Hal Leonard

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 bonus performances, 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.“From the pre-ragtime genesis of Louis Moreau Gottschalk to the modal post-bop of the great McCoy Tyner, this may be the finest lesson book not only in depth of material but in ease of use ... when you combine the publishing genius of Hal Leonard with the artistic brilliance of Dick Hyman then a five star recommendation is easy!”– Critical Jazz Song List:At A Georgia Camp Meeting Kerry Mills Dick HymanBack Home Again In Indiana B. Macdonald J.f. Hanley Dick HymanBody And Soul Edward Heyman Robert Sour Frank Eyton John Green Tony Bennett Amy WinehouseCarolina Shout James P. Johnson Dick HymanElite Syncopations Scott Joplin Dick HymanHeliotrope Bouquet Scott Joplin L. Chauvin Dick HymanHome Sweet Home J.h. Payne H.r. Bishop Dick HymanHonky Tonk Train Honky Blues Meade Lux LewisInfra-Inter-Ult Nicolas SlonimskyLullaby Of Birdland George David Weiss ShearingMaple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin Dick HymanPasquinade Louis Moreau Gottschalk Dick HymanPoor Butterfly J. Golden R. Hubble Dick HymanSomeone To Watch Over Me George Gershwin IraSong Without Words P.i. Tchaikowsky Dick HymanThe Original Boogie Woogie Clarence Pine Top' SmithThe Pearls Ferd Jelly Roll' Morton RollTheme From Polovtsian Dances Alexander Borodin Dick HymanYancey Special Andy Razaf Meade Lux' Lewis