599 likes, 34 shares and 70 saves.😅😍 It was really nice that Raphaël wrote to me and asked if he could create a chop accompaniment for it. 🌞🌞🌞 For this transcription, I also added bowings and ghost-note bowings that really work in this fast tempo, while keeping the jazz sound alive. The theme is transcribed as well. I noticed that the rhythm is very often played differently, but Jean-Luc Ponty really plays it the way I play it here and the way I wrote it down. For me, transcribing remains one of the essential tools in jazz to expand your vocabulary: listening, searching, writing down, correcting, listening again… and really getting inside the language of a musician. 🙂🎻 See you on the 13th of july to work further on the violin technic of this solo. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaDiHLZOshp/?igsh=b2xsbDVzdWlzOGFm

Does anyone know where I can find a backing track for this?

Every year, Dario Napoli organizes a gypsy jazz camp in Italy by the middle of June known as UTTS (Under The Tuscan Sun) where @Eva Slongo was teaching jazz violin for several years. 2026, at the 11th edition, we were only 4 violin players, this time with Roland Tillmanns, Phoebe Forsey, an English Lady and myself. This year the violin teacher was Christiaan van Hemert. I understood from 4 days of morning lessons that his approach to jazz violin improvisation involves: - Simplification of the chord changes (2-5-1 becomes 5-1, dominant chain, Christopher...)  - Constant awareness of these changes, “seeing” chord symbols in his mind's eyes rather than hearing them. Singing is not his preference.  - Chord symbols trigger automatized arpeggios and scales with or without permutations and approach tones (playing “dirty”).  - Hardly any licks at all  - Only the meta level (the big picture how to navigate the changes) remains conscious  - His practice strategy focusses on a tool he calls "Creative rerun" to develop vocabulary consisting in connecting automatized scales and arpeggios following the changes 

🇺🇸 I know this seems totally unrelated to jazz violin, but I’ve been immersed in capoeira for three days because of my kids' workshop. It blends music, dance, and rhythm, where "fights" are just beautiful improvised dances. What strikes me most is that everyone smiles and has so much fun! The parallel with jazz is obvious to me: the *roda* is a physical jam session based on instant call-and-response and playful freedom within a strict rhythm. And you? Do you know capoeira, and can you connect it to improvisation? 🇫🇷Je sais que ça semble sans rapport avec le violon jazz, mais je suis plongée dans la capoeira depuis trois jours grâce au stage de mes enfants. Ce mélange de musique, danse et rythme transforme les combats en magnifiques danses improvisées. Ce qui me marque le plus, c'est que tout le monde sourit et s'amuse ! Le parallèle avec le jazz est évident pour moi: la *roda* est une jam session physique faite de questions-réponses instantanées et d'une liberté ludique guidée par le rythme. Et toi? Tu connais la capoeira, et peux-tu la relier à l'improvisation ?