Dick Hyman: Piano Pro - A Browser's Miscellany on Music and Musicians [Spiral-bound] Review

Dick Hyman, one of today's supreme jazz pianists, packs a lifetime of experience into this volume of187, spiral-bound pages.He gives hints on improvisation and arranging; insights into the art of such jazz giants as Art Tatum, James P. Johnson,and his one-time mentor Teddy Wilson; a transcription of a previously-unknown Bix Beiderbecke piece; samples of his own compositions, including those for Woody Allen movies; and more.Hyman recounts, also, experiences on stage, in clubs, and in studios, describing the problems characteristic of each venue along with his own solutions.Finally, he invites us into his inner world with thoughts, musings, and speculations on musical matters ranging from piano touch and performing Chopin to electronic keyboards and modalism in jazz. It is part how-to, part autobiography, part "what if" and "why not".Highly recommended.

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Now Dick Hyman has produced a masterpiece of a book revealing the experiences, the important lessons and the how-to's of a life in music. Filled with powerful insights, colorful recollections and remarkable musical tips and studies. Whether or not you can read music, this book will be a delight.

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