Jazz - Instruction for Piano/Keyboard

Denes Agay - An Introduction to Playing Boogie, Blues and Jazz - Includes boogie patterns, Skip to My Boogie, Five Finger Stomp, Lazy Afternoon, more. 32 pages .....$7.95msYK21734-01+250

Alfred's Jazz/Rock Course

Tom Andrews - Jazz Piano Comping from the Top - For the Beginning Jazz Improvisor. Introduces jazz piano playing from the very beginning: chord symbols, comping. This book will get any player started understanding the musical idiom .....$14.95 Hal Leonard 00030036-01

Noah Baerman - Beginning Jazz Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop book .....$9.95 alfred 17854-06
Noah Baerman - Beginning Jazz Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop Book & COMPACT DISC .....$20.95 alfred 17855-06
Noah Baerman - Beginning Jazz Keyboard Bk & DVD - Book and 45 minute step-by-step DVD .....$25.95 alfred 22619-05+
Noah Baerman - Beginning Jazz Keyboard DVD - 45 minute step-by-step DVD .....$19.95 alfred 22618DVD-05+

Noah Baerman - Intermediate Jazz Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop book .....$9.95 alfred 17857-07
Noah Baerman - Intermediate Jazz Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop Book & COMPACT DISC .....$20.95 alfred 17858-02

Noah Baerman - Mastering Jazz Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop book .....$9.95 alfred
Noah Baerman - Mastering Jazz Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop book & COMPACT DISC .....$20.95 alfred 17861-08

Noah Baerman - Jazz Keyboard Harmony - voicings, chord progressions, extended and altered chords, substitutions, reharmonization, transposing .....$10.95 alfred 19413-01
Noah Baerman - Jazz Keyboard Harmony - voicings, chord progressions, extended and altered chords, substitutions, reharmonization, transposing - book & COMPACT DISC.....$20.95 alfred 19414-01

Baumgartner: Jazzabilities Book 1 - Logical Jazz Studies ..printed music...$6.95 willis 12550 Hal Leonard 00406699-02+313
Baumgartner: Jazzabilities Book 1 - Book & CD - Logical Jazz Studies by Eric Baumgartner .....$16.90 willis 12687 Hal Leonard 00406830-04+313
Baumgartner: Jazzabilities Book 2 - Logical Jazz Studies ..printed music...$6.95 willis 12623 Hal Leonard -02+313
Baumgartner: Jazzabilities Book 2 - Book & CD - Logical Jazz Studies by Eric Baumgartner .....$16.90 willis 12703 Hal Leonard -04+313
Baumgartner: Jazzabilities Book 3 - Logical Jazz Studies ..printed music...$6.95 willis 12624 Hal Leonard -02+313

Best of Jazz Piano - A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Piano Styles & Techniques of Bill Evans, Errol Garner, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Ahmad Jamal, & Others - Contents: Caravan, How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky), I'll Remember April, In A Sentimental Mood, It's Only A Paper Moon, No Moon At All, On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever), Satin Doll, Speak Low, Stompin' At The Savoy, Take The 'A' Train, Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away), St. Louis Blues, Come Rain Or Come Shine, There Is No Greater Love - Book & CD ....$19.95 Hal Leonard 00695763-07

Bill Boyd - Think Jazz Piano Method - A complement to any piano method. Introduces several jazz, rock & blues styles through improvisation and elementary level compositions that emphasize interpretation .....$10.95 Hal Leonard 00290417-01

Tom Brislin - 30 Day Keyboard Workout An Exercise Plan for Keyboardists: great exercises to practice in all keys. Good preparation for transposition .....$9.95 alfred 18511-06

Brian Chung & Dennis Thurmond - Improvisation at the Piano - A systematic approach for the classically trained pianist - 225 pages - (2007 Alfred Pub.) .....$39.95 Alfred 26255-08+417

Ann Collins - Jazz Works - Beginning Jazz Techniques for Intermediate-to-Advanced pianists - bridges the gap between traditional piano study and advanced jazz instruction - excellent choice with less history and pictures than the Konowitz books, but solid music - uses "standard" club songs as examples - BOOK & 2 COMPACT DISCS .....$24.95 alfred 18785-00
Ann Collins - Jazz Works - 2 MIDI DISKS .....$14.95 alfred 18544-06

Bill Cunliffe - Jazz Inventions for Keyboard - 50 etudes that will improve the way you play jazz - COMPACT DISC included - (2005 Alfred Pub.) .....$19.95 alfred 22695-05
Bill Cunliffe - Jazz Keyboard Toolbox (the Nuts and Bolts Guide to Learning Jazz Keyboard) - COMPACT DISC included (Alfred Pub.) .....$14.95 alfred 19364-00

Alex Darqui - Four Semesters Plus: Jazz and Popular Studies - First Semester - For Piano and All Instruments - A concise, comprehensive and innovative approach to playing jazz and popular music which may be used by beginning, intermediate or advanced pianists. If you already have basic skills, a teacher may not be necessary. Rather than presenting different arrangements to be played and imitated, this method establishes a technical foundation, with progressive scale and chord exercises that give the pianist understanding of jazz theory and harmony. All major and minor keys are mastered through scales and four-note system exercises. First Semester studies include Blues scales, major key Turnarounds, seventh/ninth chords, 13th chords, flat 9ths and 13ths and more, presented in weekly lessons. Music for the suggested practice pieces needs to be obtained separately, or different selections may be utilized. Regardless of your choice of individual songs, if this method is practiced, you will improve your playing skills and acquire a more professional style and sound. Alex Darqui is a gifted classical and jazz pianist who has been playing gigs in South Florida for over 35 years. He has accompanied many internationally known stars, performed solo and with numerous bands. Alex recorded on his friend Jaco Pastorius' 1976 Epic Records release. Since 1982 he has taught jazz piano to South Florida college students, while continuing to perform and record .....$37.95 Darqui 00401-06

Alex Darqui - Four Semesters Plus: Jazz and Popular Studies - Second Semester - For Piano and All Instruments - A concise, comprehensive and innovative approach to playing jazz and popular music which may be used by beginning, intermediate or advanced pianists. Continues to establish a strong technical foundation in all keys. This sixteen-week Second Semester program includes melodic minor scales and four note harmony systems (traditional and straight); minor pentatonic scales; cycle of 5ths studies; major, minor, diminished and augmented polychord studies; suspended 4ths studies; dominant 7th studies, 9th chords omitting 5ths but adding 13ths; more. Reference topics include Western Musical Heritage, Jazz History, Piano History, Rhythmic Modes, Musical Notation, Intervals, Tempo, Dynamics, Key Signatures, Spiral of Natural Untempered 5ths, Circle of Tempered 5ths, Modes, much more. Scales, harmony systems and studies are clearly written out and easy to read. Ample space is provided for homework exercises. Extra studies allow you to develop extended harmonies and altered chords, pentatonic and whole tone scales, major and minor poly chords with inversions, suspensions, cadences and more. Plus biographical information and original compositions by Alex Darqui. Adherence to this method will improve your playing skills and enhance your sound dramatically! .....$39.95ad00402-02

Dryden, Jon - Pro Keyboardist's Handbook - The Pro Keyboardist's Handbook - Tips and Tools to Survive as a Working Keyboardist by Jon Dryden. Includes advice on joining a band, rehearsing, getting gigs, touring, songwriting and arranging , technique, choosing keyboard sounds, avoiding injuries, more. Includes chapters on "Choosing Your Equipment" (keyboards, samplers, modules, amplification), "Creating a MIDI Setup" (pedals & effects, more), "Making Money as a Keyboard Player," (studio recording), "Playing in Different Styles," (suggested repertoire, soloing, working with vocalists, ear training) and much more! (National Keyboard Workshop Book) .....$9.95 a19428-01
Dryden, Jon - Pro Keyboardist's Handbook - tips & tools to survive as a working keyboardist (National Keyboard Workshop Book) - Book & COMPACT DISC .....$19.95 a19429-01

Easy Soloing for Blues Keyboard, Book and CD - Lessons for Beginning Improvisers by Tricia Woods - Features: easy step-by-step approach to soloing; Licks and tricks for different blues styles; emphasis on listening; backing tracks to solo over; all music examples included on CD - (1/08 2008 Alfred Pub.) .....16.95 Alfred 28252-07+608,417,534

Lee Evans - How to Play Chord Symbols in Jazz and Popular Music Preparation for playing fakebook leadsheets and understanding popular sheet music chord symbols.....$12.95HL00009080-08+254,417

William T. Eveleth - Blues, Jazz & Rock Riffs for Keyboards - Practical approach to improvising through a system of patterns in a traditional blues style. Much popular music has roots in blues: jazz, rock, R&B, gospel, soul, pop. Compilation of actual licks, riffs, turnaround phrases, embellishments and basic patterns that define good piano blues and can be used as a basis for players to explore and create their own style .....$9.95HL00221028-01

Easing Into Jazz - Jazz Originals & Improvisations to Standard Changes By Noreen Lienhard. For intermediate to advanced piano students - (2007 Ekay Pub.) .....$14.95 Alfred 50-985754-07+1

Essentials of Jazz Theory Complete: Book and 3 CD's - by Shelton G. Berg - (2005 Alfred Pub.) .....$35.95 alfred 20812-07+533,1

Jazz Hanon (EFS 223) - Graded etudes and progressive exercises for developing strength, facility, and necessary techniques in jazz piano styles. Included are elements of jazz harmony, chromatic alterations, voicing, swing, bebop, and a chord symbol appendix. 78 pages .....$12.95msAM27418-05

Keith Hatschek - How to Get a Job in the Music and Recording Industry - Berklee Press. Advice and secrets to educate and empower the serious job seeker in the music industry. Includes details on job prospects in new media, resource directory of key publication and top industry trade organizations, interviews with pros revealing how they got their start, networking tips, more .....$24.95 HL50449505-01

How to Play Chord Symbols in Jazz and Popular Music.....$10.95 HL00009080-99

Jazz, Blues Boogie & Swing for Piano - Intermediate/Advanced Piano. Features original arrangements of "Fats" Waller, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, Albert mmons, Pete Johnson, Count Basie, Clarence Williams, Jay McShann, Billy Kyle, and Zez Confrey. Complete with notes on the different styles .....$14.95HL00129210-01

Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes & Pieces for Piano - Oscar Peterson .....$9.95 Hal Leonard 00311225-07

Jazz Piano Handbook - Book and CD - by Michele Weir - If you’re a jazz singer or instrumentalist and don’t already have basic skills in jazz piano: now is the time! Piano skills are the gateway to understanding chords and progressions, checking lead sheets for accuracy, learning new tunes, arranging, writing your own tunes, becoming a better improviser and so on. This book outlines an easy step-by-step process for learning basic jazz piano in just six months - (2/08 2008 Alfred Pub.) .....$22.95 Alfred 00-26926-08+608

Jazz Riffs for Piano - Riffs and patterns in the styles of great jazz pianists - Mitch Kerper .....$12.95msAM21502-05

John Kember - Progressive Jazz Studies for Piano Level 1 Faber Music - Elementary-Early Intermediate. A Great new collection of 27 carefully graded original jazz studies covering standard techniques such as swing rhythm, anticipation, syncopation, chord sequences, walking bass lines and more.
.....$11.95 alfred 12-0571515827-06
John Kember - Progressive Jazz Studies for Piano Level 2 .....$11.95 alfred 12-0571515835-06

John Kember - The Jazz Piano Master - Jazz Techniques Through Pieces and Studies - Faber Music. Repertoire pieces and studies teach playing techniques encountered by the developing jazz pianist. Close voicing, cross rhythms, off-beat rhythms, blues variation and the sequence of sevenths are tackled in tandem with an enticing repertoire of all-time favorites (Autumn Leaves, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, I Wish, Isn't She Lovely, My Favorite Things, Your Song) and Kember original compositions. Designed as a follow-up to Progressive Jazz Studies or as a self-contained repertoire study book .....$15.95faber/a-04.

Bert Konowitz - Blues & Jazz Complete - Dr. Bert Konowitz, Professor of Music, Teachers College,Columbia University. A broad-based approach for acoustic piano and electric keyboard(intermediate level). Examples are original compositions in the keys of C, G and F, major,minor and modal, which illustrate the basics of Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Latin, Boogie, PopBallad, Rock, and Fusion. Includes basic Blues and Jazz scales, 7th chords, ii-V and I-vi-ii-V progressions, riffs, left hand accompaniments, blue notes, walking bass, lead sheets, arranging and voicings, circle of 5ths. Basic improvisation techniques and developing styles for solo and combo playing, more. Biographical information and photos introduce influential musicians of the 20th century. Comb binding, 208 pages; Book only .....$19.95a17878-01
Bert Konowitz - Blues & Jazz Complete - BOOK & 2 COMPACT DISCS .....$39.95a
Bert Konowitz - Blues & Jazz Complete - 2 COMPACT DISCS - examples of the pieces which illustrate each idea with background arrangements by a live jazz combo. If your audio equipment allows track separation, turning the balance all the way to the left allows you to hear just the piano, balance all the way to the right and you hear the arrangement minus the piano accompaniment. .....$20.00a

Bert Konowitz - Teach Yourself To Play Jazz at the Keyboard - (intermediate - late int) book - basic jazz and blues scales, riffs & chords; playing solo or with a combo, playing various rhythms, creating an arrangement from a lead sheet ....$9.95a
Bert Konowitz - Teach Yourself to Play Jazz at the Keyboard - (intermediate - late int) - Book & COMPACT DISC .....$18.95 alfred 17237-08

Bert Konowitz - Teach Yourself To Play Like a Pro - (intermediate - late int) book - Learn how to create professional sounding arrangements, create intros & endings for blues, Latin and ballads. Includes chord voicings, locked hands, jazz modes and scales, jazz "swing" style, right and left hand chord voicings, walking bass. ....$9.95a
Bert Konowitz - Teach Yourself To Play Like a Pro Book & COMPACT DISC ....$19.95a
Bert Konowitz - Teach Yourself To Play Like a Pro COMPACT DISC ....$10.95a

Andy LaVerne - Handbook of Chord Substitutions .....$14.95ekayPF0736-03

Mark Levine - The Jazz Piano Book - Practical and comprehensive anthology of insights into the art and needs of playing modern jazz piano. Explores basic techniques in common use, comping, Latin jazz. Scholarly historical perspective is combined with musical examples analyzing different styles and harmonic approaches to the keyboard. Review intervals & triads, Modes, ii-V-I, three-note voicings, suspensions, tritone substitutions, left hand voicing. Major, minor, diminished and whole tone scale harmonies, 4th chords, pentatonic scales, four-notescales, voicings, block chords, more. Mark Levine has been a jazz pianist for 35 years and a jazz educator for 15 years. He has worked with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Blue Mitchell, Milt Jackson, Chet Baker, and many others. He currently records for Concord Jazz Records and has appeared on numerous albums as a sideman. He is on the faculty of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park California, where he teaches jazz piano. His trio is active on the San Francisco jazz scene, in demand by local and touring artists. .....$32.00sher-01

Frank Mantooth - Best Chord Changes for the Best Known Songs - 100 songs including: Alfie, April in Paris, Be Careful Its My Heart, Blue Skies, The Girl from Ipanema, I Remember You, Let's Fall in Love, Mood Indigo, Satin Doll, Song for my Father, Unforgettable, The Very Thought of You, Willow Weep for Me, You Took Advantage of Me,and more.....$22.95HL

Frank Mantooth - Best Chord Changes for the Best Standards Ever - Professional changes for 100 great standards including: Alice in Wonderland, All of You, Body and Soul,Cheek to Cheek, Harlem Nocturne, If I Loved You, In a Sentimental Mood, It's Impossible, Look for the Silver Lining, Mona Lisa, Moon River, My Blue Heaven, So in Love,Tangerine, Waltz for Debby, We Kiss in a Shadow, You're My Everything, and more .....$24.95HL

Frank Mantooth - Best Chord Changes for the Most Popular Songs100 terrific songs with professional jazz chord harmonies, including: Ain't She Sweet, The Birth of the Blues, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, The Christmas Song, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Get Me to the Church on Time, Getting to Know You, I Love Paris, In the Mood, Oklahoma, The Rainbow Connection, Star Dust, Sunrise Serenade, Take the "A" Train, Unchained Melody, Up Up and Away, The Way We Were, Whistle While You Work, You Oughta Be in Pictures and more.....$22.95HL

Frank Mantooth - Best Chord Changes for the World's Greatest Standards - 100 excellent songs with Mantooth's distinctive jazz sound, including: Ain't Misbehavin, Easy Street, Gone With the Wind, Here's That Rainy Day, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, The Lady Is a Tramp, My Favorite Things, My Funny Valentine, Opus One, People, Skylark, Somewhere Out There, Stompin' at the Savoy, Summertime, and more .....$24.95HL-03+254
Frank Mantooth - Best Chord Changes for the Most Requested Standards - 100 jazz favorites with great changes, including: All the Things You Are, Button Up Your Overcoat, Chances Are, Hello Young Lovers, It's Only a Paper Moon, Just the Way You Are, Misty, On a Clear Day, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Tuxedo Junction, What a Diff'rence a Day Made and more.....$22.95HL

Frank Mantooth - Voicings for Jazz Keyboard Respected soloist, clinician and writer Mantooth has written this book for any keyboard player interested in developing better jazz chord voicing. A valuable addition to the library of any performer, arranger, teacher or jazz theorist. .....$12.95HL00855475-01

Vinnie Martucci - Intro to Jazz for Keyboard - An Easy Way to Get Started Playing Jazz. A compact approach which requires basic playing experience and ability to read music. Includes: Gospel Roots of Jazz--Major Scales and Chords, Pentatonic scale, chord inversions and voicings; Tin Pan Alley Roots of Jazz--Ragtime Scale, dominant chords, syncopation; Blues Roots of Jazz--Shuffle and Swing, Blues Scale, 12-bar Blues; Jazz & 7th Chords Theory--Cycle of 4ths, Diatonic 7ths, 7th chord inversions; Jazz Standards in Major and Minor--voicing 7th Chords, Relative minor, more - A National Keyboard Workshop book .....$7.95a.
Vinnie Martucci - Intro to Jazz for Keyboard - A National Keyboard Workshop BOOK & COMPACT DISC .....$17.95a.
Vinnie Martucci - Intro to Jazz for Keyboard - National Keyboard Workshop - COMPACT DISC .....$9.95a

John Novello- The Contemporary Keyboardist Includes: Philosophy, Mechanics, Business, Interviews .....$49.95wb

Oscar Peterson: Note for Note - Transcriptions of Classic Recordings! Book/CD Pack features transcriptions of 18 piano solos taken directly from the original recordings. Eight classic originals: Chicago Blues, Hymn to Freedom, Nighingale Night Time, more and 10 selections in "Oscar Peterson Plays the Blues:" Blues Etude, Greasy Blues, Oscar's Boogie, R.B. Blues, Ron's Blues, more. Performance notes and photos. The COMPACT DISC contains performances of each transcription played by gifted pianist Miles Black. Book/CD Pack .....$39.95HL00294030-01

Essential Ear Training for the Contemporary Musician - by Steve Prosser - (The ear training curriculum of Berklee College of Music.) - This method teaches musicians to hear the miusic they are seeing, notate the music they have composed or arranged, develop their music vocabulary and understand the music they are hearing. The book features a complete course with text and musical examples, studies in rhythm, sight recognition, sol-fa, and melody .....$16.95 HL50449421-08

Robin Randall and Janice Peterson: Lead Sheet Bible - A Step-by-step Guide to Writing Lead Sheets and Chord Charts. Book/COMPACT DISC package for the singer, songwriter, or musician who wants to create a lead sheet or chord chart that is easy to follow. The CD includes over 70 demo tracks. Instruction covers song form, transposition, considerations in instrumentation, scales, keys, rhythm, chords, slash notation and other basics, beaming, stemming, syncopation, intervals, chord symbols, sample songs, common terms. Sample songs, common terms and important tips are also included. Book/CD Pack .....$19.95HL00695130-01

Tom Ranier - Piano in the Rhythm Section - Focuses on the piano as it relates to the rest of the rhythm section. Setups and various other scenarios are discussed and represented in diagram forms. Various styles of music are studied, with the techniques and approaches that apply to each style. Soloing, improvisation, chart reading and ear training are also covered in great detail. Book and COMPACT DISC .....$24.95 Alfred 0051B-01

That's Jazz Book one - Getting Into It - Book and CD. Beginning jazz methed for early intermediate piano students by Bradley Sowash - (2007 KJOS Pub.) .....$9.95 Kjos JP25-07+11
That's Jazz Book two - Digging Deeper - Book and CD. Beginning jazz methed for early intermediate piano students by Bradley Sowash - (2007 KJOS Pub.) .....$9.95 Kjos JP26-07+11
That's Jazz Book three - Let It Rip - Book and CD. Beginning jazz methed for early intermediate piano students by Bradley Sowash - (2007 KJOS Pub.) .....$9.95 Kjos JP27-07+11

Peter Spellman - The Self-Promoting Musician: Strategies for Independent Music Success - Berklee Press. The Director of Career Development at Berklee College teaches you how to become a success in the music biz. Complete with tips for writing a business plans and press kits, business know-how, how to promote on the Internet, customizing demos for maximum exposure, getting music played on college radio and comprehensive musician's resource list .....$24.95HL50449423-01

Misha V. Stefanuk: Jazz Piano Scales & Modes - Diatonic, Pentatonic, Symmetrical, Exotic, Composer Scales, Jazz Scales, Polytonality, Using Scales with Chords, Alternating Scales Practical use of Scales, Scale Chords (103 pages) .....$14.95 mel bey 98715-05

Stretchin' Out - Two Different rhythm sections (bass & drums) accompany your playing of selected blues and standards. Excellent practice in "comping" styles in Jazz. Features Wilber Ware and George Duvivier on bass, Bobby Donaldson & Ed Shaughnessy on drums. Book & COMPACT DISC .....$34.98 mmo CD3060-01

Technical Control for the Modern Pianist - Finger exercises used by members of the Piano Teachers Congress of New York 152 pages packed with valuable exercises.....$9.95 Hal Leonard 50395180-99

Jazz Giants: "Fats" Waller Piano Styles and Original Songs - 12 tunes made popular and/or written by the master of stride piano. Piano Solo .....$7.95HL00383953-02

Thomas "Fats" Waller: The Great Solos, 1929-1937 - 15 of his greatest piano solos transcribed by Paul Posnak from Waller's recordings, biography and notes - Contents: African Ripples; Ain't Misbehavin; Alligator Crawl; Clothes Line Ballet; E-flat Blues; Gladyse; Handful of Keys; Honeysuckle Rose; I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling; Keepin' Out of Mischief Now; My Feelings Are Hurt; Numb Fumblin'" Russian Fantasy; Smashing Thirds; Valentine Stomp; Viper's Drag .....$19.95 Hal Leonard 00672370-07+415,416