New Orleans Piano Styles : A Guide To The Keyboard Licks Of Crescent City Greats

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.

This is a highly effective concert setting of the Latin Missa Brevis in which Chilcott's Jazz influences come to the fore. Originally commissioned for upper voices by Cheryl Dupont and the New Orleans Children's Chorus the work embraces a variety of Jazz styles. The Kyrie has real groove the Gloria swings the Sanctus sits right back the Benedictus hums along and the Agnus Dei draws inspiration from the Blues. The voices are underpinned by a characterful Piano accompaniment which can be played as written or serve as a guide and bass and drums can join in ad lib to add the flavour of an authentic Jazz combo. This is gorgeous soulful music in an utterlyoriginal setting.