Dick Hyman's Century Of Jazz Piano Transcribed!: Piano: Instrumental Tutor This item is not available anymore with the seller Musicroom
Pre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In StockFormat : Sheet music This book presents a concise history or survey of jazz piano. In 13 hands-on lessons and 4 bonus performances Dick Hyman explores the styles musical vocabulary and performers who have defined and shaped this elusive American art form over the last century. Starting with the pre-ragtime music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and ragtime of Scott Joplin and ending with the advanced scale types of Nicholas Slonimsky and music of McCoy Tyner Mr. Hyman discusses and demonstrates the astonishing variety of jazz piano improvisation and the people and techniques that have shaped its evolution. The included DVD showing all 13 lessons and 4 bonusperformances is filled with closeups of Mr. Hyman's hands as he plays and discusses these techniques. This fascinating package also features a preface and autobiography of Hyman. Instrumentation : Publisher : Level : |