Eric Baumgartner's Jazz It Up! -Familiar Favorites: Piano: Instrumental Album

This exciting collection includes six of Eric Baumgartner's favorite pieces through the years as well as two brand new solos composed especially for this series.Eric Baumgartner is a composer arranger teacher and performer. He holds Jazz degrees from Berklee College of Music in Boston and DePaul University in Chicago. Eric is author of the popular Jazzabilities and Jazz Connection series and is the MIDI orchestrator for several Willis publications including the Teaching Little Fingers to Play series as well as Popular Piano Solos. He has conducted workshops on Jazz teaching techniques inboth the United States and Australia.

Later Intermediate to Advanced Level-So hip so cool and so rewarding to play! Monkin' the Blues is Baumgartner's nod to one of his favorite jazz idols. Key: B-flat Major.

A Logical Method for Enhancing Your Jazzabilities-Book 2 of a two-volume series that presents the fundamentals of jazz in a logical and accessible way primarily through short progressive exercises. Ideal for classically-trained pianists in traditional lessons who may be a little cautious to learn jazz as well as for players simply wishing to expand their existing “jazzabilities”! Book 2 explores concepts in greater depth and introduces the most important aspects of jazz theory in a style that's easy to grasp. Also useful for pianists interested in participating in a school jazz program. The online audio tracks are indispensable to the series in particular the fun and practical Q&A improv exercises.The book features 7 fully-fleshed original pieces: Jersey Jump • Beale Street Boogie • Bayou Blues • The Mississippi Magpie Rag • New Orleans Nocturne • South Side Stomp • Monkin' the Blues.