ATTENTION Pianists, producers, & composers:

Jazz Piano Techniques for the Modern Musician.

A cutting-edge, proven and optimized method for improvisation, harmony, and reharmonization, designed to make complex ideas actually stick.


Start with the free course:

Does this sound familiar?

  • You’re experiencing information overload — too many videos, courses, products available, but they’re not put together into a single, step-by-step timeline that you can follow with clear goals to check off and track your progress.

  • You’ve tried some resources but they’re just assuming you already know more than you do, making it difficult to absorb.

  • You’re struggling to learn all the theory, and it’s overwhelming — there are always more scales, and chords to learn.

  • You’re “ear training,” but your ears aren’t improving — you're transcribing a whole bunch, learning solo after solo, but they're hard to integrate into your playing, and you don’t feel enough progress.

  • You’re just generally spending hours upon hours trying to improve, but it doesn't seem to be paying off.

Don't worry, we can help!

If you're wondering how I knew to write these little examples above, it's because I've quite literally taught thousands of students who have come to me with these exact issues, among others. My entire teaching system is designed to help you genuinely work through the above issues with clarity, and I've refined it over 15+ years of teaching.

Curriculum

My methods are designed for you if:

-You want to improve your jazz or neo soul piano or theory skills to achieve improvisational clarity and freedom

-You want a clear-cut structure to follow with zero confusion to learn a lifetime's worth skills and techniques for unlimited creative, improvisational freedom with both hands

-You are a producer, composer, or songwriter wanting to open up your process with full creative freedom
-You want to learn any of the following how modern, non-functional Neo Jazz harmony works and how to use it to create your own, juicy chord progressions

-You want to be able to internalize voicings and improvisational material so it sticks and you can reuse it in your own way

Step 1

If you're a complete beginner, Stage 1 of the curriculum will take you step-by-step through everything from learning notes, reading sheet music, understanding rhythms, chords, chord voicings, and beginner improvisation, all with a fun, jazz & improvised music approach.

Step 2

For late-stage beginners, or intermediate pianists starting on jazz, you will learn in the fundamentals of jazz theory and improvisation, clear, simple methods for understanding chord voicings, extensions, chord-scale relationships, inversions, and more.

Step 3

Once you feel your foundation is solid, you're ready for the most life-changing methodology of all, The Neo Jazz Piano method. This will teach you a reusable system for learning improvisation, chord progression building, both "functional" and "non-functional" harmony, and take you all the way to advanced territory.

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YEARS TEACHING

15+

TRUSTED BY

7000+

STUDENTS

WITH

100+

PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIPS

MEET YOUR TEACHER

Hey, I'm Noah

I created the Neo Jazz Academy to focus on helping students achieve their jazz and neo soul piano goals through the application of effective modern methodology. I can't believe I have to say this, but I'm sitting here writing this myself, my words, no AI.

Now, The Neo Jazz Piano Method is a full, 0-100 jazz harmony & improvisation method I developed over 15+ years of teaching students from all around the world online, constantly striving to perfect the way I help students move forward and learning what works best for them.

I honestly don't think you'll find anything quite like my methods anywhere else, and I've worked harder than you can imagine to create a truly all-encompassing system that has successfully helped thousands of students.

My method is based in what I call The 10s Theory. The premise, which I've proven with many students, is this: you don't ever need to know more than 10 of anything to master improvised music. Not 100 voicings, not 100 songs, not 100 licks.

Just 5 starting chords, 2 primary voicing shapes, 10 of your favorite two-hand voicings, 10 chord progressions, and 5 piano techniques. That's a total of just 32 bit-sized chunks of knowledge. Using my system, that's literally ALL you need to open up limitless improvisation. I've seen it with my students time and time again.

So, stop wasting time and let's get to work! Here's more info about the curriculum:

Our Programs

Sheet Music

Our PDFs feature exercises designed by Noah Kellman. Each set of exercises focuses on a specific skillset and helps you pinpoint your technique with that skill. Many of them also include video examples. Some examples include:

 

Harmony Magic, 30 Killer Runs & Arpeggios

and more!

 

Click Here to Check Out the PDF Library:

Video Courses

Noah's video courses are the perfect option for a driven self-learner. They walk you directly through The Neo Jazz Piano Method with a clear, step-by-step path featuring many hours of core video, bonus masterclasses, assignments for each week, PDF resources, and more.

 

Click Below to See The Options:

Private Lessons

For those looking for a middle option, the simple, conventional private lesson structure can work great. While Noah mainly works directly with members of the Mentorship Program, we've got incredible coaches trained in Noah Kellman's methods for you to work with. 

 

Click Below to Learn More About Private Lessons:

Full Mentorship

The Mentorship Program offers you a way to be truly immersed in a personalized high-level educational experience that is designed specifically to help you achieve your goals in as little time as possible.

 

For the serious student who wants to make serious progress.

 

Click Bellow to See If It Would Be a Good Fit:

Not sure which direction is right for you?

Schedule a completely free consult call with one of our team members:

It's a zero-pressure chance to:

-Chat about your goals

-Tell us what's holding you back

-See if any of our programs are a good fit

The Golden Path

The clear-cut, step-by-step curriculum.

  • Start from your level: then simply follow the curriculum in easy, linear order for maximum improvement and to eliminate all confusion.

  • Know which resources to use when, and in what order to practice everything, with excellent assignments to help you move forward, perfect each skill, and track your progress.

STEP 1 - From 0 to Improv - For Complete Piano Beginners

Anyone truly CAN improv, as long as they put in a little time. If you're a complete beginner, this is an easy place to start. This first stage takes you step-by-step from not knowing anything about the piano, to understanding the notes, scales, rhythm, sheet music, chords, "voicings," and ultimately improvisation itself. It includes course videos to guide you, as well as written resources and assignments, so you'll always know exactly what to work on.

Start with Anyone Can Improv! by clicking here

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STEP 2 - Jazz Foundations - For Getting Started With Jazz

Stage 2 includes a series of excellent resources (including multiple video courses and PDF resources) that will take you from basic piano knowledge, all the way to having a rock solid fundamental foundation of jazz harmony and improvisation. You'll learn voicings, extensions, how to approach improvisation, improvising over both an F Blues and a Jazz Standard, as well as some of the core pieces of the 10s system— how you can easily understand ALL jazz harmony starting with just 5 chords, and the only two voicing shapes you need to play literally any jazz standard at a semi-professional level.

Start with Jazz Foundations by clicking here

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STEP 3 - The Neo Jazz Piano Method - Go From Early Intermediate to Fully Advanced

Step 3 takes you from late-beginner or early intermediate, all the way to complete PRO-level piano skill and knowledge in 12 weeks, all using The Neo Jazz Piano Method — a repeatable process that you can use to master literally any song. A big part of this step is built into my Jazz Piano Secrets course. Over a thousand students have taken this course in the past when I offered it by itself, and have given me the feedback that the knowledge in this course alone has lasted them years. In the membership, combine all that with further resources and you're well on your way to becoming an advanced level harmony and improvisational master.

Step 3 includes not only core videos, but many resources, and importantly a ton of ear training material as well, which is crucial to the learning process. You'll find unique ear training methods I've never seen taught anywhere else, and they're all structured in as part of the course material so again, it's clear what to work on when.

Other subjects covered include Reharmonization, Voicing Mastery Methods, a repeatable improvisation system you can use for any song or progression, left hand voicings, and more.

Assignments will keep you on track, and give you excellent goal posts so you can see just how much you've accomplished.

Start with Jazz Piano Secrets by clicking here

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STEP 4 - Sonic Fuel - Add Slick Licks and Harmony With Specific Exercises

In Step 4, you build up a huge set of gorgeous ear candy that you can pull out whenever you're playing, composing, performing, or producing. You'll learn modern chord progressions and voicings, solo piano techniques, and professional licks of various styles. In this stage, you will get deeper, learning Stride Piano, increasing the size and complexity of your voicing toolbox, learn a whole expansion of styles for improvisation, like licks for Blues, Modal Jazz, Intervallic Licks, Pentatonics, and more.

In resources like "25 Slick Neo Jazz Progressions," you also go through a whole slew of beautiful chord progressions that will expand your not only your harmonic knowledge, but also give you stunning starting points for compositions and beats.

Check out the Sheet Music Store here

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STEP 5 - The Elite Level - Go From Advanced to World Class

At this point, you're a Pro. BUT, there's more to go if you want to legitimately become of the of the best pianists out there, with the knowledge that the skills you have are not shared by many.

In Step 5, we expand your creativity 10x, not through more vocabulary, but through learning invaluable techniques like two-hand improvisation methods, ultimate hand separation, learning to truly hear interesting dissonances and "play out" with real confidence and purpose, and more.

You'll also dive into advanced ear training techniques that will take your ears to a point where you can hear practically any lick or chord progression out there in existence.

If you complete this step, you'll have skills making you one of the most advanced pianists I've ever taught. You will quite literally be amongst the modern piano elite. All you have to do to get there is follow the path, take it step by step, and be consistent.

Start with Jazz Piano EVOLUTIONS by clicking here

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STEP 6 - Sonic Icing - PRO Reharmonization & High-Level Vocabulary

At this point, you're ready for the ICING on the cake, the final flourish. I'll teach you advanced reharmonization, gorgeous harmonic sequences, and more advanced, surprising tricks that will give you the polish and spontaneity of the best players in the world.

I'll take you through my entire Real-Time Reharmonization System, which will teach you the skills you need to pull off those sonically stunning harmony shifts right on the fly as you're playing. I'll also teach you a series of gorgeous, surprising chord progression tricks that you can use for composition and improvisation. And more! At this point, you're one of the best, just absorbing more and more incredible icing, tricks, secrets and building yourself up as one of the best of the planet.

Check out Reharm & Resolution Mastery here

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So are you ready to get started?

Master
Jazz Piano With Proven

Modern Techniques

Learn improvisation, harmony, voicings, and reharmonization — and unlock the skills to teach yourself for life with The Neo Jazz Piano Method, a step-by-step system designed by Noah Kellman.

Start with the free course:

WHAT WE DO

It's time to level-up.

Extended Harmony

Jazz Theory Fundamentals & Beyond: How to develop a full understanding of voicing extensions and their use in non-functional harmony

Voicing Elasticity

A series of learning techniques that give you full "range of motion" with your voicings so that they can be used in any context, including reharmonization (not just in one spot in one tune)

Reharmonization

This includes both "pre-reharmonizing" a song before performing it, and real-time reharm techniques, for learning how to reharmonize on-the-spot

The Neo Jazz Piano Method

A full 360 degree method which you can use over and over to learn and master literally any song or chord progression.

Courses

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go FROM absolute beginner to among the best in the world

one step at a time — as long as you're ready to practice.

Choose a Course

ANYONE CAN IMPROV!

$97 or $15/m

BEGINNER

  • The perfect starter course, for a complete piano beginner

  • Learn to:

    • Read Notes

    • Understand Chords

    • Improvise Songs

  • Access to Gold Community and Gold Live Streams for asking questions and getting help

7-day refund policy

MORE DETAILS BELOW

JAZZ PIANO SECRETS

$497

or 12 x $47

INTERMEDIATE

  • Learn the Neo Jazz Piano Method: A complete step-by-step system for mastering jazz & neo soul piano

  • Access to Gold Q&A / Masterclasses

  • Bonus PDFs, exercises, and masterclasses:

    • Killer Ear Training Accelerator

    • How to Structure Your Practice Routine

7-day refund policy

MORE DETAILS BELOW

JAZZ PIANO EVOLUTIONS

$497

or 12 x $47

ADVANCED

  • Learn Noah's most advanced techniques for world-class skill

  • Advanced ear training techniques like you've never tried before

  • Learn to "play out" with full confidence

  • Develop unstoppable hand independence and two-hand improvisational freedom

7-day refund policy

MORE DETAILS BELOW

Choose The Option That Suits You

With this membership, I'll show you can go from absolute beginner to among the best in the worldone step at a time, with a personalized structure — as long as you're ready to practice.

Annual Billing (Save 10%)

Tier 1

$ 15

Per Month

Level 1

Membership

Includes:

One 1h+ LIVE Q&A sesh with Noah per month - Noah will personally answer your questions and do his best to get to everyone’s questions

One 1h+ LIVE Q&A sesh with Noah per month - Noah will personally answer your questions and do his best to get to everyone’s questions - submit videos of your playing for group feedback

Access to Some Community Channels

Access to mini courses

Access to entry level courses

Silver

$ 47

Per Month

Level 2

Membership

Includes:

Everything in Tier 1

PLUS

Access to The Golden Path

Separate live Q&As with Noah for top two tiers - Gold Streams

Access to an ADDITIONAL LIVE group zoom master class most weeks with chances for feedback and Q&A

Access to Gold Masterclass Archive!

Access to one group ear training session each week to consistently bolster your skills

Exclusive high-value Jazz Lab podcast clips - reserved for ONLY members

You also get to submit your questions beforehand to upcoming Jazz Lab guests!

Gold

$ 100

Per Month

Level 3

Membership

Includes:

Everything in Tier 2

PLUS

Limited Space Available - 20 total spots

Personalized practice routine updated every 2 weeks

Highest priority of questions answered at Q&A sessions

1 Personalized Video Feedback / Questions Answered Video from Noah every month

Bronze

$ 147

Annually

10% Bonus

Level 1

Membership

Access my FULL library
of sheet music!

Includes:

Harmony Magic Sample Pack

Modern Piano Voicing Dictionary

25 Slick Neo Jazz Progressions

20 Sick Modern Jazz Piano Licks

VOLUMES I & II

Detuned Piano Sample Pack

30 Sick Runs and Arpeggios

20 Killer Stride Piano Exercises

And a lot more...

Silver

$ 497

Annually

20% Bonus

Level 2

Membership

Access to EVERYTHING
in Level 1

PLUS

Join an exclusive musician community

Download exclusive masterclasses

Join me LIVE weekly!

Gold

$ 997

Annually

50% Bonus

Level 3

Membership

Access to EVERYTHING
in Level 2

PLUS

Gain access to ALL high ticket courses:

Jazz Piano Secrets

Reharm & Resolution Mastery

Jazz Piano Evolutions

Jazz Foundations

And more...

MY FUN & CLEAR BEGINNER COURSE

From 0 to Improv

Anyone Can Improv! is a concise, beginner-friendly video course that guides absolute piano beginners from zero to basic chord progression and melodic improvisation at the piano.

Crafted for clarity and skill-building, this course distills modern improvisation essentials into accessible, bite-sized lessons—perfect for players who want to go from hesitant to expressive with ease.

MY FLAGSHIP NEO JAZZ COURSE

Rise to Pro-Level

Jazz Piano Secrets is Noah Kellman’s flagship 12-week video course built around his Neo Jazz Piano Method, designed to transform early intermediate pianists into confident, modern improvisers.

It offers 7+ hours of focused instruction, weekly assignments, and bonus resources like the Ear Training Accelerator, Practice Routine Masterclass, and deep-dive Q&A archives for ongoing support.

Enrollees also unlock access to exclusive community channels and live streams, reinforcing learning through interaction and accountability

my MOST ADVANCED, ELITE-LEVEL COURSE EXPERIENCE

Develop World-Class Skills

Jazz Piano EVOLUTIONS is my most high-level, ground-breaking course, designed for intermediate-plus to advanced pianists. It helps you break free from cliché improvisational techniques and mundane habits, to instead tap into fresh, modern expression and creativity.

The whole point is that if you simply work through this course, you will learn techniques shared only by the most world-class pianists on earth.

We use unique, effective ways to teach you how to "play out," create absolutely gorgeous and surprising piano textures, and also develop full improvisational freedom with both hands.

TOP-LEVEL OFF-THE-CUFF HARMONY

Real-Time Reharmonization

Master the art of real‑time reharmonization with a clear, step-by-step system built around Resolution Formulas that help you swap in unexpected, beautiful chord resolutions with confidence and musicality.

This concise, actionable course covers:

-Resolution Formulas – Understand how and why non-functional chord progressions work, and build your ear for stunning new resolutions.

-Reharmonization Formulas – Explore sequential and diatonic formula methods for creatively transforming progressions.

-Real-Time Techniques – Train your hands and ears with exercises in harmonizing moving bass lines and applying melodic pattern voicings on the fly.

More About My Courses

Video Courses

30+ hours of step by step video instruction and guidance. It all follows one, simple linear path. No confusion, no overwhelm. Just choose the course that best fits your level, follow the path, and you're practically guaranteed to make incredible progress as long as you put in the work.

Specialized Exercises

The Sheet Music store has a whole wealth of exercises in PDF form, often with video examples, with hundreds of exercises, improvisation vocabulary, licks in different styles, gorgeous piano voicings, neo jazz progressions, hand independence exercises, and more.

Proven Systems

Students have been using my systems for years with really fantastic results. The video courses give you extremely clear, step-by-step processes to follow that can be repeated for an unlimited amount of songs, giving you skills that will be useful for the rest of your life.

Game-Changing Ear Training

I've spent years designing unique exercises for students with various strengths and weaknesses when it comes to their ears. It turned into one of the most cutting-edge, advanced ear training systems out there. You'll find it organized throughout the courses so you can progress with ease and clarity.

Gold Live Streams

This is one of the most priceless elements of membership — you get to actually interface with us and the other students live. Bring your questions, your playing or recordings for feedback, and receive face-to-face help. We will sometimes also do masterclasses about essential subjects, like reharmonization, triad pairs, upper structures, polychords, voicings, and more.

Community

We have an incredible community of some of the most dedicated students you'll ever meet, and some of the best teachers on the planet. We're all working together on harmony, improv, production, composition, and more, and once you're part of the community, you get to be a part of that feedback, sharing your playing, music, getting questions answered, and learning about music.

Sheet Music & PDFs w/ Examples

Are These Materials Worth It?

Music School: $100k

You could spend $50-100,000 for a degree that won't get you a job. Imagine where you could be if you took most of that money and put it directly into your career.

Private Lessons:

Usually around $100 per lesson, so $400 per month, $4800 per year. Lessons with the right teacher are well worth it, which is why we offer

NJA: $47/month

For just $47 per month, you can get access to a clear, proven curriculum to follow for going from any level all the way to being one of the best jazz / neo soul pianists in the world.

Ready to get started?

TESTIMONIALS

What others are saying

"So JPS... this program from Noah is a very clever distillation of highly-effective MO's for evolving all kinds of wherewithall concerning voicings, developing capacities for hearing harmony, for soloing, and a list of other specific talents that all of us are after."

“There’s an old expression: ‘Those who can, play. Those who can’t, teach.’ That’s not really fair to teachers or players. Noah Kellman is that rare individual who can do both, and they feed on each other... Highly recommend this course by Noah, and in fact, any of this other materials.”

"I think one of the biggest things that sets Noah apart from all the other teachers and jazz piano courses out there is that he teaches you how to integrate it into your playing, and that's often overlooked by so many other courses. Which is why his Jazz Piano Secrets course is the perfect course, and just working with Noah is the best thing I've ever done."

"I've been struggling to learn jazz piano on my own using random YouTube videos and some books. I think the struggle was because I was not able to connect the dots, and Noah's Jazz Piano Secrets course felt like a revelation to me because it helped me with connecting the dots... and I think I will never again run out of practice material..."

You've Got 3 Options

  • You can leave this page and stay where you are now...

  • You can go try to learn everything on your own and most likely get frustrated and overwhelmed due to the lack of a clear system...

  • Or, you can enroll in our academy and guarantee that if you do the minimum work on your assignments, you will drastically increase your improvisational ability, voicing vocabulary, knowledge of music theory, ability to reharmonize, and more — which will all translate directly into your confidence for performing, creating, and composing.

So Are You Ready to Improve?

STILL NOT SURE?

Frequently Asked Questions

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Question 1: How are your methods different from the competition?

This is a really valid question, because I personally have lots of friends out there who are really talented and also have educational materials online. That said, if you've seen any of my videos you know my teaching style. I work incredibly hard to break down the concepts you need into digestible, clear formats, that are not only easy to understand, but also to internalize. I also do my best not to miss those crucial little details and tips that can hold you back without you even realizing.

How do I pull off education of the highest quality? Because I've produced over 400 educational videos online, had literally thousands of people in my courses, and received feedback and requests from students for over 15 years now. My methods are creative, modern, organized, unified, and clear. You also know you're learning from someone who can back it all up with his actual playing.

We aren't coming at teaching from a closed off jazz perspective. These methods are designed for students with interests in applying their new skills to composition, music production, song-writing, film scoring, and game-scoring. My teaching methods will give you freedom, so you can sit down on any song, or to compose on the spot, and move around voicings, play with the harmony, create different emotions, all with ease and creativity. This is jazz piano teaching, but designed and built for the modern applications, with all the years of jazz education that came before built into the methodology, and a modern polish with new techniques and concepts to make the learning experience organized and efficient. It's made for the age of endless information and musicians wearing multiple hats.

And finally, I'm running a small business. I try to stay humble, approachable, and do my best to treat absolutely everyone with humility and respect. The same is true for everyone that works with me, or as part of this academy. They are incredible teachers, with tons of experience, and are equally importantly incredible people.

Question 2: What's the refund policy?

The first time you sign up for a course, you have 7 days to try it out and request a refund. Please note that this only applies for full video courses. Sheet music and PDF resources cannot be returned after purchase.

Question 3: Do you teach private lessons?

There are incredible options available for personalized guidance. I have a small team of wonderful teachers who have been working with me for years. If you want to work with me directly, there is also an option for that called The Mentorship Program, and I just accept a few students at a time.

To learn more, click the "Personalized Guidance" tab up above.

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