Bebop Jazz: Piano: Instrumental Album

The Complete Guide with Audio-This Bebop Jazz Piano method includes: - Chords and Voicings - Harmony and Chord Progressions - Scales and Tonality - Common Melodic Figures and Patterns - Comping - Characteristics Tunes - Styles of Bud Powell and Thelonius Monk. The accompanying CD features many of the examples in the book performed either solo or with a full band. Also included are combo performances of five of the tunes featured at the end of the book.

A hot and funky selection of Piano solos tracing the changing face of Jazz through a wide range of styles and sounds all suitable for the early-intermediate performer.From the Ragtime two-step of Scott Joplin to the Bebop innovations of Monk and Charlie Parker this unique set of pieces provides a valuable early taste of the rigours and joys of playing great Jazz!

The Associated Board's Jazz Piano series is a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and a rigorously planned syllabus provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination understanding and style and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five books of graded pieces provide a wealth of jazz repertoire for you to play from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant dynamic and multicultural nature of jazz today. Throughout there is a huge range of styles: funky rock grooves up tempo swing tunes calypsos latin pieces jazz waltzes modal pieces bebop gospel etc. There are classic tunes by such jazzgreats as Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk in addition to the brand new pieces which have been specially commissioned from professional British jazz pianists and educators. Within each album there are 15 pieces presented in three categories - blues standards and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head which contains all the characteristic voicings phrasing and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for your own solos. These pieces will get you playing confidently and creatively.

This assortment solely comprises solo jazz piano pieces. Here the objective is not to play with a complete band but to learn how to bravely hold the fort alone - and that in a musical style which best suits soloing namely jazz. The assortmentincludes a number of particularly original musical pieces veritable etudes which will give you the opportunity to study the harmonies rhythms and tone colors typifying jazz and its numerous variants such as swing bebop bossa nova blue jazz orragtime. You may rest assured that here you will find something for all tastes and ages! Here you are taught which fingering is best suited to a specific playing situation. In so doing you learn how to perform the many musical pieces that are partof this assortment in a technically flawless manner. The DVD pertaining to this tutorial gives you the possibility to carefully observe the jazz piano pieces treated therein but above all it gives you the possibility to discover what their exactperformance style should be.This assortment solely comprises solo jazz Piano pieces. Here the objective is not to play with a complete band but to learn how to bravely hold the fort alone â?? and that in a musical style which best suits soloing namely jazz. The assortment includes a number of particularly original musical pieces veritable etudes which will give you the opportunity to study the harmonies rhythms and tone colors typifying jazz and its numerous variants such as swing bebop bossa nova blue jazz or ragtime. You may rest assured that here you will find something for all tastes and ages! Here you are taught which fingering is best suited to a specific playing situation. In so doing youlearn how to perform the many musical pieces that are part of this assortment in a technically flawless manner. The DVD pertaining to this tutorial gives you the possibility to carefully observe the jazz Piano pieces treated therein but above all it gives you the possibility to discover what their exact performance style should be.

Jazz Play-Along Volume 48-Take your playing back in time to the early days of Bebop Jazz and discover the sounds and styles that made stars of Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker and countless others. The Bebop pioneers stretched the limits of Jazz improvisation introducing new tonalities an ever-increasing harmonic vocabulary and opportunities for groundbreaking virtuosity. Bud Powell Thelonius Monk and others began to take the chord sequences of swingtime favourites and us them as a basis for extended improvisations freeing the performer from the restrictions of the big band.This set contains a versatile Play-along CD for improvisation study and performance and with a choice of backingtracks (A split track with melody removable bass and piano parts and a full stereo rhythm section) and easy to read authentic and accurate lead sheets players of all instruments will enjoy these terrific pieces.

This book is designed exclusively for the jazz Piano soloist. It covers many important concepts and these are illustrated with studies dealing with harmonies rhythms jazz and improvisation and exploring other styles that might be incorporated such as swing bebop bossa nova blues- jazz and ragtime. The fingerings presented throughout the book will help you choose the right technique for each study. Finally the included DVD will allow you to hear the featured studies letting you decide upon the best way to interpret them.This book is designed exclusively for the jazz Piano soloist. It covers many important concepts and these are illustrated with studies dealing with harmonies rhythms jazz and improvisation and exploring other styles that might be incorporated such as swing bebop bossa nova blues- jazz and ragtime.The fingerings presented throughout the book will help you choose the right technique for each study.Finally the included DVD will allow you to hear the featured studies letting you decide upon the best way to interpret them.

The Associated Board's Jazz Piano series is a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and a rigorously planned syllabus provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination understanding and style and to improvise effectively right from the start.Five books of graded pieces provide a wealth of jazz repertoire for you to play from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant dynamic and multicultural nature of jazz today. Throughout there is a huge range of styles: funky rock grooves up tempo swing tunes calypsos latin pieces jazz waltzes modal pieces bebop gospel etc. There areclassic tunes by such jazz greats as Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk in addition to the brand new pieces which have been specially commissioned from professional British jazz pianists and educators.Within each album there are 15 pieces presented in three categories - blues standards and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head which contains all the characteristic voicings phrasing and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for your own solos.These pieces will get you playing confidently and creatively.

The Associated Board's Jazz Piano series is a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and a rigorously planned syllabus provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination understanding and style and to improvise effectively right from the start.Five books of graded pieces provide a wealth of jazz repertoire for you to play from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant dynamic and multicultural nature of jazz today. Throughout there is a huge range of styles: funky rock grooves up tempo swing tunes calypsos latin pieces jazz waltzes modal pieces bebop gospel etc. There areclassic tunes by such jazz greats as Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk in addition to the brand new pieces which have been specially commissioned from professional British jazz pianists and educators.Within each album there are 15 pieces presented in three categories - blues standards and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head which contains all the characteristic voicings phrasing and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for your own solos.These pieces will get you playing confidently and creatively.