Description
Jazz Piano Fundamentals (Book 2) guides intermediate jazz students through six months (or more) of jazz piano instruction by providing clear, thoughtful, and progressive lessons, improvisation exercises, rote exercises, written exercises, listening guides, transcription projects, and practice plans.
Subjects include scale patterns, improvising with non-chord tones, improvising in minor keys, motivic development, advanced comping styles, closed-position and drop two voicings, shout-chorus voicings, rhythm changes, playing intros and endings, shell voicings, ballad playing, walking basslines, upper structures, and much more.
In the five guided transcription projects, students are coached through completing their own transcriptions of solos by Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, Illinois Jacquet, Horace Silver, and Bud Powell. Then, they are shown how to assimilate elements of these masters’ styles into their own improvisations.
This book is designed to be used in conjunction with The Real Book, Sixth Edition.
Praise for Jazz Piano Fundamentals, Book 1
“I love this book – and plan on using it in at my own school. A must for any beginning jazz piano student!”
– Martin Bejerano, jazz pianist/composer and professor, Frost School of Music, University of Miami
“Jeremy Siskind’s book creates a methodology and answers questions in a way that I have almost never seen done in a jazz educational tome. He breaks down the practice of improvisation to its smallest building blocks, and is careful to relate each lesson to real-life examples from the jazz canon….This book will be excellent for jazz beginners, players of other instruments who wish to bone up on their piano skills, and advanced improvisers may find ways to fill in gaps in their skill sets ”
– Mark Shilansky, pianist/composer, professor, Berklee College of Music
“Jeremy’s book is a reflection on who he is as a pianist – a true artist who has done his homework. Behind the meticulous attention to detail is a respect for jazz tradition and a desire to help pianists explore their own creativity.”
– Aimee Nolte, jazz pianist/vocalist and YouTube Star
“Jeremy’s book is not only perfect to start this wonderful journey called Jazz Piano, but also one to come back to… Thank you!!”
– Otmaro Ruiz, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and professor, UCLA
Jean-Claude Akakpo (verified owner) –
Amazing book. Goes very well with the detailed explanations Jeremy gives on his Youtube channel
Enzo Monaco –
Jazz Piano Fundamentals series are what I’ve always searched for: a step-by-step guide on jazz piano from the beginning. These books guide you from very basic piano technique, improvisation drills until advanced stuff, like all kinds of chord voicing. Jeremy also teaches how to listen great jazz recordings of all time.
The best collection I’ve seen on the subject!
Túry Dániel –
I don’t have an in-depth, 20-year classical piano qualification, so I need study material that truly starts at a beginner level and explains things patiently.
I’ve bought many books, but none of them met this need. I feel that the Fundamental I-II series is the first that truly explains everything patiently and is genuinely helpful. Thanks to these books, I’ve made significant progress in my development. I’m grateful for that!
Thank you,