The Jazz Piano Book
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- Author：Mark Levine
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M C Garci
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The only Jazz Piano book you need。
Nathan
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I haven't worked through many music theory books on my own in the past。 In this case， I left it on the piano and read/played through a a couple of pages every day。 There's still a *ton* of practice needed， of course :） I came to this book familiar with probably 75% of the topics it covered （though not always in quite as much detail）， through various jazz piano lessons on and off over the years。 Still， it was really nice to see so many concepts organized in one place。 Sometimes a concept gently s I haven't worked through many music theory books on my own in the past。 In this case， I left it on the piano and read/played through a a couple of pages every day。 There's still a *ton* of practice needed， of course :） I came to this book familiar with probably 75% of the topics it covered （though not always in quite as much detail）， through various jazz piano lessons on and off over the years。 Still， it was really nice to see so many concepts organized in one place。 Sometimes a concept gently stretch my limits （e。g。 a new voicing of the same chord） but other times they went too far over my head。 I'd probably need to read the content more carefully again， practice it， and hear them in context before it would sink in （for me this included things like: drop 2 in minor， some variations on diminished scales， Phyrigian chords）。Anywho， overall a big hit。 I'm glad I finally stepped my way through it！ I'd be excited to put another similar book on the piano and slowly wind my way though it。 。。。more
Nate Bloch
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This book is essential if you're looking to get deeply into jazz。 It's definitely not for beginners， or even beginning jazz students。 But if you've got a few years of jazz piano -- or jazz anything -- experience under your belt then this is a must read。 It's got everything from II-V-Is to rootless voicings to upper structure chords to drop-two voicings。 It's even got a few good licks I've added to my repertoire。 Learn everything in this book and you'll be much farther along in your jazz career t This book is essential if you're looking to get deeply into jazz。 It's definitely not for beginners， or even beginning jazz students。 But if you've got a few years of jazz piano -- or jazz anything -- experience under your belt then this is a must read。 It's got everything from II-V-Is to rootless voicings to upper structure chords to drop-two voicings。 It's even got a few good licks I've added to my repertoire。 Learn everything in this book and you'll be much farther along in your jazz career than you were when you started。 This book came out in 1989 but it's just as relevant as ever。 。。。more
TomBurgess
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Better than any I've come across but still nothing outstanding。 Shows a nice range of examples of the idiosyncrasies of various pianists， with a solid breakdown of theory for beginners and a few things for the more advanced， and gets into the heart of real jazz piano performance better than most books。 Better than any I've come across but still nothing outstanding。 Shows a nice range of examples of the idiosyncrasies of various pianists， with a solid breakdown of theory for beginners and a few things for the more advanced， and gets into the heart of real jazz piano performance better than most books。 。。。more
Gavan Huang
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Picked this book up as a classically trained pianist looking to move into jazz。 This is an extremely difficult book even though it's supposedly introductory。 I was fortunate enough to have knowledge regarding music theory， however， I believe having extensive music knowledge will help significantly。If you are learning to practice harmonization， chord progressions， cadences etc。 Youtube will be more helpful as this is a theory heavy book。 Although I believe learning from Youtube is better for prac Picked this book up as a classically trained pianist looking to move into jazz。 This is an extremely difficult book even though it's supposedly introductory。 I was fortunate enough to have knowledge regarding music theory， however， I believe having extensive music knowledge will help significantly。If you are learning to practice harmonization， chord progressions， cadences etc。 Youtube will be more helpful as this is a theory heavy book。 Although I believe learning from Youtube is better for practising， this is nonetheless a good resource to turn to for intermediates as it does include jazz exercises。 。。。more
Joshua VanCleave
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Play and/or teach jazz piano more than once a month？ You need a copy of this book。 The end。
Carlos Martinez
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Way too difficult for me， but I stuck with it for a few months and learned a lot。
UrbanSmash
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How much is a private lesson with one of the world’s top jazz player-tutor？ What would it cost for twenty lessons， as this book as over twenty chapters and each one is a gold mine for nuggets of jazz playing wisdom。 Although this book teaches piano， I also use it to play other instruments。 For example， instead of only playing piano chords， I also play arpeggios （broken chords） on the Caribbean steel pan drum。 This book is simply invaluable for helping me to play and explore jazz on that instrume How much is a private lesson with one of the world’s top jazz player-tutor？ What would it cost for twenty lessons， as this book as over twenty chapters and each one is a gold mine for nuggets of jazz playing wisdom。 Although this book teaches piano， I also use it to play other instruments。 For example， instead of only playing piano chords， I also play arpeggios （broken chords） on the Caribbean steel pan drum。 This book is simply invaluable for helping me to play and explore jazz on that instrument as well。 When I saw the price of this book， I thought it was expensive。 However， what does a school or university text book cost？ This Jazz Piano Book is so much easier to read than other dry books on music theory。 It’s a real pleasure to read and work through， as one discovers so much。 One of the best investments a budding jazz musician or aficionado can make。 It is without doubt my best book purchase on the subject and one that I refer to again and again as my skills improve。 New insights gained every time。 。。。more
Nicolás Díaz
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Essential and thorough。 Must be read and re-read。
Amanda
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One of the books used for jazz theory and jazz performance。
Leroy Rodriguez
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This is one to return to over and over！ What a great wealth of information on how and why the greats get "that sound"！ This is one to return to over and over！ What a great wealth of information on how and why the greats get "that sound"！ 。。。more
David
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Very good and very dense book dealing with the theory and practices that go into jazz piano。 As a classical musician， I found it challenging but not overwhelming。 That said， it is going to take some careful re-reading， along with applied practice。 I do not recommend this book at all to anyone who is a beginning pianist。 This is best for the pianist accomplished in general technique， who reads music， and wants to explore this genre。
Guido
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Muy buen libro para los que quieran adentrarse en la teoría del jazz。 Requiere un cierto conocimiento previo， lógicamente， pero es bastante accesible。 Es el mejor en su tipo。
Daniel
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i don't really play piano often， its a nice book for reference and framework of jazz harmony but applying it to my instrument can be a bit tricky。 Also a good book for finding great jazz songs although not really its intended purpose ~;） i don't really play piano often， its a nice book for reference and framework of jazz harmony but applying it to my instrument can be a bit tricky。 Also a good book for finding great jazz songs although not really its intended purpose ~;） 。。。more
Rian
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Pretty good book。。。 Gives an OK insight into some of the harmonic， rhythmic and melodic concepts that you will have to wrap your head around if you're entering the Jazz world。 Don't get too caught up on some of the semantics and history because a lot of it isn't 100% accurate （for example， Mark constantly espouses major scale harmony as the best way to learn changes， claiming that the chord tone/non chord tone based approach that Dizzy and Bird used is inferior）。 The listening suggestions are ex Pretty good book。。。 Gives an OK insight into some of the harmonic， rhythmic and melodic concepts that you will have to wrap your head around if you're entering the Jazz world。 Don't get too caught up on some of the semantics and history because a lot of it isn't 100% accurate （for example， Mark constantly espouses major scale harmony as the best way to learn changes， claiming that the chord tone/non chord tone based approach that Dizzy and Bird used is inferior）。 The listening suggestions are exceptional。The book fails to comment on any technical aspects of playing， so there is an assumption of proficiency。 And one last thing - the best thing that this book can't sell you w/r/t jazz is a set of ears。 Honestly， investing in ear training through transcription and aural work will be worth the weight of this book in gold 100 times over。。。 All the secrets are in the music （and the cynic would note that Mark Levine is hardly a world renowned jazz musician）。 But， if you need a solid reference tool， or some suggestions for improvisational concepts that you might not have encountered before， this book is unsurpassed。 。。。more
Morris Nelms
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Best book of its kind。
Mike
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You need this if you're going to teach yourself jazz piano。 You need this if you're going to teach yourself jazz piano。 。。。more
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