The Elements Of Jazz [Paperback] Review

This book was part my 1981 college course in piano improvisation.It is very thin and it was not the only book we used.This book presents basic elements, but "elements" in the sense that if you combine them all in a beaker, you do not produce jazz, any more than combining hydrogen and oxygen in a beaker produce water.I found it clinical, not practical.However, it is fun to get those sounds out of your piano for the first time.If you want to dabble and learn a few basic concepts, this book is a bargain.If you want to really learn to play jazz piano, there are more current (and more expensive) books that get you from "here" to "there" more effectively.Such persons would be better served by Mark Levine's Jazz Piano Book and perhaps Bert Ligon's book on Linear Harmony.These books were (and are)real eye-openers for me.

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Covers syncopation, antic-ipation, blue notes, non-legato touch, 7th chords, walking bass, grace notes, ostinato (riffs), block chords, quartal jazz and other elements. Packed with solos utilizing these elements and techniques, plus four duets.

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