Why is Analyzing Jazz Standards Helpful for Improvisation?

Welcome to episode 255 where today I'm sharing a short excerpt from a recent live Q&A call I had with my LJS Inner Circle members that answers the question: why is analyzing jazz standards helpful for improvisation? I discuss two aspects that make analysis helpful for the learning process and why it's worth spending some time doing.There are many ways to go about learning jazz standards and memorizing them and also improvising over them. And one way that people like to start learning jazz...