Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method Book 1 (Book/Online Audio)

by Mark Davis

Overview

(Piano Instruction). The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide designed for anyone interested in playing jazz piano from the complete novice just learning the basics to the more advanced player who wishes to enhance their keyboard vocabulary. There are lots of fun progressions and licks for you to play and absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Topics include essential theory, chords and voicings, improvisation ideas, structure and forms, scales and modes, rhythm basics, interpreting a lead sheet, playing solos, and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480398009
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	459,995
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 11.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Mark Davis is an accomplished pianist and an influential educator who has performed with jazz luminaries Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, Benny Golson, Slide Hampton, Tom Harrell, Jimmy Heath, Brian Lynch, Charles McPherson, Frank Morgan, and Phil Woods, among others. Mark is the author of the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method and the Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method - Book 2. Previous work for the Hal Leonard includes transcriptions for Miles Davis: Kind of Blue from their Transcribed Score series and numerous recordings for their Real Book Play-Along series. Mark began classical piano studies at age eight and soon took to improvising and composing. His teachers included Adelaide Banaszynski and David Hazeltine. He later studied with jazz legend Barry Harris, who remains one of Mark's primary inspirations as a player and educator. Mark taught at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and served as Chair of Jazz Studies from 1992-2019. In 2019, he founded the Milwaukee Jazz Institute (www.milwaukeejazzinstitute.org) and currently serves as Artistic Director. He is on the music faculty of Alverno College and teaches students of all ages in his Milwaukee studio. Many of Mark's former students have gone on to successful music careers, most notably Dan Nimmer, pianist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.