Favorite Melodies for Jazz Piano Solo

At last! A simple, easy-to-learn method for playing the melodies of your favorite tunes, using hip voicings as played by Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, etc. Famed jazz pianist and author of 'The Jazz Piano Book,? Mark Levine has created 'The Menu? - a succinct guide to learning a multitude of voicings so you can harmonize melodies on the spot.'So What' chords, upper structures, 4th chords, etc. are not only good for 'comping,' but are also ideal for voicing melodies. For example, the note G in the melody on top of a D-7 chord is the 4th of the chord. Did you know that a 'stacked 3rd' voicing, as well as the 'Kenny Barron chord' would be perfect for that? This book explains all of that, so you can instantly play jazz songs with the best available voicings. Using two standards and a bebop melody as examples, Mark breaks each tune up into four-bar sections, then shows the best voicings to use on each chord and why those choices were made. These voicings are all drawn from a one-page 'Menu' that, once internalized, will allow you to spontaneously create your own style of playing jazz piano, based on the masters of the art form. / Piano

Jazz Play-Along Volume 11-For use with all B flat E flat and C instruments the Jazz Play Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all Jazz musicians. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were a renowned and respected songwriting duo between the years of 1919 and 1943 writing 38 professional shows and films. Rodgers wrote the music after the words of Hart creating catchy and infectious melodies to match the witty lyricism and wordplay. With musician-friendly lead sheets melody cues and other split track choices on the CD this first of its kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. Each tune includes proper style and inflection detailsusing professional rhythm tracks choruses for soloing and removable bass and piano parts. For performance each tune had an additional full stereo accompaniment track that features additional choruses for soloing.