Piano Styles of 23 Pop Masters Book (With Audio)

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This book shows you how to play the piano styles of today's rock, pop and jazz pianists. You'll play along with a rhythm section as you get inside the styles of twenty-three iconic performers such as Billy Joel, Ray Charles, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Alicia Keys, and many others. Signature comping approaches and rhythms are presented for each artist, as well as soloing/improvisation examples. This book/audio combo is a unique resource for all keyboard players! (Online audio access is included).

This book focuses on the piano styles of the following artists:
- Sara Bareilles
- David Benoit
- Jonathan Cain
- Ray Charles
- Jamie Cullum
- George Duke
- Ben Folds
- Herbie Hancock
- Bruce Hornsby
- Bob James
- Billy Joel
- Elton John
- Norah Jones
- Alicia Keys
- Chuck Leavell
- Jeff Lorber
- Paul McCartney
- Michael McDonald
- Sarah McLachlan
- David Paich
- Billy Preston
- Joe Sample
- Stevie Wonder

This book also includes a summary of all the main piano and harmonic techniques used in the examples, together with cross-references to our other instruction books for further reading as desired.

Click on the sample pages below the front cover, then hover over each page to zoom in:
- Contents page
- page 24: Style of Ray Charles
- page 38: Style of George Duke
- page 51: Style of Herbie Hancock
- page 120: Style of Michael McDonald

See below for audio examples from these sample pages.