(Keyboard Instruction). This book and CD package is solely devoted to providing you with a complete overview of the techniques and styles popularized by the greatest West Coast jazz piano players of all time. All the best are here: from the cool classical jazz of Dave Brubeck to the smooth and tuneful Vince Guaraldi, to the post-modern stylings of Billy Childs. The CD includes 15 full-band tracks.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Andre Previn, Bob Brookmeyer, Carl Perkins (pianist), Claude Williamson, Dave Brubeck, Gerald Wiggins, Hampton Hawes, Jimmy Rowles, Lou Levy (pianist), Paul Moer, Pete Jolly, Russ Freeman (pianist), Sonny Clark, Victor Feldman. Excerpt: Andre George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings (and one more for his Lifetime Achievement). Previn was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Charlotte (nee Epstein) and Jack Previn, who was a lawyer, judge, and music teacher. He is said to be "a distant relative of" the composer Gustav Mahler. However, In a pre-concert public interview at the Lincoln Center, in May 2012, Previn laughed at the suggestion that he is related to Mahler. The year of his birth is uncertain. Whilst most published reports give 1929, Previn himself has stated that 1930 is his birth year. This situation is a consequence of the family losing Previn's birth certificate when they left Germany in 1938. His elder brother was director Steve Previn. The Previn family, which was Jewish, emigrated to the United States in 1939 to escape the Nazi regime in Germany. In 1939, his family moved to Los Angeles, where his great-uncle, Charles Previn, was music director of Universal Studios. Andre grew up in Los Angeles and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1943. At Previn's 1946 graduation from Beverly Hills High School he played a musical duet with Richard M. Sherman; Previn played the piano, accompanying Sherman (who played flute). He first came to prominence by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores in 1948. Coincidentally, 21 years later, both composers won...
Ted Gioia tells the story of jazz as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved. Gioia provides readers with lively portraits of great musicians, intertwined with vibrant commentary on the music they created. 9 photos.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: West Coast jazz clarinetists, West Coast jazz double-bassists, West Coast jazz drummers, West Coast jazz flautists, West Coast jazz guitarists, West Coast jazz oboists, West Coast jazz pianists, West Coast jazz saxophonists, West Coast jazz singers, West Coast jazz trombonists, West Coast jazz trumpeters, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Shelly Manne, Andre Previn, Art Pepper, Chico Hamilton, Hampton Hawes, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Sonny Clark, Barney Kessel, Jack Sheldon, Pete Candoli, Kate Michaels, Bud Shank, Victor Feldman, Conte Candoli, Jimmy Rowles, Mel Lewis, Buddy Collette, Bob Brookmeyer, Leroy Vinnegar, Lennie Niehaus, Stan Levey, Teddy Edwards, Bill Perkins, Red Mitchell, Richie Kamuca, Carl Perkins, Gary McFarland, Larry Bunker, Jon Eardley, Pete Jolly, Curtis Amy, Pete Christlieb, Lou Levy, Gerald Wiggins, Curtis Counce, Russ Freeman, Maurice Simon, Monty Budwig, Don Bagley, Milt Bernhart, List of cool jazz and West Coast jazz musicians, Alvin Stoller, Lou Blackburn, Larance Marable, Bob Enevoldsen, Bob Cooper, Claude Williamson, Chuck Flores, Paul Moer, Joe Mondragon, Frank Butler, Herbie Harper, Lanny Morgan, Earl Anderza, John Anderson. Excerpt: Shelly Manne (June 11, 1920 - September 26, 1984), born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz and fusion, as well as contributing to the musical background of hundreds of Hollywood films and television programs. Manne's father and uncles were drummers. In his youth he admired many of the leading swing drummers of the day, especially Jo Jones and Dave Tough. Billy Gladstone, a colleague of Manne's father and the most admired percussionist on the New York...
(Jazz Piano Solos). Piano solo arrangements with chord symbols for 22 songs, including: Bernie's Tune * East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) * Ginza Samba * Not Really the Blues * Of Thee I Sing * Suddenly It's Spring * The Train and the River * and more.
Although Vince Guaraldi's playful jazz piano themes for the early Peanuts animated television specials are well known, the composer himself remains largely unheralded. More than merely "the Peanuts guy," Guaraldi cut his jazz teeth as a member of combos fronted by Cal Tjader and Woody Herman, and garnered Top 40 fame with his Grammy Award-winning hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind." This career study, extensively updated, gives Guaraldi long-overdue recognition, chronicling his years as a sideman; his attraction to the emerging bossa nova sound of the late 1950s; his collaboration with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete; his development of the Grace Cathedral Jazz Mass; his selection as the fellow to put the jazz swing in Charlie Brown's step; and his emergence as a respected veteran in the declining Northern California jazz club scene of the 1970s. Ironically, his place in the jazz universe has grown exponentially since this book's initial 2012 publication, and this second edition acknowledges such honors and features a wealth of new material.
(Jazz Piano Solos). Piano solo arrangements with chord symbols for 22 songs, including: Bernie's Tune * East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) * Ginza Samba * Not Really the Blues * Of Thee I Sing * Suddenly It's Spring * The Train and the River * and more.
This is a comprehensive survey of jazz piano, beginning with a brief history of the instrument within the jazz tradition and concluding with interviews that present twenty-seven pianists in their own words--Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Randy Weston, Cecil Taylor, Horace Silver, Dave Brubeck, Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chick Corea, and many others
