This uniquely organized book & cassette tape method is guaranteed to unlock the improvisational skills of pianists aspiring to play jazz. Designed as a college text & also for private study, The Aspiring Jazz Pianist benefits anyone who knows basic piano technique & the rudiments of music reading. This is one improvisation method that requires no previous knowledge of jazz or music theory. Its unique approach explains these concepts in a clearly organized manner! The advanced student is challenged with extra credit assignments. The Aspiring Jazz Pianist is designed for the instructor's ease with weekly assignments, exams, & suggestions for further study recommending tunes, books, artists, & recordings to supplement. This method will build the student's confidence by having them create their own music & sound great the very first lesson. Fun & idiomatic arranging devices are introduced, such as swing, bass, walking bass, boogie-woogie, Latin styles, the "new age" sound, & sophisticated chord voicings. This book reveals how to interpret lead sheets & "fake books", & importantly teaches the difference between playing solo piano versus playing in a combo. The handy cassette tape demonstrates the book's techniques, & provides a play-along rhythm section for combo practice. Jazz pianist & author Debbie Denke has field tested the Aspiring Jazz Pianist for ten y ears, proving this method accessible & beneficial to teachers & students alike.

Jazz Works is a beginning jazz piano method created for the classically trained pianist who plays and reads on the intermediate level. Concepts and skills are presented through example and explanation in each chapter. Practice exercises prepare the player to apply the new skills to the tunes included in each chapter. Pieces are presented in lead sheet format: melody lines with alphabet chord symbols. Accompaniment tracks for most exercises and all tunes are recorded on the 2 CDs included and are also available separately in General MIDI Disk format.

For an aspiring jazz instrumentalist, playing piano is one of the most important skills for developing a jazz vocabulary. Bob Mintzer is a renowned jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, educator and member of the group, the Yellowjackets. His new book is designed for the instrumentalist who is not an accomplished piano player but wants to acquire basic jazz piano skills and jazz vocabulary. The book includes etudes that make players aware of the sound, texture, cause, effect and function of jazz chords and harmony. The 22 piano etudes feature a variety of styles, tempos, chord progressions and a the book also includes a chord voicing glossary. Mintzer offers a practical guide with a realistic approach.

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(Musicians Institute Press). This one-on-one lesson with Musicians Institute instructor Peter Deneff features 50 exercises for the beginning to intermediate level pianist, covering: bebop lines * chord symbols * chord voicings * melodic and harmonic exercises * musical and useful melodic patterns * swing 8ths * and more. Makes a good warmup!

Jazz Piano Fundamentals (Book 2) is master-teacher Jeremy Siskind’s welcoming, clear, and detailed guide to intermediate jazz piano study. Jazz Piano Fundamentals (Book 2) guides intermediate jazz students through six months (or more) of jazz piano instruction by providing clear, thoughtful, and progressive lessons, improvisation exercises, rote exercises, written exercises, listening guides, transcription projects, and practice plans. Every unit includes frequently asked questionsand exclusive video content to ensure that all subjects are presented clearly and with sufficient depth. Subjects include scale patterns, improvising with non-chord tones, improvising in minor keys, motivic development, advanced comping styles, closed-position and drop two voicings, shout-chorus voicings, rhythm changes, playing intros and endings, shell voicings, ballad playing, walking basslines, upper structures, and much more. In the five guided transcription projects, students are coached through completing their own transcriptions of solos by Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Illinois Jacquet, Horace Silver, and Bud Powell. Then, they are shown how to assimilate elements of these masters’ styles into their own improvisations. This book is designed to be used in conjunction with The Real Book, Volume 6. Praise for Jazz Piano Fundamentals, Book 1 “I love this book - and plan on using it in at my own school. A must for any beginning jazz piano student!” - Martin Bejerano, jazz pianist/composer and professor, Frost School of Music, University of Miami "Jeremy Siskind's book creates a methodology and answers questions in a way that I have almost never seen done in a jazz educational tome. He breaks down the practice of improvisation to its smallest building blocks, and is careful to relate each lesson to real-life examples from the jazz canon....This book will be excellent for jazz beginners, players of other instruments who wish to bone up on their piano skills, and advanced improvisers may find ways to fill in gaps in their skill sets " - Mark Shilansky, pianist/composer, professor, Berklee College of Music “Jeremy’s book is a reflection on who he is as a pianist - a true artist who has done his homework. Behind the meticulous attention to detail is a respect for jazz tradition and a desire to help pianists explore their own creativity.” - Aimee Nolte, jazz pianist/vocalist and YouTube Star “Jeremy's book is not only perfect to start this wonderful journey called Jazz Piano, but also one to come back to... Thank you!!” - Otmaro Ruiz, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and professor, UCLA