Jazz-Blues Piano Book & CD
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$17.95
$17.95
This book is the complete guide to playing jazz-blues piano. Explains how jazz-blues evolved by combining jazz harmony and rhythm with blues melodies and phrasing, from the big band styles of the 1930s through to the fusion styles of the 1970s and beyond. Covers keyboard harmony and voicings, chord progressions, characteristic comping styles, jazz-blues melodies and soloing, and much more.
The play-along CD includes seven complete songs in the style of jazz-blues piano greats such as Gene Harris, Oscar Peterson, and Mose Allison.
Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 42: Left-hand stride & right-hand octaves
- page 56: 12/8 Jump blues-style comping
- page 69: Jazz-blues melody example
- page 87: Jazz-blues bop-style piano etude
See below for audio examples from these sample pages.
The play-along CD includes seven complete songs in the style of jazz-blues piano greats such as Gene Harris, Oscar Peterson, and Mose Allison.
Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 42: Left-hand stride & right-hand octaves
- page 56: 12/8 Jump blues-style comping
- page 69: Jazz-blues melody example
- page 87: Jazz-blues bop-style piano etude
See below for audio examples from these sample pages.