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Jazz for Piano by David Sharp
Whether you're a pianist, guitarist, saxophonist, bassist, or drummer, this comprehensive resource offers deep insights into the harmonic structures, rhythmic concepts, and chord progressions that define jazz. While many examples include piano voicings, the analytical approach applies to any instrument and any musician seeking to understand the language of jazz at a deeper level.
Explore detailed analyses of compositions and solos by masters including Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Andrew Hill, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Nichols, McCoy Tyner, and many others who shaped the evolution of jazz from the 1940s through the 1970s and beyond.
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Getting it together!
admin January 17, 2012
Getting a set of music together and made a little playbook on who solo’s where. And a nice arrangement on […]
Bebop to Hard Bop Workshop
admin January 17, 2012
Today the Bebop to Hard Bop Workshop had Andrea Veneziani subbing for Mark Sherman. We worked on the tunes are going […]
Great to get back at it.
admin January 11, 2012
Another great workshop. The two hours literally flew bye. We worked on Rain, a tune writen by Miles Okazaki, and […]
Back in the mix
admin January 11, 2012
After a small holiday break we are back on track and getting ready for the performance at smalls on the […]
Preparing for Smalls
admin January 10, 2012
On Saturday the students came back after a two week hiatus for the holidays. We started playing over F blues […]
Dolphin Dance
admin December 21, 2011
This week the Bebop Workshop worked on an arrangement of Dolphin Dance that will be played at Small’s, we spent […]
Dec 20, ii V sequence.
admin December 21, 2011
We warmed up with two and three whole note interval eartraining, equivelant to major 3rds and sharp 4ths. From there […]
Dec 20, Two’s and Three’s
admin December 20, 2011
We had a very intensive class, working mostly on original material written by the students: a tune in 7/4, quarter […]
Arrangement on all Blues
admin December 20, 2011
Yesterday in the Standards Class the students came up with an arrangement on “All Blues.” It was great to hear all […]
Quasimodo & Serpent’s Tooth
admin December 20, 2011
At our session yesterday we had a new drummer Eric Puente, and Mathew Mayers on saxophone along with the rest. […]
The First Session
admin December 14, 2011
Mark Sherman and David In the first session we worked on Quasimodo by Charlie Parker, which is one of my […]
Dec 13 workshop
admin December 14, 2011
We started with major and minor thirds, with special attention to descending from the third to the root. This was […]