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The Jazz Piano Book. For piano. The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published!. Instructional and Jazz. Instructional book (spiral bound). Chord names, instructional text, introductory text and black & white photos. 305 pages. Published by Sher Music Company (SR.JPB).

With chord names, instructional text, introductory text and black & white photos. Instructional and Jazz. 9x11 inches.

Mark Levine, long-time pianist with Cal Tjader, is a Concord Jazz recording artist who has recorded with such jazz greats as Joe Henderson, Camen McRae, Richie Cole, Mark Murphy, Houston Pearson, and many others. Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more!

"One of the best jazz piano books I've ever seen -- very easy to understand."-Kenny Barron

"Unlocks door after door of contemporary jazz piano sounds."-Down Beat

"One of the finest new jazz instruction books. Written by an experienced, professional jazz player, it is practical and unpretentious."-Richie Beirach

"It covers all the bases -- an invaluable resource for any keyboard player."-Jamey Aebersold

"One of the most complete anthologies of jazz piano in recent years."-James Williams

"Applause for one of the truly fine pianists of our time for putting his vast expertise, experience and musicality into book form."-Art Lande

Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more!

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Primo Scatassi

Location: from Boucherville, Québec, CA

Difficulty Level:
Beginner

May 5, 2011

The Jazz Piano Book

is an excellent book, easy to understand even if I speak just a very little english. I am very pleased with my purchase!

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ryanjanus

Location: from Colorado Springs, CO

Difficulty Level:
Beginner

April 20, 2011

The only jazz piano book you'll ever need.

Even for someone like myself who often doesn't recommend learning jazz out of books, I make an exception for this one. I can almost guarantee that if you go through this book AS PRESCRIBED - that means playing all the tunes at the ends of the chapters in all keys...

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Jeremy Boggess

Location: from Whiteland, IN

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

September 28, 2005

I would suggest the Jazz Theory Book 1st

Between his Jazz Piano and Jazz Theory books, Mark Levine has put together almost everything you need to know about playing jazz piano. Since I am still relatively new to jazz, I got both and found that the Jazz Theory book is a little more practical and almost twice as...

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Anonymous

Location: from San Francisco, CA

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

August 27, 2004

This is the Bible

This is the jazz piano theory bible from the man who wrote the jazz theory bible. It is known in the jazz world as THE reference book.

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