This book presents a concise history of jazz piano.
In 13 lessons and 4 bonus performances, Dick Hyman explores the different styles, musical vocabulary, and artists who have defined and shaped this particular style of music over the past century.
Beginning with the pre-ragtime music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Scott Joplin's famous ragtimes, and ending with Nicolas Slonimsky's complex scales and McCoy Tyner's music, Mr. Hyman explains and demonstrates the astonishing variety of jazz piano ( improvisation and the people and techniques that shaped its evolution).
The DVD includes 13 lessons and 4 bonus performances as well as plans on Dick Hyman's hands. You will have the right to more his many tips and tricks.