Peterson, Oscar : Jazz Play Along Volume 109 : Oscar Peterson

There's no better way to approach the music of Jazz giant Oscar Peterson than with this innovative and flexible collection of lead sheets and transcriptions for five of his best complete with performance notes.Learn the note-by-note Piano transcriptions in the manner of a traditional Piano piece develop your own improvisations with the aid of the Jazz-style lead sheets. You'll find informative performance notes to guide your playing in the right direction and even a biography of the man himself.

Awarded the prestigious Music Industries Association Award in 2006 for Best Pop Publication Tim Richards' Exploring Jazz Piano was the long-awaited follow-up to his acclaimed Improvising Blues Piano also published by Schott. The overall level is somewhat higher and would suit pianists of Grade 4 standard and above. The book comes in two volumes comprising no less than 56 original pieces by the author together with special arrangements of 24 standards ranging from Autumn Leaves and Summertime to Straight No Chaser and Coltrane's Impressions.The two volumes also contain over 800 musical examples a veritable treasury of styles and techniques for the aspiring jazzpianist and refers to the work of Erroll Garner Art Tatum Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Bud Powell Horace Silver Hampton Hawes Red Garland Wynton Kelly Bill Evans George Shearing Oscar Peterson Chick Corea McCoy Tyner and many others. Each volume has its own CD containing between them performances of all 80 pieces played by Tim alone or with his current trio of Dominic Howles (bass) and Matt Home (drums). Play-along tracks are also included in which the piano is panned to one speaker providing rhythm section accompaniment if desired by turning the amplifier's balance control. Copious examples of improvisation are accompanied by numerous assignments with guidance to hand on every page. The package is beautifully illustrated with many full-page photographs of piano masters past and present informative mini biographies and a comprehensive suggested listening section. The practical covered spiral binding protects the books as well as enabling them to lie flat on the music stand.Exploring Jazz Piano fills a vacuum in jazz piano instruction its comprehensive syllabus taking the reader from first principles in Vol. 1 to professional level in Vol. 2. Any student of jazz piano piano teacher or performing musician dipping into either volume will be rewarded with a wealth of ideas and practical information to keep them occupied for many

Artist Transcriptions for Piano-This volume in the Artist Transcriptions series features 15 authentic transcriptions of the performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein classics by jazz masters such as: Hank Jones (“Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'”) Oscar Peterson (“Younger Than Springtime”) Dick Hyman (“This Nearly Was Mine”) Red Garland (“We Kiss in a Shadow”) Monty Alexander (“Happy Talk”) Bill Evans (“It Might As Well Be Spring”) Dave Brubeck (“My Favorite Things”) and more! Includes recording credits.

Lorne Lofsky is unquestionably one of the finest jazz guitarists in the world today. In 1980 after hearing Lorne in a Toronto jazz club Oscar Peterson offered to produce his fist album on the prestigious Pablolabel.Subjects covered are: warm-ups comping for yourself anticipations swing feel dynamics playing in 10ths quartal harmony chord extensions and harmonics.

15 classic pieces as played by jazz superstars. Includes note-for-note transcriptions of: At Long Last Love (Oscar Peterson) · (They Long to Be) Close to You (Erroll Garner) · First Trip (Herbie Hancock) · Freeway (Vince Guaraldi)· Get Happy (Art Tatum) · Lonely Woman (Horace Silver) · Matrix (Chick Corea) · My Foolish Heart (Bill Evans) · Satin Doll (Monty Alexander) · The Way You Look Tonight (Dave Brubeck) · and more.

A practical and enjoyable course-A practical and enjoyable course for the absolute beginner!Sir John Dankworth a master saxophonist and one of the world's most respected musicians maintains that almost everyone can learn to play the Sax well.In this newly-set edition of Sax From The Start Sir John introduces the key techniques concepts and skills of Sax playing in a friendly and encouraging manner. His infectious enthusiasm helps tocommunicate the joys the problems and the rewards of learning to play this popular and exhilarating instrument.Sir John Dankworth is one of the world's best-known and best-loved musicians equally at home as ajazz cross-over or classical artist. During his career he has worked with the all-time greats including Nat King Cole Ella Fitzgerald Oscar Peterson and many others especially his wife the acclaimed Dame Cleo Laine.