Contemporary Jazz Piano Book (With Audio)
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This book is the complete guide to playing contemporary jazz piano. Covers contemporary jazz sub-styles such as jazz-funk, smooth jazz, ECM-style jazz, new age jazz, acid jazz and nu jazz (or "jazztronica"). Includes keyboard harmony and voicings, rhythmic concepts, chord progressions and comping, solo playing, history and development of jazz styles, and much more.
The play-along CD includes seven complete tunes in the styles of contemporary jazz piano icons such as Russell Ferrante, Joe Sample and Herbie Hancock.
Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 39: Jazz-funk comping (Chick Corea style)
- page 59: 'New Age' Jazz comping (Acoustic Alchemy style)
- page 72: Pop-Jazz soloing (David Benoit style)
- page 90: ECM-style modern jazz etude
See below for audio examples from these sample pages.
(Although this book includes a section on smooth jazz, there are no music examples duplicated between this book and our Smooth Jazz Piano book).
The play-along CD includes seven complete tunes in the styles of contemporary jazz piano icons such as Russell Ferrante, Joe Sample and Herbie Hancock.
Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 39: Jazz-funk comping (Chick Corea style)
- page 59: 'New Age' Jazz comping (Acoustic Alchemy style)
- page 72: Pop-Jazz soloing (David Benoit style)
- page 90: ECM-style modern jazz etude
See below for audio examples from these sample pages.
(Although this book includes a section on smooth jazz, there are no music examples duplicated between this book and our Smooth Jazz Piano book).