Boogie, Blues, and Ballads

Celebrated Rock organ player David Bennett Cohen along with his band give you the secrets to making your Hammond wail and rock! Working with the Hammond B-3 Cohen shows you how to adapt the Organ's controls and really get the instrument grooving. You will discover the hottest riffs licks bass lines and turnarounds to illuminate everything from shuffles to Funk grooves and Blues ballads. Cohen also gives you a detailed guide to the presets draw bars percussion tablets vibrato switches and other devices that will help you boogies come alive with colour and tone.

Continuing the ever popular six book In Recital series this book showcases Jazz and Blues works for the early advanced pianist expertly arranged by Edwin McLean and Kevin Olson.Students will experience walking bass figures swing bebop boogie-woogie traditional blues stride bass as well as Latin Jazz and Jazz Ballads. The works are true crowd pleasers and will fill many hours at the Piano with delight!

Musical Impressions was written to provide pianists with the experience of playing in a variety of styles. Capturing the essence of different styles is an important aspect of pianistic development. Jazz styles, romantic ballads, mysterious sounds, and more are found in this series, providing pianists of any age with pieces in many moods. / Piano

A Guide to the Keyboard Licks of Crescent City Greats-The New Orleans Piano Styles: A Guide To The Keyboard Licks Of Crescent City Greats book/CD pack is an indispensable guide to the various styles and techniques used by the great New Orleans pianists from the earliest origins of jazz and blues up through contemporary music. New Orleans Piano Styles: A Guide To The Keyboard Licks Of Crescent City Greats investigates the style of Professor Longhair Allen Toussaint and Dr. John plus stride boogie woogie R&B ballads and more.The accompanying CD features demos of all the musical.