Jazz Piano: Best Signature Licks by Gene Rizzo

These transcribed solos by some of the best jazz pianists of all time have been broken up into small sections and analyzed so that you can fully understand how each artist got his particular sound. Have you always wondered how Nat King Cole played that sassy chordal lick? How about the way Oscar Peterson manages to run long, winding lines up and down the keyboard over a simple seventh chord? And those harmonies of Bill Evans and the elegant melodic embellishments of John Lewis, André Previn and Billy Taylor… and the rhythmic swing of Ahmad Jamal and Tommy Flanagan… It’s all here for you to see—printed clearly and discussed by author Gene Rizzo.

You’ll get examples from the playing of Nat Cole, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Rowles, Erroll Garner, Ahmad Jamal, John Lewis, Phineas Newborn, André Previn and Billy Taylor! And the book comes complete with a CD that features all the solos, so you can hear them as well as see them!

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CONTENTS

Instructional