The Jazz Piano Book

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Practical explanations about how jazz musicians think and talk about performing. For example, I thought the chapter on "comping" (jazz term for accompanying a singer or soloist) gave a lot insight into how to *think about* doing it, how to listen, how to comp on an unfamiliar tune, etc. The book is also available in Easy and Intermediate versions, and has been published for numerous other jazz instruments. Technique of the Saxophone – Volume Two: Chord Studies by Joe Viola The jazz process has been uncovered in the most comprehensive and welcoming way. Clear-cut, informative and easy to use, Tim Richards has given all comers to this music a way in - go and buy it." - Julian Joseph If you’re looking for a comprehensive and practical guide to jazz piano voicings, look no further than Phil DeGreg’s Jazz Keyboard Harmony. Jazz Keyboard Harmony: A Practical Voicing Method For All Musicians By Phil DeGreg

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fully-transcribed piano solos from Bill Evans. It's an ideal book for any passionate jazz pianist. It's easy on the eye, with chord symbols also included above each measure. Scott Joplin, AKA the'The King of Ragtime'. The composer's music features in multiple issues of Pianist, including the American-special release, which you can get here. Another Berklee College of Music jazz education legend, Alan Dawson taught the likes of Terri Lynne Carrington, Tony Williams and Clifford Jarvis. This book, by one of his former students (and a prominent drummer himself), lays out Dawson’s method and explains how he applied the theories from classic old percussion books to jazz drums. It also includes his famous ‘Rudimental Ritual’. Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer: Coordinated Independence as Applied to Jazz and Be-Bop, Vol. 1 by Jim ChapinFor decades, this two-volume Henle Urtext edition of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas has maintained its status across the globe as the standard edition of reference among pianists. It may bite your wallet a little bit, but it is certainly worth it. Jamey Aebserold is a massive name in jazz education. He has been hosting summer workshops since the 1960s, but is probably best known for his extensive series of books, which offer the student the opportunity to play along with a pre-recorded professional rhythm section. Chapin is known as “the father of jazz independence”, and this 1948 book is a classic of the drum education cannon.

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Joe Viola was a legendary teacher at Berklee College of Music who taught dozens of renowned saxophonists: Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi, Seamus Blake, Jane Ira Bloom and Branford Marsalis, among others. The book fails to comment on any technical aspects of playing, so there is an assumption of proficiency.Many of the works focus on specific skills, e.g; waltz syncopations in Bethenaand extended melodies in Indiana. Each piece comes with a useful description/breakdown of the story behind it. As the title suggests, this is very much about harmony, so don’t expect much information on linear jazz improvising here: this is probably of most use to chordal instruments. Each book contains concert pitch, bass clef, E flat and B flat parts, while the CDs are panned so that the bass or piano parts can easily be removed from the mix, making them useful for nearly all instruments.