Jazz improvisation: contemporary piano styles
A survey of the development of jazz piano from 1950 to the present, with illustrations of left-hand chord voicings, right-hand modes, turnarounds, harmonic distortions, blues, and modal fragments.
Examines the structure of over 50 major performances from the great age of the jazz piano-1936 to 1950-when ragtime gave way to bop. Includes improvisations by Wilson, Tatum, Powell, Shearing, and Silver.
"A collection of keyboard runs for jazz improvization consisting of melodic motifs and phrases over a variety of chords and chord qualities. Includes chord symbols".--Résumé de la notice dérivée.
"This book mainly focuses on the jazz styles from the mid-20th century, and how they were influenced by the blues"--Page 4.
"This book mainly focuses on the jazz styles from the mid-20th century, and how they were influenced by the blues"--Page 4.