Berklee Jazz Piano

Twelve arrangements for solo Jazz Piano of standard Jazz tunes. These arrangements are fun to play musically suitable for performance and support the Berklee Piano curriculum and other activities (e.g. auditions). They are organized by performance level with examples from Levels 1 through 4 so this collection will support every Pianist's journey through Berklee and other Jazz Piano programs.The accompanying recording features performances of the pieces by the arrangers. Tunes include: Autumn Leaves Black Orpheus Body and Soul A Foggy Day (In London Town) In a Mellow Tone My Foolish Heart Stolen Moments and more.The audio is accessedonline using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

Learn to improvise using the techniques pioneered by Piano greats Lenny Tristano and Dave McKenna. This methodical approach to learning the art of solo jazz Piano improvisation will free your creative sense of music. It beginswith a review of chord symbol interpretation walks through bass line development and ends with how to play several melodic lines simultaneously in stimulating musical conversation. You'll learn how to develop solos thatembellish and support the melody and use lead sheets to help you generate your own musical ideas.Twenty-one lessons present techniques practice exercises and tunes based on jazz standards. Notated transcriptions ofsample improvisations illustrate each lesson's technique and the accompanying CD lets you hear a master improviser put these ideas to work. Packed with hundreds of ideas that will teach you the art of improvisation.

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Enrich your playing with advanced jazz harmonies.This workbook will help you play with a contemporary jazz sound interpret leadsheets and use upper-structure triads to expand your comping palette.By considering tensions in terms of upper-structure triads you will develop an organised and intuitive means of using more advanced structures in your playing.These practical exercises and concise descriptions will help you develop your sightcomping and create full and colourful voicings for all chord types.The accompanying audio lets you hear and practice these techniques with a jazz quartet.

Apprenez vos gammes ! L\'étude des gammes vous aide à développer la technique du piano. Ce livre couvre les gammes les plus essentielles et les plus utilisées dans le jazz, le funk, le R

Par OLMSTEAD NEIL. Cet approche methodologique pour apprendre l'art de l'improvisation du solo de Piano jazz, liberera votre creativite. Vous apprendrez comment developper les solos qui embellissent et et supporte la melodie et utilisez les notations thematiques qui vous aideront a genere vos propre idees musicale. Vingt-une lecons presentent les techniques, les excercices pratiques et les airs s'appuyant sur les standards du jazz. Les transcriptions, notees d'echantillons d'improvisations, illustrent chaque technique de la lecon et le CD d'accompagnement vous permet ecouter un maitre de l'improvistaion mettre ses idees en oeuvre. / Méthode en anglais / Recueil / Piano ou Clavier

One of the most revered jazz guitarists around Berklee alum Bill Frisell is celebrated for his distinctive sophisticated sound. This must-have collection includes 79 top songs from throughout Frisell's prolific career plus a preface illustrations a biographical timeline and a discography.Includes the tunes: 1951 Again Big Bob Blues Dream Brother Goodbye Hangdog Lonesome Pip Squeak Poem for Eva Rag Verona The Way Home and many more...As a bonus Frisell's hand-written arrangement of Hard Plains Drifter is also included.Principally transcribedfor Guitar these versions feature bassline and chord boxes making the songs appropriate for Piano or Ensemble performance.

An Instrumental Approach-Learn to improvise like an instrumentalist! Artful vocal jazz improvisation requires knowing the changes and all musicians need to understand what is happening on the musical landscape. This book will help you hear understand and apply jazz theory so that you can solo as a complete musician. Each lesson offers a core musical concept related to harmony melody and rhythm integrating skills such as conducting and analysis and reinforcing them with practical exercises. The accompanying audio tracks demonstrate techniques and let you practice improvising with piano accompaniment.The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed ordownloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.

This DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. These include: arpeggio exercises; right hand left hand and combinations; alternating bass and syncopation; piano style exercises; classical pop/rock and jazz/Latin styles; drop D tuning exercises; and more. Clear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying lesson booklet.