Learn Jazz Piano

By Bill Dobbins. Learn to incorporate chromaticism into your playing with this straight-forward, easy to understand approach that allows you to personalize as well as to modernize your existing jazz material. Includes transcriptions from Bach to Hancock.

This comprehensive book pack will teach you the basic skills needed to play the variety of styles that comprise contemporary jazz piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, tools, and techniques used by the pros. The accompanying CD demonstrates most of the music examples in the book. The full-band tracks feature the rhythm section on the left channel and the piano on the right channel, so you can play along with the band!

The purpose of this book is to develop your knowledge of the voice-leading used in jazz harmony and extend your technical abilities in that direction.