This is an excellent Jazz piano chord glossary as they go. Keyboard chord glossaries containing dozens of notated chord voicings are a rather common entry on the music publishing market, but this ...

This informative volume provides a chord reference for any pianist wanting to learn to play jazz. Starting with the most basic intervals, the text explains how chords are built and how they are used ...

A gentle introduction to block chords using the classic “locked hands” technique. Learn to add warmth and richness to your jazz piano playing, just like George Shearing. Times Square billboard ...

This single exercise will help you learn to voice major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished chords in every key. Perfect for jazz players and anyone working from lead sheets who wants ...

its melodic chords a worthy complement to stronger-sounding drums and horns. Below, we asked writers, critics, musicians and D.J.s to recommend their favorite jazz recordings that put the piano in ...

This sound imparted by the second interval adds spice to what might be considered an old-fashioned jazz chord. The last bar has the second near the top of the voicing. Ex. 5 pairs eighth-note lines ...

Pianist Don Pullen (1941–1995) was known for his melodic brilliance, swirling chords and glissandos ... In this 1989 episode of Piano Jazz, Pullen performs one of his original compositions ...

Pédron Rubalcaba, my favorite jazz piano album of the year ... the melody in our ear as he’s building dense, two-handed chords. While his other fingers are at work on creating and then changing ...