Beginner Jazz Bass Course – Walking Bass Foundations

What’s Included in Practice Room

$9.99

Per month

Full access to 100+ lessons
New lessons added regularly
Transcriptions of all examples
Assignments and guided practice
Discount for Zoom lessons

How the Practice Room works

Practice Room provides a structured and progressive path for bass players beginning their jazz journey and for those looking to strengthen their musical language. Through step-by-step jazz bass lessons, you develop walking bass lines, harmonic understanding, time feel, melodic approaches, and the vocabulary needed for jazz improvisation.

Each lesson builds naturally on the previous one, helping you understand not only what to play, but why it works. The goal is to help you create your own bass lines and improvisations with confidence. No prior jazz experience is required.

Meet Your Instructor: Gianluca Renzi

Cherokee on Electric and Upright Bass

NYC jazz bassist, arranger, and educator with international performing and teaching experience

His teaching focuses on helping students understand how harmony, walking bass lines, melodic approaches, and improvisation work together, developing the skills needed to perform confidently in real musical situations.

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Put Your Skills into Practice

When you're ready to apply these concepts on real jazz tunes, explore the Play Along jazz standards lessons to upgrade your learning experience and work directly on transcribed bass lines and solos on standard as played in a real performance setting

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About

Jazz Bass Academy is an online jazz bass school founded by New York bassist and arranger Gianluca Renzi. It provides structured study paths and private lessons for upright and electric bass players, from beginners to advanced musicians.

Practice Room

Progressive video lessons to build and play your own walking bass lines and solos on jazz standards